Stirling Contacts

• Ann McLaughlin
  Senior Health Promotion Officer
  Email: Ann McLaughlin
  Tel: 01786 - 431108
  
• Teri Taylor
  Health Promotion Officer
  Email: Teri Taylor
  Tel: 01786 - 431110
  
• Education team
  Education Team Contacts page
  
• Local Authority Contact
  Marion Wallace Gee
  Education Officer
  Children's Services
  Stirling Council
  Viewforth
  FK8 2ET
  Email: Marion Wallace Gee
  Tel: 01786-443458

The Health Promotion Department works in partnership with Stirling Council Children's’ Services to ensure all schools are working towards Health Promoting Schools Accreditation. The multi-disciplinary Health Promoting Schools Steering Group directs this work. Many of the Stirling’s Children's Community Partnerships (CCPs) prioritise Health Promoting Schools within their action plans.

Examples of Good Practice

Feel, Think, Do

The summer term saw the next pilot phase of the sexual abuse prevention programme 'Are You Listening' renamed 'Feel Think Do'. All primary 6 and 7 pupils in the Lornshill and Balfron Clusters took part in this interactive theatre-in-education programme. To support the implementation of the programme, staff development for class teachers was provided to facilitate the delivery of the lesson plans for the programme. 'Feel Think Do' has been captured as a DVD resource to create a sustainable teaching tool for all primary schools in Stirling and Clackmannanshire in 2007- 2010.

'Feel Think Do' is a major partnership initiative, involving Stirling and Clackmannanshire councils, teaching staff, Open Secret and co-led by the Sexual Health team and INTER-ACT at the NHS Forth Valley Health Promotion. Funding for this programme has been received form Clackmannanshire and Stirling Councils, Health Scotland and NHS Forth Valley Health Promotion.

With the official launch of the programme at the end of January 2007, 'Feel Think Do' will be rolled out within all Stirling and Clackmannanshire schools from February 2007, followed by all Falkirk schools in August 2007.

For more information on 'Feel Think Do', or any of the work of INTER-ACT please contact either:

Tom Houston (Tel: 01786-432197) or

Mary Scott Watson (Tel: 01786 431196)

Active Schools

Read about lots of exciting health promoting activities happening through the Active Schools Team - part of Stirling Council's website. This page includes information on the Active Schools Co-ordinators and a link to the 'Get Active' newsletter.

Relevant Links

 Stirling Council webpages.