Art, Health and Our Communities: Create Your Own Health Hero

Create Your Health Hero is a fun, hands-on creative activity for children and young people to explore what being healthy means to them. Participants will be invited to design their own “health hero” — a character, image or message that represents the things that help them feel well, strong, safe and supported. Through drawing, designing and making, children can think about health in a positive and personal way, from food, movement and friendship to feelings, family and community.

Create Your Health Hero is about giving children and young people a fun, creative way to explore what health and wellbeing mean to them. Through drawing, designing and making, participants can create their own “health hero” — a character or design that represents the things that help them feel healthy, happy, safe, strong and supported.

The activity also creates space for children and young people to share ideas with each other, talk about what matters to them, and think about health in a broad, positive way — including friendships, feelings, family, movement, community and asking for help when needed. Parents and carers can join the conversation too, and access useful information and support from local organisations at the wider event.

As part of Arts, Health and Our Communities, the activity shows how art can be used to express ideas, share experiences and start meaningful conversations in an accessible, family-friendly way.

Laura Abbott, Professor of Maternal Health and Criminal Justice, University of Hertfordshire
Saadye Ali, Senior Lecturer, Department of  Nursing, Health and Wellbeing, University of Hertfordshire

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Children & families, young people

Drop-in activity as apart of the wider 'Arts, Health and Our Communities' event