Action Cancer has launched a new puppet show for 3-11 year olds at its annual awards ceremony for healthy schools, in conjunction with Centra.
Puppets Mambo and Jazz, Action Cancer’s ‘Health Action Heroes’, are set to wing their way to primary and nursery schools across Northern Ireland, spreading the word about healthy lifestyles. Designed to capture the imagination of young children the puppet show promotes four golden rules that they should follow to keep healthy; eat well, exercise regularly, be sun safe and be aware of the dangers of smoking.
The charity unveiled the puppets at the 2011 Health Action Awards, where thirty-nine local schools picked up awards for their innovative approach to health education for pupils, including extra-curricular exercise programmes and healthy meals.
The awards are part of Action Cancer’s Health Action initiative, which offers a range of health promotion roadshows for schools and colleges, and is sponsored by Centra. £650,000 of funding from Centra retailers has helped Action Cancer bring roadshows to more than 350,000 young people.
Adam Duffield (3) and Ailsa McKenzie (3), from Trinity Nursery School, Bangor join Action Cancer’s Catherine Foreman, centre, Tina Campbell from UTV and Jennifer Morton from Centra to meet the charity’s new puppets Mambo and Jazz.
