Sheffield City Council's Start Well Family Programme is coming to Pat Midgley Community Hub on Manor Oaks Road, Sheffield, S2 5EE. Sessions run from Tuesday 10 November to Tuesday 8 December 2026, from 12.30pm to 2.30pm.
The programme covers a different area each week. Week 1 looks at understanding what helps us to be healthy, ideas that help our children grow and learn, and becoming a food label detective.
Week 2 explores why developing consistent routines helps create confident parenting styles and how this relates to positive children's behaviours. Week 3 discovers where our eating habits start, understanding and avoiding food fussiness, plus weaning, portion sizes and creating relaxed mealtimes.
Week 4 looks at understanding children's behaviours, why empathy and using guided choices helps, and thinking about why our own wellbeing matters. Week 5 covers how family activity benefits more than just our bodies, ideas to help children enjoy brushing teeth, and finding out how much sugar is in our snacks.
The council says the sessions are informative and relaxed, delivered by its friendly early years team, and cover lots more while thinking about children's overall development throughout the programme. Places can be reserved through the council's sign-up form, and anyone who has booked can cancel their place using the email address they booked with.