North Northamptonshire Workshop

Monday 23 February 2026

Last year, we were awarded a tender by North Northamptonshire Council to deliver a series of workshops about weight discrimination and inclusivity, and support the Council in reframing their approach to public health.

We ran the first of our workshops in mid-February with a great audience of diverse practitioners working across children’s and young people’s services, in weight management, in active lifestyles programmes. In the marathon three-hour session we focused on untangling the evidence supporting weight-inclusive approaches to healthcare and public health, and what challenges and opportunities our attendees might face in their own practice in trying to embed weight inclusivity.

Since our first workshop, North Northamptonshire Council have formally shifted towards a ‘compassionate’ approach to health and wellbeing with a shift away from weight loss, towards health gains, as a public health priority. We’re so excited for the next workshops and support the Council to put this new compassionate approach into action.