Life Education Wessex is a specialist provider of high quality Health and Drug Prevention Education to over 66,000 children in Devon, Dorset, Hampshire and Somerset, helping to ensure they have the knowledge and skills to lead healthier and happier lives.
“Education for children at an early age is vital to help them adopt the right healthy habits”
(Professor Robert Winston)
We are an independent and self-supporting charity working in partnership with schools, parents and the wider community to help children between the ages of 3 and 13 develop the ability to make positive, informed choices about their health, and reduce the risk of drug misuse.
We teach them about diet, exercise and how drugs can affect the way the body works. In addition, we help them to develop the skills to manage their feelings and the risks they may encounter so that they can take responsibility for their own lives.
To many of the schools we visit, we are affectionately known as ‘The LifeBus’ with Harold the giraffe!
