From Awareness to Action: Making Every School a Health Promoting School

Children and young people spend a significant portion of their lives in school, making it a crucial environment for nurturing their academic achievement, physical health, mental wellbeing, and social growth. Investing in Health Promoting School (HPS) approaches strengthens the role of schools as essential spaces, by fostering supportive environments that lay the groundwork for lifelong health and equity.

Health Promoting Schools, as defined by the WHO are ones that “constantly strengthen their capacity as healthy settings for living, learning, and working” – going beyond health education to embed wellbeing into policies, practices, and school culture. The model also encourages collaboration across sectors, including health, education, and social sectors, to better support the wellbeing of children and adolescents.

This conference, taking place in the context of the Schools4Health initiative led by EuroHealthNet, aims to:

• Introduce the Health Promoting School framework and its role in advancing EU and WHO priorities.
• Showcase real-life examples of health-promoting practices in schools from across Europe.
• Bring together health and education experts, policymakers, and practitioners to explore how to sustain and scale-up efforts to make every school a Health Promoting School.

Join us to strengthen the movement for healthier schools and healthier futures.

For any additional information about this event, please contact EuroHealthNet's Project Coordinator, Gabriella Sutton.