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Fifteen local authority food hygiene and nutrition initiatives have each been awarded a £10 000 grant by the Food Standards Agency.
The scheme was launched by the Agency in 2003 and the first grants were awarded solely for food hygiene initiatives, but this year the scheme has been extended to incorporate projects aimed at improving nutritional standards.
The Agency recently published its 2005-2010 Strategic Plan and remains committed to reducing foodborne illness as well as encouraging consumers to choose a healthy diet. The grants will help local schemes focus on key hygiene and nutrition messages.
Food hygiene and nutrition grants 2005-06 – winning proposals
Royal Borough Kensington & Chelsea, with the City of Westminster
In partnership with Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster Primary Care Trusts, the two authorities will be delivering training to raise food safety and healthy eating awareness in primary schools. Training will be provided to teaching and non-teaching staff and parents, prioritising those schools with 20% or more children in receipt of free school meals, local play centres and breakfast clubs.
For more details on this scheme contact Euan MacAuslan on 020 7341 5606
Email:
euan.macauslan@rbkc.gov.uk
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in partnership with Oldham Theatre Workshop will produce a video of a food safety play ‘2 Many Cooks’, which toured Oldham schools in autumn 2004. The video will be aimed at 11-16 year olds and is intended for nationwide distribution.
A resource pack for teachers, linked to the national curriculum, forms an important part of the project and will receive additional funding from the partners involved.
For more information on the scheme contact Kathryn Kelly on 0161 911 4455
Email:
kathryn.kelly@oldham.gov.uk
London Borough of Bromley
Healthy eating and food awareness courses for parents and children in the Penge, Anerley and Crystal Palace wards run by local nutrition education specialists the ‘Food Farmacy’.
Three six-week courses are planned to help parents and children learn about food and cooking. This is a partnership project involving local community groups, dieticians and Sure Start, and forms part of local plans to tackle obesity.
For more information on this scheme contact Gillian Clegg on 020 8313 4657
Email:
gill.clegg@bromley.gov.uk
Plymouth City Council
Recipe competition for 12-15 year olds with the winning entries featuring on a recipe calendar.
The recipe calendar will feature local food outlets and contain a variety of healthy eating tips.
The calendar will be sold to the general public, with the proceeds going to finance a similar competition next year.
For further information on this scheme contact Dan Preece on 01752 304743
Email:
environmental.regulation@plymouth.gov.uk
London Borough of Croydon
Proposal to offer training and education to cooks in local nurseries, to improve the provision of nutritious and wholesome meals to infants to combat the potential for obesity.
Samples of meals provided will be taken and analysed before and after the training to assess the fat, salt and sugar content.
Information on healthy eating will be disseminated by the nurseries to parents and carers and to the wider Croydon community via local media coverage.
For further information on this scheme contact Neil Alcorn on 020 8760 5768 ext. 62447
Email:
neil.alcorn@croydon.gov.uk
City of Stoke on Trent
This scheme is aimed at community and special needs groups. One ‘champion’ from each group will be trained on a one-day basic food hygiene course.
Each ‘champion’ will carry out basic hygiene checks in the homes of ten friends and offer nutritional tips and healthy menu creation ideas.
Lunch box preparation and storage will be addressed, as will the general dietary habits of children in the home.
For further information on this scheme contact Robert Faulkner on 01782 232045
Email:
robert.faulkner@stoke.gov.uk
Bath and North East Somerset
Campaign designed by people with learning difficulties to produce healthy eating and food hygiene resources in attractive formats aimed at their peer group.
Workshops will be held with a cross section of people with learning difficulties to explore the practical issues experienced by such people living independently.
These people will then become the peer leaders who will develop a resource pack to promote healthy eating and food hygiene messages to others in similar situations.
For further information on this scheme contact Sue Green on 01225 477562
Email:
sue_green@bathnes.gov.uk
Thanet District Council
Thanet Council and the East Kent Coastal Teaching Primary Care Trust will be running training courses ending with a qualification in Basic Food Hygiene.
The courses will be available for local residents, volunteers and support workers and will enable them to facilitate healthy eating on a budget and food hygiene awareness courses to the most vulnerable groups in an area of high unemployment.
A Health Promotion Specialist and an Environmental Health Officer will provide the training, with a crèche available to encourage participation.
The benefits for those who take part in the courses include improved employment opportunities, as the food industry provides 42% of employment locally, and increased awareness about food hygiene and healthy eating.
For further information on this scheme contact Nicola Wilson on 01843 577601
Email:
nicola.wilson@thanet.gov.uk
North Dorset District Council
A whole school initiative to change the culture of Shaftesbury School towards healthy eating and food hygiene. It aims to prepare sixth formers to live healthily on a budget and create a healthy tuck shop (selling Fair Trade products) and breakfast club within the school.
It will also involve local chefs teaching in classrooms. The project will be underpinned with resources to complement national curriculum teaching.
For further information on this scheme contact Sarah Arnold on 01258 484317
Email:
sarnold@north-dorset.gov.uk
Somerset County Council
This scheme will produce an information film covering food hygiene and nutrition issues for adults with a range of learning disabilities, with the target audience starring in the production itself.
The finished film will be backed up by a training pack for teachers and instructors to be used as a training and information tool in schools, homes day centres and catering establishments.
For further information on this scheme contact Lynne Wilmot on 01749 346031
Email:
lwilmot@somerset.gov.uk
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
This scheme will teach children aged 14-16 the importance of healthy eating and food safety by means of interactive drama.
Mentors from Queen Mary University Forum Theatre and the Community Dietician from Shepherds Bush Healthy Living Centre will be strategic partners. Children will be actively encouraged to participate in the drama by actors who will break out of character when things go wrong and the advice of the audience on how to proceed.
The workshops are designed to leave a lasting impression on the children involved and transform young people’s attitudes to eating habits and food hygiene.
For further information on this scheme contact Stephanie Needham on 020 8753 1081
Email:
stephanie.needham@lbhf.gov.uk
Wyre Forest District Council
Wyre Forest District Council in partnership with Wyre Forest Primary Care Trust.
A schools project with lunchbox surveys and hygiene activities targeting Year 3 and Year 7 pupils in key areas where the health inequalities are the greatest. The project will engage children in activity sessions including lunch box surveys, and free training in food hygiene will be offered to catering staff and staff supervising the consumption of food in the target schools.
Local fruit and vegetable shops will be approached as partners in an exercise with the children to sample ‘funny fruit and vibrant veg’.
For further information on this scheme contact Vicky Dunn on 01562 732570
Email:
vicky.dunn@wyreforestdc.gov.uk
Leeds City Council – 1 of 2
Nutrition and food hygiene project called ‘Healthy eating in a food desert’. It is aimed at ethnic minorities and training sessions will be carried out in Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) community centres in the poorest areas of Leeds where access to fresh foods is limited.
Simple visual aids, including flash cards demonstrating healthy eating and food fitness, will be developed as teaching materials. A multi-lingual video, and recipe booklets aimed at the BME communities, will also be produced.
For further information on this scheme contact John Swift on 0113 3059 628
Email:
john.swift@eastleeds-pct.nhs.uk
Leeds City Council – 2 of 2
Kirkgate Market stall concept. This scheme will place a stall in the market for a six-month period to increase the awareness of and promote healthy eating and good food handling practices among market workers and visitors.
The stall will be fitted out as a kitchen to demonstrate the preparation of healthy food and the basics of domestic food safety.
Food safety posters, leaflets and videos will be available on the stall. Up to 10,000 people visit this market every day.
For further information on this scheme contact John Swift on 0113 3059 628
Email:
john.swift@eastleeds-pct.nhs.uk
Staffordshire County Council
Project requested by the Burton Caribbean Association (BCA), aimed at reducing ill health and combating obesity in the wider African-Caribbean community. The work involves a dietary analysis by the University of Coventry of the meals provided by the BCA to its members at a community luncheon club.
A dietary history method will be used to assess the usual dietary intakes of the target group and the heights and weights of individuals will be taken to determine their Body Mass Index, which in turn will be benchmarked against national and international data.
For further information on this scheme contact Brian Camfield on 01785 277983
Email:
brian.camfield@staffordshire.gov.uk
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