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The Physical Activity and Nutrition Networks for Walesquarterly newsletter for community food and physical activity initiatives in Wales Bitesize
May 2011 | Issue 31
Health professionals gathered in woodland on 28 January as the first steps towards creating a “Natural Health Service” were taken.
Members of several care organisations will be urged to refer people in poor health to their local woodland in a bid to help them live longer, healthier lives.
Forestry Commission Wales (FC Wales) wants to encourage GPs to prescribe a woodland walk for some of their patients instead of referring them to their local gym. FC Wales is working with Coed Lleol, a Wales-wide initiative to reconnect people and woodlands in Wales, to run two innovative pilot programmes in Aberystwyth and Treherbert.
This radical new approach to treating a variety of mental and physical illnesses is based on the natural environment’s ability to improve health and well being by reducing stress and providing opportunities for exercise.
On the 28 January, health workers, Exercise Referral Coordinators, Communities First and other health networks attended a Participatory Planning Day in Cwmsaebren woods in Treherbert, Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Following the Participatory Planning Day, FC Wales has contracted Coed Lleol to deliver two five-week programmes of woodland activities aimed at increasing physical activity, mobility and generating an interest and link between local people and their woodlands.
The pilot schemes will take place in two of the Welsh Assembly Government’s regeneration areas – in Aberystwyth and in Treherbert in the Heads of the Valleys, south Wales.
For more information please contact Zena Wilmot at Coed Lleol on 0845 4560342.
Doctor’s orders: Take a woodland walk for better health
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Food for Thought
The Big Lunch
The Big Lunch is a very simple idea from the Eden Project. The aim is to get as many people in the UK as possible to have lunch with their neighbours for a few hours of community, friendship and fun. This year a record number of people are expected to take part in the one day event. Since starting in 2009, thousands of Big Lunches have taken place in all kinds of communities and the best part of a million people get involved each year.
Led by the Eden Project, The Big Lunch is funded by the Big Lottery Fund and supported by MasterCard and EDF Energy. To coincide with the launch, The Big Lottery Fund announced that it has awarded The Big Lunch organisers a £3.5 million grant to run the event for the next three years.
Derek Brockway marked the official launch at Denton Road in Cardiff, a street that has organised Big Lunches for the last two years, surrounded by a street party scene to show their support for The Big Lunch.
Tim Smit, head of the Eden Project, said: “The best part of a million people have participated in The Big Lunch each year since its launch. From small intimate affairs, to full blown street parties with bouncy castles and hog roasts.
Lunches have been held right across the country and our research shows that they really work; people who’ve taken part feel closer to their neighbours and many find it’s just the spark that their community needed to bring people together.”
For anyone who wants to take part and to receive a free Big Lunch Starter Pack, register online at www.thebiglunch.com. or alternatively call 0845 850 8181. The pack contains a step-by-step guide to get your event off the ground, plus invitations, posters, ‘crowd cooking’ recipe ideas, stickers and much more.
The Big Lunch 2011 was launched in Wales by weatherman Derek Brockway in an effort to encourage the people of Wales to get together with their neighbours on Sunday 5 June.
“The best part of a million people have participated in The Big Lunch each year since its launch. From small intimate affairs, to full blown street parties with bouncy castles and hog roasts…”
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The Welsh Assembly Government has awarded a grant to Riverside Market Garden, an offshoot of Riverside Community Market Association (RCMA) Social Enterprise.
The Market Garden project, located at Coed Hills on a farm in the Vale of Glamorgan, was set up by RCMA two years ago.
It is part of a sustainable food system by growing organic produce for direct sale to the people of Cardiff through a vegetable box scheme and by selling to local restaurants and at farmers’ markets. Start-up funding from the Waterloo Foundation enabled RCMA Social Enterprise to employ an expert horticulturalist, there are now around twenty-five regular box customers with an aim to raise this to a hundred this year.
The two-year grant, known as ‘Knowledge Transfer’, is part of the Processing and Marketing scheme under the
Rural Development Plan. It will support the cost of sharing the skills and experiences of a small team of experts working on the project, with staff, customers, suppliers and people in other parts of the country who are carrying out – or wanting to develop – similar projects.
The project will also be a place where people can learn how to grow organic food commercially on a small scale. It will respond to concerns about climate change and the environment, sustainability, food security and healthy eating. The Market Garden will aim to be fully financially viable within four years. The notion of democratic ownership and control was integral to the project from the beginning.
For more information please contact Peter Brooks on 029 20384984.
Riverside Market Garden Receives Welsh Assembly Government Grant Support
Hot Physical Activity and Nutrition Local Initiatives
Tyfu Pobl: More Support for Community Growing in Wales The Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens has recently secured funding for a new three year programme to develop and expand its work in Wales. Called Tyfu Pobl (Growing People), the programme is funded through the Rural Development Plan for Wales 2007-2013, which is itself funded by the Welsh Assembly Government and the European Union.
Tyfu Pobl will provide support and advice for both existing and emerging community growing projects in Wales through a team of Regional Development Workers, based in Cardiff, Pembrokeshire, Bangor and Newtown, a new Community Enterprise and Funding Coordinator and a team of fieldworkers and mentors. The project will provide a range of support
and training for different models of community growing schemes including community farms and gardens, allotments, community orchards, community supported agriculture and community-managed market gardens. Community groups will also be able to apply for travel bursaries to visit other projects.
For further information, contact Katie Jones on 029 2022 5942 or email [email protected].
Tyfu Pobl will be facilitating the transfer of knowledge and skills, providing training and opportunities to come together to share information and good practice. Watch this space for news on forthcoming networking and training events.
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The group are studying catering and have been given a project around catering for large numbers which involves them devising and costing a healthy menu that can be adapted to be served in a school environment.
The session looked at the EatWell Plate and the Appetite 4 Life guidelines as well as the finance and business considerations of the school meals service - including food tenders, using local suppliers, reducing food miles and devising menu’s including a tour of the school kitchen. For more information please contact Ian Kemp on 01824 712125.
Denbighshire Catering services – Promoting healthy eating and local procurement
Back in July 2010 Merthyr Alzheimer’s Society were given an ideal opportunity to take part in a project run by Engage Cymru with Mentro Allan and funded by Merthyr Tydfil Adult Community Learning in partnership with a local artist; Alice Briggs over the summer period.
The aims to help combat problems such as social isolation; loneliness and boredom amongst the elder generation were fulfilled. The clients had the chance to dabble with the creative arts producing water colour paintings, charcoal drawings, clay pots and have a tour of the excellent Turner/Penry exhibition that was being shown at Cyfarthfa Castle Gallery.
Every member reacted well to the arts which enabled them to open up and gave them their confidence back. It also got them outdoors and meeting new people in similar situations to themselves. Being active made them regain an interest in things that are regularly for granted. It also gave Alice, the artist, the scope to work with people whose perceptions of the world are very different to her own and are changing. For more information please contact Melanie Thomas, Mentro Allan Support Worker on [email protected].
Mentro Allan Merthyr
Denbighshire Appetite 4 Life Officer Suzie Lockhead and Catering Manager Ian Kemp were recently invited to talk to two groups of Year 11 students at Ysgol Brynhyfryd in Ruthin by the Domestic Science Department.
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Rhayader and District Community Support Well Being Club was created in 2008 to enable socially isolated individuals the opportunity to socialise within this rural community. Existing for people of all ages, male and female, the club promotes living a healthy lifestyle, through eating well and general exercise.
The club goes on regular local trips such as walks around the Elan Valley Reservoir and visits to a local college, where a healthy lunch is cooked, served and discussed by the students.
In-house meetings provide the perfect opportunity to promote health and well being through guest speakers and discussion with topics including salt, vitamins and healthy bones. The club meets every Thursday, and everyone is welcome! For more information please contact Alison Thomas on 01597 810 921.
CoStar Partnership The CoStar Partnership is a community development charity operating in South West Cwmbran whose mission is to improve the lives of local people. They have a number of ongoing projects designed to improve the physical environment and run several social enterprises.
These include: • A gardening scheme which is very popular with
elderly residents and people with mobility issues. The team undertakes most gardening jobs including general maintenance, cutting back and clearing.
• A fruit and vegetable scheme supplemented (when available) by locally grown produce from our own allotments, this scheme allows people to access fresh produce at a very reasonable rate. For those with mobility issues a delivery service is available.
• A walking group which meets every Tuesday at 10am at the Threepenny Bit Community Hall.
For more information on any of our services please telephone Lynne Howles on 01633 869227.
Mid Powys MIND Health and Wellbeing ProjectRadnorshire and Brecknock in Powys are benefiting from a Health and Wellbeing Project run by MIND.
The project works to improve social isolation, financial management and budgeting and health and wellbeing. It is funded by the Big Lottery Fund and offers courses, events and workshops around relaxation and stress management, healthy eating, cookery, low impact exercise, finance management, volunteering, career guidance and IT skills.
Activities are free and help build skills, confidence and social networks. For more information please contact Damien Archer, Health & Wellbeing Coordinator on 01597 824411.
Children struggling with weight problems can learn how to live a healthier lifestyle on the F3 (Fun, Food and Fitness) 10 week course.
The free course involves one session each week to inspire families to take more exercise, enjoy preparing and eating healthy meals, read food labels and shop for healthy foods on a budget.
Jane, a local mum was advised by her GP to take her daughter along to F3. She said, “It was the best thing that happened to Carly. She had loads of support from the team and they taught her to enjoy exercising. She now does netball and kickboxing and goes out more with her friends.” Another mum told us, “F3 helped me to build a stronger bond with my daughter. Together we learnt how we could change our meals and still enjoy our food.”
The next two F3 programmes will start in May 2011 and will be held in Caerphilly and Bargoed. To find out more call Sue Norey on 01495 241292 or email [email protected]. F3 is funded by the Big Lottery Fund.
Youngsters learn it’s cool to be fit
Rhayader and District Community Support Well Being Club
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Wrexham Refugee Football CourseIn 2003, racial tension between a small pocket of refugees and locals on the Caia Park estate in Wrexham led to two notorious nights of rioting and violence. Nearly eight years on and Wrexham’s burgeoning refugee population has become an integral part of Wrexham’s diverse community. It’s the universal language of sport that has been channelled by the Welsh Football Trust, and partners, to give refugees and asylum seekers a scoring chance to develop their talents and help their communities.
An inaugural 5-a-side football tournament and a specialised Level One Football Course were two high profile goals that scored great success with local refugee participants. Organiser, Mark Roberts, who is the Wrexham Football Development Officer, explains:
“The tournament took place in Bellevue Park, Wrexham and has been used to continue to bridge the gaps between many within the refugee community and local residents after years of tension and riots within the county.
“It was a success for all involved and has helped to raise the profile and the awareness of the Welsh Refugee Council,” he added.
Following on from the tournament, 15 local refugees went a step further by completing their Football Association of Wales, (Level One) Football Leaders Coaching Award. All 15 candidates, comprising a variety of nationalities - including Kurdish, Iraqi, Pakistani and African - took part in their very own translated coaching course.
The next step for the groups’ progression is to arrange a date for a first aid course for all of the team to fully complete their Level One in Football. This course has already received funding through Sport Wales’ Community Chest grant and took place in March 2011.
Both projects came to fruition following Refugee Week; an annual event featuring an array of activities and events, organised throughout Wales, to celebrate the
cultural diversity, skills and talents that refugees bring to local society. On the team sheet, supporting Mark has been the Welsh Refugee Council, Wrexham County Borough Council, the Wrexham Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support Group, and Refugee Diversity Wrexham.
For more information about refugee football projects in Wrexham, please contact Mark Roberts, Wrexham Football Development Officer on 01978 297354 or [email protected].
Am Dro am Glonc Sir GârAm Dro am Glonc Sir Gâr (Walk and Talk Carmarthenshire) is a county wide initiative that aims to increase the number of people participating in walking as a regular activity in order to improve their health and well being. Part of the national Let’s Walk Cymru project the programme is managed by Carmarthenshire Public Health Team, part of Public Health Wales.
The programme is there to support and train local organisations, groups and communities to develop and promote walking opportunities - both group and individual - in Carmarthenshire. It also provides free walk leader training for those interested in becoming walk leaders.
Currently 37 walk leaders have been trained from 16 organisations across the County such as Pantyffynon and Felinfoel Communities First, Hywel Dda community mental health teams, Tywi Yr Afon Oesoedd community project, Llanelli Mind, local authority 50+ forum members, Carmarthenshire Heritage Regeneration Trust and Carmarthenshire WI Federation. For more information please contact Caroline Nichols, Health Promotion Practitioner, on 01267 225073 or email [email protected].
“It was a success for all involved and has helped to raise the profile and the awareness of the Welsh Refugee Council”
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Increasing Dietetic Capacity Scheme – Community Food and Nutrition Skills Training
PowERS” Powys County Council’s Exercise Referral Scheme Professionals successfully completed their Agored Cymru Level 2 Community Food and Nutrition Skills training.
Six of Powys’ Exercise Referral Professionals and two of Rhayader Leisure Centre’s staff recently attended a four day food and nutrition course to help them pass on accurate and up-to-date healthy eating information to the people they work with.
PowERS is part of the Welsh Assembly Government’s National Exercise Referral Scheme (NERS). The NERS scheme commenced in Powys in 2008 and is held in seven venues across Powys.
Shelley Jackson Exercise Referral Co-ordinator said “Training has increased staff skills and knowledge in nutrition, as well as increase their confidence in carrying out healthy eating related activities. It has also helped strengthen links between PowERS staff, Powys teaching Health Board and Powys Public Health Team.”
Sarah Hope from Powys Public Health Team said “I am delighted that the partnership approach to promoting healthy eating and improving fitness has been adopted by local leisure centre staff to help local people learn
more about healthy eating. Healthy eating and physical activity must work hand in hand to improve health and this is a positive step towards this.”
For more information please contact Community Development Dietitians; Shelley Powell or Gwawr James on 01874 712738.
Back Row (Left to right) Shelley Powell (Community Development Dietitian) Exercise Referral Professionals Sally Simms, Hayley Morgan, Sue Williams, Ellen Dawson and Shelley Jackson. Front Row (Left to right) Exercise Referral Professionals Kathy Costall, Tom Sparey, Helen Sanchez.
Powys County Councils Exercise Referral Team Food and Nutrition Skills Success!
To download the latest Nutrition Course Update for those that have passed through the Community Food and Nutrition Skills, visit the Community Food and Nutrition Skills page in the Community Initiatives section of the Physical Activity and Nutrition Networks for Wales website www.physicalactivityandnutritionwales.org.uk.Please contact Beth Preece if you would like a hard copy of the Nutrition Course Update.
“Training has increased staff skills and knowledge in nutrition, as well as increase their confidence in carrying out healthy eating related activities.”
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Change4Life Campaign
Introducing More Active HealthMore Active Health is a ‘facilitated self-help’ programme which is designed to increase physical activity levels and help adults lead a healthier life. It was written for the Fitness Industry Association (FIA) and supports the More Active 4 life campaign which is an official sub brand of Change 4 Life. The six week programme encourages people to take responsibility for adopting healthy behaviours around activity and nutrition. It provides them with the appropriate help and support to lead fitter and healthier lives.
Conwy District Borough Council are delivering the programme through Colwyn Bay Leisure Centre to staff of the council as part of a workplace wellness initiative. It has been developed by experts in psychology, nutrition and physical activity and uses evidence based behaviour change techniques to empower and enable individuals to build healthy activity and eating into their daily lives.
More Active Health works best when delivered in a leisure centre environment. The programme can help leisure centres to attract and retain new members through delivering it as a standard gym induction or six week membership campaign. It can also be used as an exit route to weight management services or as a GP referral scheme which would suit the needs of public sector organisations.
During the six weeks, participants will be supported by a More Active Coach, who has a recognised fitness qualification and has successfully completed the relevant training (either done through e-learning or classroom format). The role of the coach is to motivate participants and support them to achieve their goals.
As part of the programme, each participant who signs up will receive the More Active Health kit. The kit contains ten healthy living messages which will guide participants to make sustainable changes to their health and fitness.
If you work in health and fitness and are interested in finding out more about the programme and how it can work for you, please contact Jonathan Scott at MEND on [email protected].
Public Health Good Practice Scheme
Codi Calon / Mind Your Heart, run by Ceredigion Public Health Team, aims to improve the physical health of people with enduring mental health problems through a programme of training and support to organisations. Its focus is healthy lifestyles, but it also aims to improve health in other ways such as through access to health care and healthy activities. A programme of tailored training in health promotion is delivered to staff and volunteers in voluntary and statutory sector organisations who work with these clients. The idea is to increase skills and knowledge so they are able to work with groups or individuals to improve their physical health. Appropriate information is produced by the project and small grants are available to support implementation.
This ‘promising practice’ project is part of the Public Health Good Practice Scheme and has been recognised for good practice in both the planning and delivery aspects of the project. More detailed information about these projects as well as information about funding, rationale, links with policy, aim and objectives, evidence, partners, monitoring and evaluation methods, sustainability and lessons learned are available from the Good Practice Scheme Database.
To share your successes and learning and be in with a chance of receiving a Good Practice Award please read the information booklet and fill in the questionnaire.
Mind Your Heart
Public Health Good Practice Scheme
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Community Food Co-operative Programme
Food co-ops are bridging the generation gapA number of food co-ops are being set up to provide a means for younger children and teenagers to interact with the elderly population. St John Lloyd Primary School, Cardiff runs a co-op scheme that involves pupils walking to deliver fruit and vegetable bags to elderly neighbours. This co-op is not unique in its ability to offer the opportunity to bridge the generation gap. Other school co-ops, such as Ystrad Mynach Primary School, receive support from grandparents who volunteer to help children bag the produce; thus providing an enjoyable and rewarding activity for retired pensioners. A number of community co-ops receive orders from local bingo groups, coffee mornings, luncheon clubs as well as those 60+ individuals living in sheltered accommodation. By actively approaching and communicating with these groups the young people who run the co-ops have a chance to help reduce the stereotype that elderly people should be scared of the ‘hoodies’. Therefore, as well as being an excellent service, the co-op acts as a means to improve community cohesion across the ages.
Mrs. Shore, the teacher leading the co-op at St John Lloyd Primary School, feels the co-op has had a fantastic impact on the school and the community. “The hands-on experience the pupils have gained through the co-op is invaluable to their learning and their eating habits; they take their enthusiasm home with them and encourage their parents to buy from our co-op.” She said.
Mrs. Shore continues, “The pupils get very excited being involved in all aspects of the co-op and are able to apply the maths skills they have learnt in the classroom directly to a business scenario.”
In addition to furthering the children’s learning, the co-op provides a fantastic service for local elderly residents. Maureen Hawkins, who has a bag delivered every week by the school’s food co-op team, says “I can’t carry heavy vegetables from the shop so it’s lovely to have them delivered.” As well as being pleased with the large quantity in the bags, Mrs Hawkins commented
“the quality is and the vegetables keep fresh for such a long time”. Mrs. Chambers, a weekly customer who also struggles to carry fresh produce home from the shop, says she also buys from the co-op because of the value for money. Local resident, Barbara Williams agrees, saying “we get so much for our £2.50!”
There are numerous additional ways the interaction generated by the co-op improves the health of the children. Food Development Worker and dietitian, Jessica Meller, says “The interaction between customers and he children is beneficial all round. As the elderly population tend to be more traditional in their cooking and eating methods they get the opportunity to pass wholesome healthy meals on to the children.”
Please contact the Food Development Worker If you would like further information on opening or finding a food co-op, please contact your local Food Development Worker:
June Jones (North Wales) 01766 890637 / 07717 202215
Natalie Edwards (North-East Wales) 07772 109695
Karen Robertson (North-East Wales) 07879 611670
Hannah James (South-East Wales) 029 2023 2943 / 07717 205438
Jessica Meller (South-East Wales) 07918 715719
Richard Reast (South-West Wales) 01443 402317 / 07918 715718
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The Bridge Link Food Co-opThe Bridge Link Food Co-op which enables Flintshire County Council employees to buy and collect bags of fruit, vegetables and salad on a weekly basis has been up and running since September 2010.
300 customers have registered with this scheme which was developed in partnership by staff from Corporate Services Policy Unit and Mental Health Support Services. It is supported by the Rural Regeneration Unit who provided equipment and a link to a nearby farm, which grows or sources as much food from the local area as possible.
Volunteer service users from Mental Health Services are pivotal to the smooth running and success of this scheme and with a variety of tasks on offer there is a worthwhile job for everyone such as: unloading the delivery van, packing individual bags with customers’ orders, transporting full bags, setting up the Bridge Link ‘stall’, handing out the produce to customers and taking new orders. A service user has developed a computerised ordering and collection data base which has proved to be an efficient method of administering the scheme.
The scheme benefits the volunteers as their participation is fun, valuable, engenders good team spirit, broadens peoples’ social networks and increases personal confidence. For more information please contact [email protected].
Gwaenysgor launches their village food co-op!
A group of villagers have got together to open a food co-op for the benefit of their community.
After being an enthusiastic customer of the Dyserth Food
Co-op, Shirley Whiteway spoke to friends in the village about setting up their own food co-op. Interested in supporting a local business to buy their fruit, vegetables and salad, Linda, Hilary and a team of helpers, arranged a launch date, publicity and with the help of the Rural Regeneration Unit, started their food co-op on Wednesday 2 February.
The co-op now runs every Wednesday in the Village hall in Gwaenysgor from 10.30 – 12.30pm and is open to everyone. Customers can order a £1 vegetable stew pack, £1.50 small bags and £3 large bags of fruit, vegetables and salad, supplied by Huson Farm in Hawarden. The volunteers also run a coffee morning alongside the co-op and offer extra items from the farm such as eggs and compost.
Colwyn Bay Football ClubOn Saturday 5 March 2011 Colwyn Bay Football in the Community got the ball rolling on their latest project, a food co-op offering fresh fruit, vegetables and salad at affordable prices on a weekly basis from the club. During the home game which saw The Bay winning 2-0 against Whitby FC, General Manager Kelly Davies had enlisted the help of the Rural Regeneration Unit to deliver this health initiative for the local community.
Football Supporters enjoyed a complimentary fruit smoothie at half time and Club Mascot, Sydney the Seagull was there to ensure the food co-op got off to a flying start! For more information please contact Food Development Worker Karen Robertson on 07879 611 677 or [email protected].
Fork2ForkFollowing coverage of the Fork2Fork Campaign in December’s Issue 29 of Bitesize and the support for it pledged by The Community Food Co-operative Programme in Wales, Fork2Fork hope to include a section on their website highlighting case studies of producers selling direct through food co-ops. Any interested growers, or producers of other local produce such as meat, fish or bread, who sell direct through food co-ops should contact Mark Jones, Welsh Produce Manager, Rural Regeneration Unit, 01492 660263/07733 036585 or email [email protected].
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Planning and HealthThe Physical Activity and Nutrition Networks Wales have contributed to the Western Mails Health Check Publication which focused on Obesity. This has included an article about the role that planning and the environment has to play in obesity, authored by the Physical Activity Network for Wales Coordinator Ioan Francis.
The article is still available from the Wales Online Website www.walesonline.co.uk/health-check-wales, it explores the rise of the obesogenic environment and asks whether town planning can reverse the obesity epidemic. More information about planning and health is available on the PlanET Health Cymru website www.planethealthcymru.org.
Resources Noticeboard
British Heart Foundation Bilingual BookletsThe British Heart Foundation (BHF) produces the following bilingual booklets full of practical facts and tips for adults and families including Keep your heart healthy, Eating well, Cut down on salt. For children, the popular Artie Beat book series is also available in Welsh.
To order the resources visit bhf.org.uk/publications, email [email protected] or call the BHF Orderline on 0870 600 6566.
The resources are free of charge, but a donation helps. For more about BHF work in Wales, please visit www.bhf.org.uk/get-involved/in-your-area/wales-cymru.aspx
Food Standards Agency Nutrition LeafletsThe majority of the Food Standards Agency nutrition leaflets such as the Eatwell Plate is now available from the Welsh Assembly Government Health Promotion Library Publications Line on 0845 606 4050.
Foresight report – The Future of Food and Farming: Challenges and choices for global sustainabilityIn January 2011, the Government Office for Science published its Foresight report The Future of Food and Farming: Challenges and choices for global sustainability. It explores the pressures on the global food system between now and 2050 and identifies the decisions that policy makers need to take today, and in the years ahead, to ensure that a global population rising to nine billion or more can be fed sustainably and equitably. The findings of the report emphasise the importance of the public health and food supply sustainability agendas to be considered in tandem, in order to be successful in ensuring food security and supporting public health.
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About Us
Bitesize is the hard copy newsletter of the Physical Activity and Nutrition Networks for Wales aimed at community food and physical activity initiatives.
Please send your contributions for future issues of Bitesize to Beth Preece at Public Health Wales, 14 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, CF11 9LJ or email [email protected].
The website www.physicalactivityandnutritionwales.org.uk contains a wide range of information about
nutrition and physical activity in Wales. Visit the website to register as a member of the Networks.
An Advisory Board guides and oversees the work of the Physical Activity and Nutrition Networks for Wales.
If you would like to input or feedback into the work of the Networks please contact 029 2022 7744 or visit the About Us section of the Physical Activity and Nutrition Networks Wales website.
Livewell: a balance of healthy and sustainable food choicesThe Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF-UK) have undertaken a project and produced a report that incorporates the issues of environmental sustainability, particularly a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and the UK dietary recommendations. This has been termed as the ‘Livewell’ plate by WWF-UK.
Report on Iron and HealthThe Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) have produced a report on Iron and Health in response to recommendations about reducing red and processed meat intakes because of possible links with a risk of colorectal cancer and the effects on iron intakes that may result.
Fairer Health Outcomes for All: Moving the Agenda Forward This Action Plan has been developed by the Welsh Assembly Government with the support of Public Health Wales. It sets out a vision to improve health and wellbeing for everyone with the pace of improvement increasing fastest in our most disadvantaged communities. The action plan takes forward a key element of Wales’ public health framework.
