Community Nutrition Team NHS (Buckinghamshire)
We aim to provide training, support and advice to early years providers and professionals supporting nutrition in communities across Buckinghamshire.
Our FREE 'Eat Better, Start Better' course has introduced a popular training resource for professionals in Buckinghamshire working to comply with voluntary standards for food and drink provision in Early Years. It includes evidence-based information in accordance with the Early Years Foundation Stage framework following guidelines on promoting environments to encourage healthy eating.
We liaise with our colleagues across disciplines of paediatric dietetics, school nursing, health visiting, education and health services linked to early years to improve the health and wellbeing of families. This is to ensure a comprehensive and up-to-date evidence-based approach is taken and consistent messages can be shared across OFSTED registered early years settings and the wider community.
Who to contact
- Contact Name
- Tejal Lovelock
- Contact Position
- Public Health Nutritionist
- Telephone
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01296 56618007918 375654
- t.lovelock@nhs.net
- Website
- Nutrition and Dietetics
Where to go
- Name
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Address
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Brookside Clinic
Station Way,
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire - Postcode
- HP20 2SR
- Venue Notes
The team provide evidence-based nutrition information to support children and families living in Buckinghamshire to achieve a healthy lifestyle.
We aim to reduce health inequality for those who are at greater risk of poor nutrition and signpost appropriate support to enable all children and young adults to improve their health and well being.
We create and deliver training for health and community workers, carers and volunteers looking after young children, adults with learning disabilities and older adults to maintain a healthy weight.
COVID-19 update: Currently face to face training sessions are not available to comply with government recommendations on social distancing during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Online webinar sessions will be able to access in due course, please check this page for updates.
As a member of Bucks Food Partnership, we liaise with local organisations that provide support to anyone in Bucks who is struggling to access nutritious food and eat well at home.
Please contact Bucks Council if seeking support whilst self-isolating tel:01296 395000 or click link
https://directory.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/
Being able to cook is an essential skill and hugely important now as personal food budgets become restricted and catering services from restaurants, lunch clubs and meal delivery are limited.
Empower to Cook is offering free online cook-a-long 10th June covering basic cooking skills and learning how to cook on a budget. Click this link to register: https://bit.ly/EtC10JunClass
To book onto a free webinar training sessions email t.lovelock@nhs.net
Eat Better Start Better: promoting good nutrition in the early years
Managing Nutrition in nursing care homes: Managing Nutrition 'Food First' support
For further information email t.lovelock@nhs.net
Please note the address given is office location for reference only.
- Geographic Area Covered
- Buckinghamshire
Time / Date Details
- When is it on
- Contact: weekdays 9:30am to 2:30pm
- Time of day
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Morning
Afternoon - Session Information
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Healthy Eating Awareness courses for professionals supporting people to eat well
Eat Better, Start Better for early years practitioners providing food and drink
Eat Well for Health for carers supporting young adults with learning disabilities
Managing Nutrition support in nursing homes: 'Food First' Support
Please contact Tejal Lovelock to make or register for a course
Other Details
- Cost Description
The following training courses are free*
'Eat Better, Start Better' implementing standards for food and drink provision
*'Eat Well for Health' supporting young people and adults to achieve and maintain a healthy weight
Group practical healthy eating sessions for parents are available on request and are charged at £25 per hour.
- Age Ranges
- All ages
- Last Updated
- 08/06/2020
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