Downham Nutrition Partnership Registered charity 1100040 Company Number 04810528
Working in partnership to enable local residents and organisations work together towards a Healthy Downham
Initiatives
Easy Meals for One or More
Delicious Nutritious supplied the cookery tutors and volunteers for a series of intergenerational Cook and Eat Courses run at Downham Health and Leisure Centre, Downderry Children & Family Centre, Goldsmiths Community Centre and St John’s Church with funding from both Downham and Whitefoot Assemblies.
Examples of projects which we have been involved in include:
Talks on Healthy Eating to a wide variety of local groups
Healthy Eating workshops for Childminders
Duckling Adventures aimed at getting young children and their families to actively explore outdoors
Community Gardening with schools and individual gardeners
Health Events locally at Goldsmiths Community Centre and Downham Health and Leisure Centre
Supporting Cook and Eat Sessions and Fruit and Vegetable Co-ops and other initiatives which make it easier to eat healthily
In 2012 we had 371 attendances; our eldest participant was 87 and the youngest in charge of a (plastic) knife, was 2 years old. Most importantly we had rave reviews. The food was rated as being exceptionally tasty... AND it was healthy!