Downham Nutrition Partnership
Looking Good, Feeling Fine!
Previous Work
Health In Your Hands?
Is Healthy Eating the answer to all life's problems?
An event for interested residents, parents, young people, ppolicy influencers and community, health and education workers.
Followed by a light supper.
Tuesday 11th November @ 5:30 PM
Downham Way Family Church
RSVP Helen.tattersfield@gp-G85716.nhs.uk
→ go to Health In Our Hands? poster for more info
Mini-MEND Programme
Free fun programme for toddlers and their families!
Do you have a child between 2 and 4 years old? Do you want tips about fussy eating, healthy foods & being active together? Mini-MEND might be for you...
Date: Thursdays from 5th June 2008
Time: 10-11:30 AM
Venue: Goldsmiths Community Centre (Castillon Road, SE6 1QD)
→ go to Mini-MEND Programme flyer for more info
Fruitilicious!
Find it hard to buy fruit and veg in Downham? We sell fruit and veg every week during term-time in Forster Park School Playground on Thursdays from 3:15 until 4:00 PM.
→ go to Fruitilicious! flyer for more info
Back by popular demand...Smoothie Bike!
Date: Saturday 21st June 2008
Time: 11:30 AM
Venue: Downham Health and Leisure Centre (Access Point)
We welcome local residents (including families), workers, partners and health professsionals to our Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Ditch the Junk
During January and February 2008, 8 local Downham parents attended "Ditch the Junk"; a 6 week course discussing a range of current nutrition issues and cooked healthy dishes.
The course was funded by Community Education Lewisham, and delivered in partnership between Downham Nutrition Partnership and the Preschool Learning Alliance.
→ go to Ditch the Junk flyer for more info
IT Sessions
The Downham Cookery club have been busy over the last year cooking (and tasting 50!) recipes. We would now like to produce these recipes in a booklet to give to local families.
Would you like to learn some IT skills in order to help design the booklet?
Then join us for some IT sessions at the North Downham Training Project.
→ go to IT poster for more info
"Smoothie Bike"
Date: Wednesday 30th January 2008
Time: 3-5 PM
Venue: Goldsmiths Community Centre (Castillon Road, SE6 1QD)
Also, a free buffet (prepared by our cookery group), a free Calendar 2008 (giving healthy lunchbox ideas), Prizes, and plenty of Information, advice and Activities around getting fit and healthy in 2008!
Fruitilicious is a new scheme, allowing the local community to buy fresh bags of fruit & veg in Downham and at a reasonable price! Come and find out more about the scheme and buy a bag.
→ go to "Smoothie Bike" poster for more info
→ go to NewsShopper article to read about "Smoothie Bike".
Mini-MEND Programme
Do you have a child between 2 and 4 years old and would like to attend a healthy lifestyle course with them? Mini-MEND might be for you...
→ go to Mini-MEND Programme flyer for more info
In September 2007, Downham Nutrition Partnership and Children's Centre (Area 3) ran a 10 week "mini-MEND" programme for toddlers. 10 children aged between 2 and 4 years came along for an hour and a half each week. The sessions consisted of fun active play games, followed by healthy snack time and then a health discussion for the parents and carers while the children did some health-related arts and crafts and had story-time.
Everyone who came to mini-MEND enjoyed themselves, and it seems that it has triggered some families to make changes at home. Here are some comments that parents attending the programme made:
"We have good news - as of this week he has completed stopped drinking from the bottle" - Sarah/Cameron.
"I now open the fridge and see fruit as an enjoyable snack. Before it was so boring" - Elizabeth.
"I have totally cut down the amount of TV she (2 year-old girl) watches - we play games together instead."
"We have totally changed how we do things at home now" - Carol/James.
"I really enjoyed doing sporty things together and it was good to see how easily we can do these activities at home too."
"Snack-time was good to get the kids trying new things and good to get them used to sitting down ready for school."
"I can't believe I got to 42 years of age without knowing how to read a food label - it should be on the curriculum!" - Jenny/Louis.
"We loved the fun with food session and now make smiley faces at home everyday - mealtimes are so much more enjoyable" - Carol/James.
Allotment Harvest Open Day
To celebrate the growth of the site and launch the recipe folder, we are planning a harvest lunch...
→ go to Allotment Harvest Open Day flyer for more info