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School Food Ambassador day: Increasing Secondary School Meal Take Up

The Molineux, Wolverhampton - Friday, 21st May 2010

The Ambassador Day brought together School Food Ambassadors in the West Midlands. The purpose of the day was:

• To share the Regional School Food Action Plan and update on current activity
• To discuss the challenges of increasing school food take up in secondary school food take up
• To identify what can be done to increase regional take up of school food in secondary schools
• To share good practice and provide an opportunity for regional networking

• Event Programme
  
• Introduction and Regional Update
  
• Secondary School Lunch and Behaviour
  
• Case Study from Solihull Catering
  
• Small Steps Project
  
• Discussion Groups: Working with Secondary Schools
  
• Audit and Inspections Toolkit (Presentation)
  
• Audit and Inspections Toolkit (Toolkit)
  
• Workshop: Using the online tracking tool
  
• Workshop: Food for life partnership & Lets Get Cooking
  
• Workshop: Wolverhampton Food Dudes
  
• Discussion Groups: Meeting Nutrient Standards in Secondary Schools
  

School Food Ambassador Day - West Midlands

GOWM – 20th July 2009

The Ambassador Day brought together School Food Ambassadors in the West Midlands to provide an opportunity for them to network, be updated on the latest issues around food in schools and plan how we could work effectively in the West Midlands to deliver on the school food agenda.

• Event Programme
  
• Introduction and School Food Trust Update
  
• Workshop Session 1 - School Meal Take up
  
• Prioritising School Lunch Take Up
  
• Statistical release: National Indicator 52
  
• National Healthy Schools Programme - Enhancement Model: 2009
  
• Overview of planning for change - Obesity
  
• Food for Life Partnership: Transforming food culture in schools and communities
  
• NutriSkill - Healthy Eating Interventions from Tailored Learning
  
• School governor Training
  
• Food Ambassadors Feedback
  

Eating Matters in Special Schools

Presentations

• Joe Harvey - Director of Health Education Trust
  
• Importance of standards special schools
  Patricia Mucavele, Research Manager at the School Food Trust.
• Eating well for children and adults with learning disabilities
  Presentation by Karen Chugg, Registered Dietitian & Psychotherapist with Carefree Eating.
• Food and Children with Special Needs: Challenges and Solutions
  Presentation by Beverley Spicer, Specialist Paediatric Dietitian.
• Angela Williams - Schools Meals Adviser
  
• Complete set of presentations
  Note that this is a large file, over 8Mb, and may take a long while to download.

School Food Ambassador Day - West Midlands

Thursday 15th May 2008, Jury’s Inn Hotel, Birmingham

The Ambassador day brought together the 60 school food ambassadors in the West Midlands to provide an opportunity for them to network, be updated on the latest issues around food in schools and plan how we could work effectively in the West Midlands to deliver on the school food agenda.

Presentations and evaluation from the day are available here.

• Programme
  
• School Food Support in the West Midlands – Summary sheet
  
• Speed dating summary sheet
  
• Summary Evaluation
  

Presentations

• School Food Ambassadors – What does it mean for you
  
• Nutritional Standards for School Food – an overview
  
• Taking School Food Forward in the West Midlands
  
• Cashless Systems in School
  
• Whole School Food Policy, Packed Lunch Policy and Involvement
  
• Wristband Meal Choice System
  

Breakfast Club Training

Breakfast Club Training has been developed for staff working in schools to set up and sustain breakfast clubs. The training aimed a catering, teaching staff and other professionals working with schools to set up breakfast clubs covers issues such as staffing, activities, fundraising, risk assessment, food and nutrition, promotion and sustainability. More training sessions are planned for 2009 and dates will be advertised on the events page.

• Event Timetable
  
• Flyer
  

Early Years Nutrition Training

Early Years Nutrition Training has been offered to all Children Centre Managers within the region to ensure consistent food and health messages are promoted within Children’s Centres and that they are adopting a whole settings approach to food and health. The training is based on the Caroline Walker Trust Materials – Eating Well for Under 5’s in Childcare but also focuses on breastfeeding and weaning.

• Training Programme Outline
  

Behavioural Change Training

Over 850 health care professionals in primary care settings across the region have received training from the Behaviour Change Training Organisation to tackle both adult and child obesity. For more information contact David Elliott.