Make Space for Health update
Make Space for Health is an innovative programme developed by Nestlé and 4Children which aims to increase nutrition, health and wellness awareness among youth workers and promote healthy lifestyles to young people in outside of school.
- Nestlé Chef working with Chudleigh Youth Centre
It aims to provide inspiring and informative materials to educate young people; work with youth settings to ensure workers are confident and able to engage with young people on health related issues and work with central government, local authorities, health partners and local and national agencies to maximise their impact in out-of-school settings.
The programme is steered by an Advisory Panel of academic, health and Government experts. The Make Space for Health pilot programme will be evaluated and recommendations presented to Government by July 2009 with the intention of wider rollout. There are two levels to Make Space for Health:
1) Healthy living pilot programme (launch July 1): Partnerships with central government, local authorities, health partners and local and national agencies to maximise their impact on nutrition, health and wellness outside of school. Three pathfinder areas: York, Leeds, Essex. Covering four topics: • Move (physical activity)
• Eat (nutrition)
• Feel (emotional health)
• Me (personal health)
2) Making Healthier Easier: an ongoing programme of practical health and wellness support for youth workers in all 1300 Make Space clubs: newsletters, online information and activities (developed with the British Nutrition Foundation).
CHUDLEIGH’S ASPIRING YOUNG CHEFS ENJOY HEALTHY FEAST
Winners of a national recipe competition from Chudleigh Youth Centre were treated to a special cookery demonstration by a professional chef from Nestlé, after their Fruitful Surprise smoothie recipe was chosen in a competition to encourage young people to enjoy healthy food.
Members of the club, run in partnership with Devon Youth Service, submitted their smoothie recipe as part of the Nestlé Making Healthier Easier competition run in Make Space clubs, by Nestlé and children’s charity 4Children.
Click on the link below to check out the winning recipes: http://www.makespace.org/recipecollection.aspx
