Healthy Eating
The healthy eating courses are delivered by a fantastic team of fully trained volunteers, all passionate about food and health and from the local community. We are able to offer the following course as well as many one off and unique sessions, demonstrations and activities, to meet the needs of the community. For example we've had "Dads Can Cook," "Santa's Top Tips" and "Cooking for One". For details of forthcoming courses please see "What's On".
In addition we try to improve access to fresh produce via the Clydesdale Community Food Market and the Market Bus and to increase people's knowledge about healthy eating by providing REHIS Food Hygiene and Food and Health Courses.
Feeding
the Family
A six week cookery course which is delivered to parents, grandparents and
carers. The aim is to increase the participant’s cookery skills and
knowledge of food and nutrition. The course is delivered in community
venues to groups of 6 – 10 people.
Participants learn how to prepare
and cook healthy meals such as soup, lasagne, shepherd’s pie etc.
Healthy Weaning Initiative
A practical, hands on cookery course which is delivered to new parents.
The aim is to encourage the parents to wean their baby by using and cooking
with fresh foods. The course is delivered in community venues to groups of
6 – 10 parents at a time. We work with local health visiting teams to
identify new parents and babies. See also
Healthy Baby & Toddler Fayre and
Grassroots info on other ways we work to improve the health of the
youngest members of our community.
Ready, Steady get Cooking
A cookery course which is normally delivered to children aged P7 during the
school day. The course is delivered over 4 session’s, each session is 1½
hours long. The course is a ‘hands on’ approach for the children to learn
about food. ‘Ready, Steady get Cooking’ is a fun and stimulating learning
course allowing children to learn about food and nutrition.
Lanark Market Bus
In partnership with WRVS, a minibus goes to Lanark market every second
Monday, from various villages in the Douglas and Nethan Valley.
Clydesdale Community Food Market
Run by volunteers every Thursday morning in Rigside and Kirkmuirhill.
Quality, affordable fruit and veg on sale. This group was developed by
Healthy Valleys in partnership with Integrated Childrens Services and NHS
Lanarkshire. Now a constituted group, we continue to support the volunteers
to deliver this much needed service.
