Resource Hub

• Leicestershire Partnership: more information about how to be seen by a dietician and the referral process.

• Leicestershire Nutrition and Dietetic Service: provide information, support and signposting for carers and the public across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland call 0116 222 7170.

• Ben Support for Life: You can chat with us online or call our helpline for physical health and wellbeing. It's free & confidential. Our helpline team are available Monday to Friday from 8am to 8pm. Call - 08081 311 333, email - supportservices@ben.org.uk or chat online.

The Leicestershire Healthy Schools Team have created guidance to support schools to develop their own Food & Healthy Eating Policy. Please find the document below

• Allergy Guidance for schools: practical advice and resources to help schools manage allergy risks.

• Guidance for schools, a practical guide: about food standards to help develop healthy eating habits amongst young people.

• Stem Learning: have a range of lesson ideas that links to the science curriculum for KS3/KS4 around junk food and the science between a balanced diet and health. Good resource to promote debate and discussions within the lesson.

• Teaching Resources Support: KS4 Healthy Eating resources and lesson plans on issues of healthy eating, personal choices and facts about healthy eating.

• Better Health - Health for Families: For a range of healthy eating recipes and physical activity resources created by the NHS for children.

• Henry- useful information on free healthy recipes for all mealtimes, snacks and easy affordable lunchbox ideas.

• Food Standards Agency: A good home food fact checker providing information on how to store certain foods and answers household food safety questions.

• School Food Matters: Regular updates about food in schools, information about fruit and veg consumption and obesity.

• British Nutrition Foundation: have reliable information on nutrition, sustainable diets, diet for different life stages, health conditions and information around healthy eating week.
  

• Free schools meals: find information on who can get free school meals in Leicestershire and how to apply.

• Eat Well Guide: a visual resource that can be used to explain a balanced diet and how much you should eat overall from each food group see below.

The Leicestershire Healthy Schools Team have created guidance to support schools to develop their own Food & Healthy Eating Policy. Please find the document below

• Allergy Guidance for schools: practical advice and resources to help schools manage allergy risks.

• Food in Schools whole school approach: establishing ways to provide a whole school approach and benefits of having a food policy.

• School food: guidance for governors guiding them on how to create and embed a great school food culture within schools.

• Checklist for headteachers: to help improve school food culture and increase the take up of school dinners.
• This is a checklist of successful actions for schools. It includes specific actions that improve school food culture and increase take-up of school dinners.

• Guidance for schools a practical guide: around food standards to help develop healthy eating habits amongst young people.

• Guidance on Schools food in England: around planning and providing food in schools. It explains how legislation applies to food provided within schools.

This advice will help when planning and providing food in schools. It explains how legislation applies to food provided within schools in England. It...

• Veg Power: lots of ways to encourage children to eat vegetables and information on how schools can get involved in campaigns and posters, charts that can be downloaded.

• HENRY: this website offers help planning and cooking healthy family meals with simple recipes, making it much easier to prepare quick and balanced meals.

• Handy guide for school caterers: around portion sizes and how to make sure school meals are healthy and balanced.

• Healthy Eating campaign resources to encourage pupils to build a healthier lifestyle, can be used for all years, lots of whole school ideas and resources.

A visual resource that can be used to explain a balanced diet and how much you should eat overall from each food group see below.

• Food a fact of life: A range of free teaching resources to use for children and young people aged 3-16yrs to highlight where food comes from, cooking and healthy eating.
• Food a fact of life: Great resources to support teaching and learning about food and nutrition for children with additional needs.

• Food miles calculator: a good resource to use in classroom on the whiteboard to get children to start thinking about how far food has travelled before it reaches the consumer and the environmental impact.

• Food growing resources: some great resources that can be downloaded for pupils aged 5-11 around issues of food and sustainability and resources around growth for British science week.