Resource Hub

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• The Leicestershire Healthy Schools Team have created guidance to support schools to develop their own Physical Activity Policy. Please find the document below.

Aims to raise awareness of suicide and signpost to support that is available.

Here parents and carers can access a range of advice from an A-Z guide to support, parents survival guide, starting a conversation with your child and more.

The Department for Education (DfE) twilight webinars March 2022 can be used to help tackle sexual abuse and harassment in schools and explain the role of statutory Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE).

Presentation slides and useful links also included.

A poster/sheet for schools to use.

Free guides and workbooks for professionals, parents, young people and others interested in mental wellbeing.

Dental Buddy is a programme that provides educational resources for Early Years' Education, Key Stage One and Key Stage Two. These include activity sheets, lesson plans and interactive presentations, all of which are freely downloadable.