Isle of Wight Healthy Eating Alliance
The main aim of the Alliance
The IWHEA has a main aim to promote and enable healthy eating for all households on the Isle of Wight and support Island households producers and food retailers to improve access to affordable, fresh and local foods. It is a true partnership of professionals and community representatives working together. The active involvement of lay people in the IWHEA has ensured a rich network of people working together to reach into the heart of the Island’s communities. With over 100 members the IWHEA can draw on an excellent range of skills and knowledge to deliver effective and targeted programmes. The alliance terms of reference can be downloaded directly from here
Ideas into Action
IWHEA has always turned ideas into action and this has included shopping basket, food intake and school meals surveys, responding to consultations, development and co-ordination of projects including community 5 A Day programme in partnership with the PCT.
In 2006 the IWHEA received a Caroline Walker Award for Community Groups. For the past two years they have celebrated good practice on the Island with their own Awards
MAKING THE ISLE OF WIGHT A FOOD ISLAND
Write up from the Workshop Session at the IWHEA Awards on 30 November 2007, led by Sara Ellis Co-ordinator, Isle of Wight Healthy Eating Alliance and Dr Martin Caraher, Reader in Food and Health Policy, City University, London
This document can be downloaded directly from here
IW HEALTHY EATING ALLIANCE AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Winners were announced at the Quay Arts Centre on Friday, 16 January 2009.
The awards celebrate best policy and practice in healthy eating in a range of settings a across the Island, and are organised by the Isle of Wight Rural Community Council. The awards attracted regional and national attention with guests from the Food Standards Agency and City University, London together with Andrew Turner MP and Cllr Alan Wells.
The awards now in their 4th year are sponsored by local businesses and organisations committed to healthy eating.
Healthy eating has become sharply into focus with the launch of the Government’s campaign “Change for Life” which advises people to eat better, move more and live longer in recognition of the fact that if current lifestyles continue that 90% of today’s children could be overweight or obese by 2050.
The winners were:
♦ Pabulum-Schools Award - Godshill Primary
♦ Stoneground Flour & Wight Milk Catering Supervisors Award – Sherry Cowley, Gurnard Primary
♦ Age Concern Award for Residential and Nursing Homes - Abbeyfield Yarmouth Society
♦ Godshill Organics Early Years Award: Cowes Childrens Centre
♦ Childrens Fund Community Groups Award: Carisbrooke Cooks
♦ IW PCT Hospitality Award: Quay Arts Café
♦ Hamilton’s local Produce Class: Real Island Food Company
♦ Outstanding Contribution: Dr Martin Caraher
The Abbeyfield Yarmouth made it a hat trick of wins for the Abbeyfield with Cowes and Carisbrooke winning in previous years. At the Abbeyfield care is taken to lay the table and Sunday’s see lace table cloths and the best china tea service. Special needs are taken account of with dainty portions where appropriate as the elderly can find large portions off putting.
A fantastic review of the evening can be found on 'Mat and Cat's', IW Eating out guide here
For more information contact Sara Ellis – sara.ellis@iwrcc.org.uk tel: 01983 524058