Community Health and Well Being

fruitHealth Inequalities Officer

This role has several tasks within it for the year 2008 – 2009:

♦ Isle of Wight Health Eating Alliance co-ordination
♦ Children’s Food Worker: aims to work with all stakeholders in community groups working with children and young people to develop holistic food policies as part of the approach to halt the rise of childhood obesity.
An audit tool, guidance and good practice together with a sample policy is now available in the resource library
♦ Working with Farmer Jacks a Children's Food Festival will be held as part of the Sweetcorn Fayre on 27th September at Arreton Barns – the Community Chef’s, Food Standards Agency, IWC Environmental Health and some schools will all be taking part – want to know more contact sara.ellis@iwrcc.org.uk
♦ Cooking with the Chef’s: A cook book using tried and tested ideas from the Community Chef’s will also launched at the Children’s Food Festival
♦ Energy Programme Tool kit: the successful local community weight loss programme can be downloaded directly from the resource library
♦ Healthy Schools: support available for schools developing school food policies as part of working towards the National Healthy Schools Standard
♦ Health Inequalities: in partnership with the Isle of Wight Primary Care Trust; the Shrewd Food Project will run across 12 wards until March 09 – For more information contact Sara Ellis on 01983 524058 sara.ellis@iwrcc.org.uk

In order to support funding received to co-ordinate the IWHEA, the co-ordinator can take on almost any role in the food and health field as a consultant and can offer the following skills and experience:

  • 7 years experience in the Food and Health field, with sound knowledge of food poverty and social exclusion issues.
  • IWHEA received the community groups Caroline Walker Award 2006 for an outstanding contribution to improving public health through good food.
  • A vast range of expertise and knowledge that can be drawn on from its members, together with regional and national contacts.
  • Proven success in achieving outcomes through partnership working with business; voluntary/community sector and statutory sector.
  • Proven success lobbying and campaigning on wider, related food issues both locally and nationally.
  • The co-ordinator holds a Royal Institute of Public Health Diploma in Nutrition and Health (Community) with credit.
  • Has complementary role as Whole School Food Co-ordinator specifically to assist in the development of School Nutrition Action Groups until March 2008.
  • Training received as an oral health motivator.