Community Solutions

Community Solutions is part of the Community Capacity Building and Carers Support Programme.

We support carers and families and those with long term conditions to eat well, by delivering healthy eating courses and/or tailored support to those in North Lanarkshire.

• We can offer the following services:
• Health Promotion Talks for e.g. Bone Health, Fluid and Hydration and/or Food and Mood
• Food Demos (demonstrating how to cook quick nutritious meals with healthy tips)
• Healthy Cooking Courses (for all ages which can be tailored to meet the group’s needs)
• Mental Health and Wellbeing Course (stress management, nutrition, cooking, sleep education, and light physical activity)
• Lifestyle Courses (healthy cooking, nutrition, weight management support and light physical activity)
• Big Chef, Little Chef (parent/carer and child cooking sessions, age rang 3-7 yrs)
• Healthy Cooks’ (parent/carer and child/young person cooking together, age rang 8-16 yrs)
• Healthy Eating Champion Training (REHIS qualifications included within a train the trainer course)
• REHIS Eating Well for Older People (3 hrs)
• REHIS Food Hygiene (6 hrs)
• REHIS Food and Health (3hrs and 6 hrs options)

PROGRAMME BACKGROUND

We aim to support individuals and families by:

• Promoting healthy lifestyles for all
• Increasing knowledge of nutrition throughout the life cycles
• Improving relationships between families by attending a course together
• Increasing confidence to prepare and cook healthy meals for one or families
• Promoting self-management of certain conditions, for example, pre-diabetes, bone health and/or heart health.
• Providing REHIS training to enhance employability prospects
• Providing education in a safe and fun environment