Residents who are passionate about helping others are invited to get involved this year in a new volunteering opportunity to become Food Champions across Warwickshire.
As a Food Champion volunteer, you can work alongside Warwickshire County Council to become involved in a wide range of volunteering roles that relate to enabling people to eat more healthily, in a way that is affordable, and that contributes to the environment in more sustainable ways. The opportunity is recommended for those who enjoy helping others, working with other people by sharing knowledge and ideas, and are eager to take on a meaningful challenge
Please share this volunteer opportunity with the people in your local communities, and any individuals interested in becoming a Food Champion are encouraged watch the training sessions which took place earlier in the year:
Watch Warwickshire Food Champions training videos on Youtube
The training sessions include:
- A welcome introduction to becoming a Warwickshire Food Champion, and an overview of the Public Health challenges faced in Warwickshire related to diet and food inequalities.
- What forms the basis of a healthy and sustainable diet, and how to understand ultra-processed foods, food pricing and labelling, types of diet, food safety and key legislation.
- How people can learn to cook and grow their own food, including low-cost cooking, healthy approaches, reducing food waste, and community approaches to food sharing.
- All about food and the environment, covering the impact of food supply systems on climate change and how this can be reduced, as well as key approaches to living healthily and self-awareness.
- A summary of the course will complete this series of four sessions.
If you would like to find out more, ask questions, please contact Mike Slemensek at mikeslemensek@warwickshire.gov.uk.