Healthy Menu Planning and Cooking on a Tight Budget

The FINE Team have scheduled delivery dates for their new training course ‘Healthy Menu Planning and Cooking on a Tight Budget’. The first two courses are; Wednesday 3^rd June, 9.30-12pm at Riverbank Court in Huddersfield and Tuesday 17^th July , 12.30-3pm at The Blenheim Centre in Batley. If these two dates are not suitable for you ,please contact the FINE Team for future course dates. If you are interested in attending the course or would like more information contact the FINE Team on; 01484 416 883 or fine.project@kirklees.gov.uk or just complete the application form here and send it back through to us. If you are interested in having a bespoke session for your workplace, just get in touch and we can set a suitable date and time.

 Change4life launches new campaign to encourage adults to drink less

 A new Change4life campaign has been launched to encourage adults to reduce the amount of alcohol they drink to levels which have less risk to their health.

The campaign warns that drinking over the recommended limits can leave drinkers at risk from serious illnesses including heart disease, stroke and cancer. 

It highlights that regularly drinking around two large glasses of wine or two strong pints of beer a day triples the risk of developing mouth cancer and doubles the risk of developing high blood pressure.

New leaflets and information on the Change4life website give hints and tips on how drinkers can cut down on the amount they drink, such as having alcohol-free days, not ‘pre-loading’ (drinking at home before going out), swapping to low-alcohol or alcohol free drinks and using smaller glasses.

The new online calculator on the Change4Life website (www.nhs.uk/change4life) allows users to check how much they are drinking and work out whether they need to cut down.  Leaflets and other resources to help groups and organisations to help people to think about their drinking are available from the Public Health Resource Centre, NHS Kirklees. Please contact 01484 464435 for more information. Details of services and support in Kirklees along with advice and information are also available at www.thinkaboutyourdrinking.com or you can join the debate about drinking at www.facebook.com/boozeandviews

This website is linked to the national government change4life website, but will help people in Kirklees get information about eating well where they live.Here you will find tips and easy ways for you and your family to enjoy eating more healthily in our simple guide.  Or, if you find yourself trying to explain to people how they could eat more healthily, why not sign up to one of our free courses - feel confident you are giving the right messages, get some good ideas on how to organise fun healthy eating events and learn how to demonstrate cooking sessions.