National Food Poverty Seminar 2017

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Achievements of the Wales Food Poverty Alliance 2015 -1017

• Established the alliance and key priorities

• Food Poverty indicators in the new Wales National Survey

• Part of UK consultation to Big Lottery Fund

• Web page on Public Health Network Cymru

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Progress in measuring the extent of food poverty in Wales

Food Poverty Think Tank 30 April, 2015

• 2015 - no current indicator that can

provide an objective measure of food poverty.

• Short term - there may be a way of utilising existing data to provide better a picture.

• Long term - working towards inclusion of a food poverty indicator in National surveys.

Annual Report on Tackling Poverty Action Plan 2015

FOOD POVERTY INCLUDED

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2017 Food Poverty Indicators • [Does your household / do you and your partner/ do you] eat meals with

meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) at least every other day?

Yes/ No, cannot afford / No, other

• During the last fortnight was there ever a day (from getting up to going to bed) when you did not have a substantial meal due to lack of money?

Yes/No

A substantial meal means one that is filling.

• Field work on the new survey is commencing Spring 2016 and first release June 2017 with breakdown data later

• Population sample 12,000 – these questions are ‘ask all’

Achievements of the Wales Food Poverty Alliance

Corporate slide master With guidelines for corporate presentations

Towards Sustainable Growth: An Action Plan for the Food & Drink Industry 2014-2020

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We have also developed a section on ‘Food Poverty ‘ featured as part of Public Health Network Cymru’s website

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Food and Fun, Cardiff’s school holiday enrichment programme, was successfully delivered in schools in areas of social deprivation for 12 days

to support families during the summer holidays in 2016.

Food and Fun was awarded the NHS Wales Award 2016. The judging panel described the programme as “a brilliant example of the Well-being of Future

Generations (Wales) Act in action”.

Reducing health, social and educational inequalities at an early age by building capacity through schools and staff (existing public sector

assets) to provide healthy food, physical activities, nutrition education and enrichment activities.

Long Term

Prevention

Ensuring children from disadvantaged backgrounds aren’t exposed to the stresses long school holidays can present (social isolation,

hunger, inactivity, educational inequalities).

Integration

Fits with City of Cardiff Councils “Liveable City” vision as well as priorities for Cardiff and Vale UHB Local Public Health Team and

Public Health Wales’ priority to tackle health inequalities.

Collaboration

Collaborating at a local and national level with multiple organisations to develop an all Wales approach together with the

Welsh Local Government Association.

Involvement

Food and Fun has been shaped by individuals that understand the needs of the children, their families and the wider community

(school staff, parents/carers and children).

A number of agencies in Cardiff, including Communities First teams, either supported or delivered key enrichment activities to

supplement the Food and Fun programme.

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Well being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015

What is it?

The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act is about improving the social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales.

It will make the public bodies listed in the Act think more about the long-term, work better with people and communities and each other, look to prevent problems and take a more joined-up approach.

This will help us to create a Wales that we all want to live in, now and in the future. To make sure we are all working towards the same vision, the Act puts in place seven well-being goals.

Well-being Goals

14 members of staff delivering Food and Fun were trained in:

• MECC (Making Every Contact Count) • Nutrition Skills for Life • Love Food Hate Waste

94% of the staff trained and responding found the training

helpful or very helpful

3500 hours of additional employment generated

KITCHEN MANAGER: “I love it. It doesn’t feel like coming to work and it’s such a big help to a

lot of parents.”

“Gardening was an activity my daughter enjoyed, and has made

her want to do gardening with me at home which is fab.”

Fareshare provided breakfast cereals for 2820 breakfasts

“He has loved coming to school over the holidays. He’s learned all about the amount of sugar in some foods and enjoyed growing his own watercress. The sports have really

helped him with his confidence.”

144 hours of sport delivered Of respondents (127):

93% children attending enjoyed the club

81% reported eating more fruit and vegetables

78% reported eating less sugary and fatty foods

87% are more active

62% have tried new foods whilst attending the club

Cardiff Council worked in partnership with Chomp to serve

512 meals to over 50 families

On any one Food and Fun club day an average of 238 children attended

25 children with special needs attended a Food and Fun club

SHEP CO-ORDINATOR: describes how one boy with autism had

benefited from the programme: “During term-time, he always has lunch on

his own in one of the classrooms. But during Food and Fun, his confidence grew and he felt comfortable enough to sit with his classmates

and enjoy his lunch with them. His parents were thrilled.”

416 children attended a Food and Fun club

PARENT: “It has enabled me to work throughout the first weeks

of the holidays and not worry that my child is

missing out on having fun.”

1 community Food club (Chomp) was supported

“My child is shy but made new friends.”

11 schools took part in Food and Fun in Cardiff

6168 Food and Fun meals were served to children and their

families/carers

2 Welsh Speaking schools delivered Food and Fun

“My child is learning without realising it. He’s trying new foods and he’s really

enjoyed the daily exercise. It’s been absolutely brilliant. I really hope this

comes back next year.”

25 external Agencies delivering Food and Fun activities

5 Public Health and Catering Awards

PARENT: “Lots of children from

different cultures for kids to play with and learn from.”

Delivered presentations and workshops to share experience on

6 platforms for Wales, UK and Internationally

Katie.palmer2@wales.nhs.uk

@foodandfunwales

www.foodcardiff.com

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Efforts to reduce household food waste have stalled…

(Household Food Waste in the UK, 2015; WRAP)

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The scale of the challenge: food & drink waste

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Media attention and growing consumer awareness

How FareShare Works

FareShare Cymru South Wales redistributes

surplus food from the food industry… …with the help of an

army of volunteers…

…to 59 frontline charities

and community groups…

…who turn it into

nutritious meals…

…last year we provided enough

food for nearly 1,3 million meals.

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