Tackle obesity through healthy eating Banana Bytes is a project designed to help tackle child obesity in Tower Hamlets by enabling local children, parents and primary schools to create healthy eating campaigns using digital media. www.bananabytes.net Help for tobacco sellers Retailers caught selling tobacco products to underage children are to be given extra guidance through a new panel. see page 14 News News in brief Free food training RESTAURANTS, cafés, takeaways and market stalls that are not yet part of the Food for Health Award (FFHA) scheme have further incentive to get involved with the offer of free training. Only those businesses which are part of the scheme can take part in the Charter Institute of Environmental Health Level 2 food safety catering course next month for free – it would normally cost £65. The course is part of a number of free training sessions offered by the council under the scheme. They cover subjects such as legislation, food safety, refrigeration, cooking and preventing cross contamination. The next training runs on Friday, November 14 from 9am-5pm at Mile End Hospital, Bancroft Road, E1. Spaces are limited. Visit www.tower hamlets.gov.uk/foodforhealth or call 7364 6697 or email food safety@towerhamlets.gov.uk Pupils sell crops CHILDREN from Phoenix Special School in Bow were among a group of budding fruit and vegetable traders who visited a bustling indoor market as part of its 1,000th year celebrations. The pupils set up stalls at Borough Market in Southwark to sell seasonal produce which they had grown and nurtured from seed. All the proceeds from their sales were donated to FareShare, a charity which rescues good food that would otherwise go to waste. The event marked the culmination of a partnership between Borough Market and the charity, School Food Matters. A CELEBRITY chef shared his cooking skills with children and parents at Woolmore Primary School in Poplar, as part of a campaign to promote healthy eating. Rakesh Ravindran Nair, head chef of the Cinnamon Club restaurant in Westminster, demonstrated two of his favourite dishes before the children made their own versions. He was supporting the Banana Bytes campaign, started by social enterprise ArtSpokes, to help tackle child obesity in Tower Hamlets. Based at Chrisp Street Market in Poplar, it is a six-month pilot involving five primary schools, giving children, parents and the schools an opportunity to create their own healthy eating scheme using digital media. Rakesh said: “I hope my knowledge and passion for food will inspire families to cook healthy and delicious recipes.” Go smoke-free in your home & car BY SARAH MCLAUGHLIN RESIDENTS are being asked to pledge their commitment to having a smoke-free home and car. The council’s smoke-free team is spearheading a campaign to get people to consider stopping smoking in their homes and cars, especially those who have babies and children. Children, babies and other adults are exposed to harmful secondhand tobacco smoke when others smoke in such confined spaces. Those who pledge to have a smoke-free home and/or car will receive a free goodie bag and the offer of a free home fire safety visit from London Fire Brigade. Cllr Abdul Asad, cabinet member for health and adult services, said: “We want people to think about the effects they may be having on others through their smoking habits.” Research shows that children whose parents smoke are 90 per cent more likely to start smoking themselves whereas those living in a smoke-free environment may be healthier and less likely to be sick. Visit www.towerhamlets. gov.uk/smokefree For more information call 7364 5008 or email healthand safety@towerhamlets.gov.uk 27 OCTOBER – 2 NOVEMBER 2014 N E W S F R O M T O W E R H A M LETS COUNCIL AND YOUR COMMUNITY 9
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