- Time together uninterrupted by other people or phones
- Improving confidence through learning new skills
- Encouraging adults and children to try new foods and activities increases their willingness to try other things together that they wouldn’t usually
- Bringing in hard-to-reach people. For example, schools have told us that some parents who have attended our courses with their children have not previously engaged in other ways
- Increasing family cohesion
- Better behaviour and study results from better-fed children
- Teaching children practical fine motor and numeracy skills
Meet Celia
Tell us a little about yourself.
I started my career as a dietitian and have recently retired having worked as a Public Health Consultant since 2010. Eating good food has always been an important part of my personal and professional life – it makes such a difference to health and wellbeing. I live in Potton with my husband and cats, now my daughters have flown the nest.
Why did you decide to volunteer with Food etc?
Having spent almost 40 years in the public sector, I wanted to carry on contributing when I retired. Food etc is perfect because I can help participants feel confident to prepare healthy affordable food, and the other volunteers are a great bunch of people.
What do you enjoy most about working with Food Etc?
I’ve worked mainly with secondary age children and six formers – it has been very inspiring and enjoyable spending time with them.
I also just love being part of the Food Etc crew. It’s added meaning and enormous enjoyment to my retirement so a huge thank you from me!
Have you had any challenges?
Learning to be flexible – not everything goes exactly as you plan and skill levels vary in each cohort, but it generally works in the end!
Benefits of working with Food etc
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