School cooks, headteachers, business managers and others working to provide healthy food for children can now access a national online training hub.
The Children’s Food Trust’s Learning Network provides information and learning on healthy children’s food. It offers e-learning courses on subjects such as increasing free school meal take-up, practical low cost improvements to the dining spaces, and ways to get pupils and parents involved in school food. Courses to teach practical cooking skills and other subjects are due to be added later this year.
The hub will also offer webcasts on topical children’s food issues, and a forum to share ideas with schools and catering staff around the country.
Creation of the hub has been part funded by Ufi Charitable Trust, which works to improve vocational skills through innovative uses of technology.
For more information, visit:
http://learningnetwork.childrensfoodtrust.org.uk
The Government has recently launched its School Food Plan, which aims to support headteachers to improve food in their schools. It is available at:
www.schoolfoodplan.com
