Healthy Living
Healthy eating
Duration: 6 weeks or 2 hour workshops.
Content: The course aims to provide a better understanding of the importance of eating a healthy balanced diet by making well informed choices and good eating behaviours.
Learners will learn about -
- which food is healthy and unhealthy, including the five major food groups as well as incorporating five a day
- food portions, calories and processed food
- the effects of unhealthy food and diet
- how to cook in a healthy way
Waste not, want not
Duration: This course is 6 weeks long.
Content: This course aims to raise awareness of how to be more sustainable with food and use a practical approach to reduce waste.
Learners will be taught how to -
- understand their own food waste behavior
- strategies needed to reduce food waste
- money saving skills when shopping for food
Sow and grow
Duration: This course is 6 weeks long.
Content: This course aims to develop your know ledge and skills for growing your own plants, fruit, vegetables herbs and flowers.
Learners will find out -
- about the benefits of growing your own fruit, vegetables and herbs
- when and what seeds to plant based on seasons and months
- grow plants, fruit, vegetables from off cuts
- about cross pollination and pruning
- about making compost and how to use pesticides and fertilizers
- how to be safe while working in the garden
Active life
Duration: This course is 6 weeks long.
Content: This course aims to provide you with the knowledge and skills to be able to lead an active healthy lifestyle.
Learners will -
- identify the importance of physical activity and healthy living
- know how to make activity and lifestyle changes
Healthy body
Duration: 6 weeks or 2 hour workshops.
Content: This course aims to explore a variety of factors that contribute to a healthy body and the challenges and barriers we may experience when maintaining a healthy body. During this course you will also learn about different health conditions, their causes and how to reduce the risk.
You will learn about -
- the major organs and bones in the body and their function
- factors that contribute to a healthy body
- health concerns - causes and symptoms of high and low blood pressure / heart disease / diabetes / obesity / arthritis / cancer/ virus / infections
- the Immune system and Detoxification
- hygiene and beauty
- how to create a personal plan which will help you to work towards a healthy body
Taste the world
Duration: 6 week course or 2 hour workshops.
Content: This course aims to introduce foods from different parts of the world alongside activities and information about the different cultures. Learners will learn
- to make a variety of foods from different parts of the world
- about the similarities and differences of food across cultures
- about the carbon footprint of foods found in the UK and fair trade
Course requirements
Learners will need access to a tablet/laptop/smartphone or PC. They will also need an email address and access to the internet.
What could these courses lead to?
On completion of these courses all learners will receive a certificate of achievement and it could lead to further accredited qualifications such as Entry 3 to Level 2 Ascentis Award in Healthy Living.
At the end of the course, we will provide information about other learning opportunities and courses for adults to join in the local area.
