Educational resources
Healthy Eating Healthy Living (Training pack for support staff to facilitate a group.)
A training pack designed to encourage healthy eating as a way of life for people with learning disabilities. Can be downloaded from www.scld.org.uk/healthy-eating-healthy-living-pack/
Caroline Walker Trust (Reading and training resources for support staff. Help to understand and apply good nutritional care.)
Eating Well: Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities – Training Materials. This can be downloaded for free from www.cwt.org.uk/downloads/
Easy Health website (A collection of easy read health information. Using simple words, clear pictures and films.)
A variety of resources available to download from www.easyhealth.org.uk
Communication for Health, NHS Fife
This website is for staff and carers. It contains easy read health information.
www.nhsfife.org/services/support-services/communication-for-health/
Food Standards Scotland
Eat Well, Your Way is a resource to help you take small steps to eat healthier.
www.foodstandards.gov.scot/consumers/healthy-eating/eat-well-your-way
Healthy Eating Tutorial (Online modules for carers and support workers to improve food and health knowledge)
A helpful tool for those looking for an introduction to nutrition. Who may be required to provide healthy eating messages to others as part of their job.
www.foodstandards.gov.scot/consumers/healthy-eating/nutrition/healthy-eating-tutorial
NHS Fife Feed Your Mind Podcast (Dietitians talking about food as a player in mental health)
Episode 5 ‘Eating Well on a Budget’ and Episode 7 ‘Vitamin D’ www.nhsfife.org/feedyourmind
Pictorial recipes and cook books
Health Promotion Access Catalogue (HPAC), NHS Fife http://hpac.fife.scot.nhs.uk ‘My Own Cookbook’, ‘Cook Your Own Takeaway’ and ‘CookWell’ recipe cards
Community Food and Health Scotland www.communityfoodandhealth.org.uk (Resources > Good Practice and Ideas > Community Cooking Sessions)
NHS Forth Valley, ‘How to… Cook’ and ‘Six Step’ Picture Recipes https://nhsforthvalley.com/health-services/health-promotion/nutrition/grow-and-cook/
Love Food Hate Waste. Recipes, tips and guidance to make the most of your food at home. www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/
NHS Grampian, Confidence to Cook Recipes. https://www.confidence2cook.co.uk/recipes
Videos
What Makes a Good Meal. How to prepare meals for people with eating and drinking challenges. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbFSvzf-pk8
High Risk Foods. Raising awareness of high risk foods. How to support someone with eating and drinking challenges.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvvwLFkh7L4
A brief video explaining some of the different food labels found in the UK. Learn how to know what foods are high in fat, sugar and salt. Download our handy food label card and be more aware of the nutritional content of the foods and drinks you choose. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hPg1-bfLYE
CookABILITY. Recipe videos. For people with a learning disability. To cook healthy home-made meals. www.unitedresponse.org.uk/resource/cookability-videos/
