Healthy Eating Sessions

Here at Dingle Lane we want nothing but the best for your children. This is why we have come up with our unique Healthy Eating Sessions for you and your children to enjoy. We aim to promote healthy eating by allowing your children to eat naturally healthy foods in a fun and exciting way.

Healthy Start

Healthy Start is here to give your child the very best start in life. If youre pregnant or have a child under 4, and you are claiming benefits, you could get vouchers to spend on milk, fresh fruit and vegetables, plus a coupon that you can swap for free vitimins. These free vitimins can be colected here at Dingle Lane Children Centre. Just pick up an application pack and get your Midwife or Health Visitor to sign it, and send it back in its freepost envelope. For further information go to http://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/

Free Milk

To encourage all children to drink heralthy milk, we now have available, after all our sessions, free milk for your child to take away and drink. Just ask at reception, or collect one from the couter (while stocks last each day)

Free fruit

We have always encouraged children to eat fresh fruit, and have previously, here at Dingle Lane offered a variety of fruits after various sessions throughout the week. Due to financial cuts to children centre budgets we had unfortunately had to end the free fruit available in our reception for you and your child to taste and enjoy. However we hope to offer the fresh fruit again in the future. It would be nice if we could once again continue with the fresh fruit, but that will depend on what our financial situation is at that time.

Yum Yum Yummy

in the past we ran a 6 week course making healthy snacks with fun activities that celebrate good food, aimed at children 2 years and over, along with their parents. All ingredients and equipment are provided and everyone went away with tips and ideas to take home and share with the family. We hope to run this again, so look out for new dates as places are limited, so please book your place through the centre.

Around the World on a budget

To promote healthy lifestyles and to try out new foods on a budget. This is aimed at parents and carers only, but a limited creche will be available. Please contact centre staff for further details and dates. Places are limited.

Little Chefs

Help your child learn to cook in a fun way. This is aimed at children 18 months to 4 years of age and their parents. A great way to have fun and learn at the same time. These sessions will run on a Wednesday 1.30-3.00pm over a 4 week period. Our next planned sessions will start early in 2013. Please contact centre staff to book your place. For further details and dates in 2013 contact the centre.

Snack right events

Over the last few years we have run a number of Snack Right Events throughout the year, which aim to encourage healthy eating. We have run two recent events, but at this time no further dates have been arranged for 2012. Look out for any further dates to come, when you could come along, try some different fruits, and have some fun and eat healthier at the same time.

Love Food Hate Waste

Did you know that a third of the food you buy will end up in the bin! These costs add up, over a month the average family throws away £50 of food shopping, that’s a lot of food and money! Pick up some handy tips on how to: Store food properly, how to cook the right amount of food, perfect portion sizes, and how to save time and money. We have previously run a Love Food Hate Waste course here at Dingle Lane and are happy to give any advice. If you are interested please contact the children centre team.