Training & Building Capacity

Working in partnership with Active 8 Sauchie

During the Covid 19 lockdown our team worked in partnership with Active 8 Sauchie and supported them to run online cooking sessions with families via social media. To motivate and encourage families to cook at home, they asked families to engage through social media - by sharing recipes and posting photos of the meals they created

From September to December 2020, the NHS FV Why Weight Team delivered a Supper Club in collaboration with Active Kids from Alloa, who provided activity sessions. The supper club provided an opportunity for volunteers to cook a meal and gave families the opportunity to sit and eat together.

Following on from the success of the supper club, our Public Health Nutrition Team delivered training to volunteers from Active 8 Sauchie on REHIS Elementary Cooking & REHIS Introduction to Food and Health, during the first few months of 2021.

After gaining their REHIS qualifications and awards, Active 8 Sauchie progressed to setting up their own Supper Club with support from St Mungos Church. The group were keen to grow their own vegetables for Christmas dinner and with support from our team during Aug – Dec 2021, the planting began.

During Challenge Poverty Week (Oct 2022), volunteers from Active 8 Sauchie attended and successfully completed Community Cooking Training delivered by our Public Health Nutrition Team.

Active 8 Sauchie are now supporting other local community groups such as Sunnyside School Supper Club. They provide the Arts and Crafts activities and are trained to support the cooking too This connection has helped to support volunteers at Sunnyside and as a result some families have joined Active 8 Sauchie and their children benefit from the Youth Club activities provided there.