Do you use, or would you use, screening tests such as postal bowel cancer screening tests or mammograms?
Find your nearest local NHS service using the search below.
Our Food Network is a joint initiative run between Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council and NHS Trafford. It aims to promote a coordinated approach to the development and delivery of food based projects and to help signpost both professionals and the public within Trafford towards projects they can use.
The network hopes to achieve its aims by
Anyone with a role in food and healthy eating within the community is welcome to attend the quarterly meetings which will be highlighted within our newsletter, and details will be circulated through our mailing list.
The quarterly e-newsletter is issued in January, April, July and October of each year and is free to sign up to. Simply contact Marie Price by emailing marie.price@trafford.nhs.uk and ask to be added to the mailing list.
The latest issue of the Our Food Network newsletter is available here. Back issues can be found here.
The food directory provides a list of healthy eating and food activities available in the borough. Click on the relevant target group to access the information. If the text is too small to read, you can enlarge it by clicking 'zoom' in the 'view' menu at the top of the page.
Please note that while we have developed these directories to provide information on healthy eating initiatives, we do not take responsibility for the content of the initiatives.
Throughout the year there any many food and health related awareness weeks that can contribute to your health and wellbeing:
26 March to 1 April 2012: National salt awareness week 1 to 30 April: Bowel cancer awareness month 23 to 29 April: National allergy week 1 to 31 May: National walking month 14 to 18 May: Walk to work week 18 May: Fruity Friday 21 to 25 May: Walk to school week 10 to 16 June: Diabetes week 11 to 17 June: Food safety week
Some links you might find useful
Please get in touch if you would like to find out more, or need more information on anything mentioned above.
Kate Campbell, public health nutrition coordinator Kate.campbell@trafford.gov.uk
Judith Williams, community dietitian Judith.williams@trafford.nhs.uk
Marie Price, health improvement officer Marie.price@trafford.nhs.uk
Trafford Primary Care Trust, 2nd Floor Oakland House, Talbot Rd, Old Trafford, Manchester M16 0PQ