This home-study programme is aimed at improving your knowledge of health, wellbeing, diet and nutrition.

The course is designed for those who wish to develop their understanding of the principles of healthy eating and the role of food in maintaining good health. The programme provides the knowledge to make informed lifestyle choices in relation to diet including:

• What is a healthy diet, the five food groups and healthy food preparation.
• Diet and nutrition & the principles of a healthy diet.
• Food and nutritional issues.
• Considering the nutritional needs of adults, children and adolescents.
• The nutritional needs of older people.
• Special dietary requirements.
• Barriers to healthy eating.
• Food labeling | Food additives.
• The use of food and nutritional information to plan and implement a healthy diet.
• The programme provides information on how to achieve a healthy diet together with an understanding of how an individual's dietary requirements change through life.

Employees do not have to attend college at any time. They can do this free programme at home, in their own time and at their own pace.

Course | Programme Structure

1. Working Concept provide you with all the marketing materials required to promote the availability of this programme to your staff. This includes emails, posters, flyers and where there is high demand a staffed road-show with exhibition stands that are ideally positioned in canteen and reception areas during lunch-breaks.
2. "Register of Interest Forms" are collated using standard royal mail post and our on-line form.
3. A supporting local college will come in to your business premises to induct those who have registered their interest. The induction session lasts for approximately 40 minutes and is conducted in group sessions (up to 20 staff per session). Multiple sessions evidently apply to accommodate higher numbers.
4. Staff are handed their free learning materials at the end of the induction session.
5. The entire programme lasts for between eight and twelve weeks and a member of staff will get through their programme within this time-frame if they commit approximately 1.5 hours per week.
6. There are three modules in the course and the college will visit your staff, again in group sessions throughout the programme to ensue that everyone's learning experience is being maximized.