Food, Money and Move - Switch Up Community Hub - Adult Learning

Switch Up Community Hub, Mansfield

Date	8 - 22 March 2024
Sessions	Fridays: 12pm - 2pm
No. sessions	3
Venue	Switch Up Community Hub, Mansfield View venue details View on Google Maps
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 6
Cost	Free

About this course

Would you like to plan, prepare and enjoy nutritious food?

Would you like to take part in a gentle movement class?

This course is designed to support you to develop your cookery skills, learn to balance nutrition and promote the enjoyment of healthy food.

You will be able to understand calories as a measure of energy, and how to make healthy choices. You will develop skills and confidence to prepare and cook an example of a healthy meal. You will also be able to recognise and use cheaper ingredient alternatives.

Each session ends with a gentle movement class led by the team at Switch Up!

Beginners welcome!

What will be covered on the course?

This course has been created to support healthy eating habits and an active life. The course embeds elements of measuring calories and ingredients, comparing prices, understanding cooking temperatures and proportioning recipes. These skills will enable learners to begin their healthy lifestyle journey.

Sessions are as follows:

Session 1:

Practical session to make and take home a healthy breakfast (overnight oats) which looks at counting calories and nutritional content | yoga

Session 2:

Meal planning and budgeting | boxing

Session 3:

Practical session to cook and share an evening meal | breakdancing

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:

- recognise the nutritional value of a healthy breakfast

- complete a meal budget

- count the calories and recognize nutritional value in a recipe

- compare metric and imperial measures in a recipe

- proportion a recipe to make enough for the group.

This course is suitable for anyone 19+

What skills or knowledge do learners already need to have to attend the course?

This course is for people who don’t already have a level 2 qualification in maths, for example GCSE C/4 or above, or are not confident in using maths at this level.

Movement part of the class is beginner friendly and can be adapted to the needs and level of the learner by the Switch Up team.

Booking your place and fee information

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas: