Sheffield Food Plan & Food Festival
Information for parents & families

For Sheffield to be a healthy city where everyone, children, families and the wider community have a healthy diet, a strong approach to food is needed. We also want to improve the environmental impact of the food Sheffield eats, as well as make the most of the local food being produced. This is why a Food Plan is being written for Sheffield so that we can join all these challenges up.

Parents, carers and grandparents are role models in terms of the food they eat, as well as their roles of buying and cooking food for others.

The food plan aims to:

• Increase peoples knowledge of what constitutes healthy food
• Help people access healthy, affordable and nutritious food
• Improve the capacity to grow food in communities
• Increase peoples knowledge of how to prepare and cook fresh and healthy meals

Sheffield Food Festival

Taste something new at the Sheffield Food Festival, 4-10 July!

Sheffield Let’s Change4Life is pleased to be supporting the Sheffield Food Festival which will take place between 4 and 10 July 2011.  The festival includes a wide range of activities and events suitable for everyone, and will be underpinned by the priorities of the Sheffield Food Plan.  Elements will include:

Festival Community Programme: 2-10th July

A series of showcases, events and workshops will take place across Sheffield neighbourhoods.

Festival City Centre Weekend Extravaganza: 9/10th July

The main Festival hub will be centred in and around the Peace Gardens, Barkers Pool, Town Hall Square and Fargate:

• Festival Kitchen – featuring a rolling programme of demonstrations, talks, ‘how to’ sessions promoting home cooking, family meals for a fiver and ready steady cook style events.
• Festival Producers Market – Located down Fargate this will be the biggest and most vibrant producers market the city has seen

• Festival Picnic- We will transform the Peace Gardens into a fabulous picnic area with picnic tables and blankets, and a stage for performances.
• Festival Farm & Garden - Barkers Pool will be transformed from an urban space to a beautiful garden, playground and farm area – an extraordinary living, growing space for everyone to enjoy.
• Festival Health and Wellbeing - Located in Town Hall Square, Festival Health and Wellbeing will include activities to increase awareness of key health and nutrition messages

Festival Restaurant, Cafe & Bar Programme: 4-10^th July

A 7 day programme bringing together the restaurants, cafes and bars of Sheffield in an exciting combination of special events

Festival Classroom: 6-10th July

Based at key academic institutions across the City the Festival Classroom will provide a programme of food & drink events

Festival ‘Fringe’: 4-10th July

Fringe events include the BIG Sheffield Food & Drink Quiz including pie and pea supper, food trails and ‘Behind the Scenes’: A range of tours, talks and tasters into some of the city’s food producers.

Festival Arts and Culture

An exciting food focused arts, culture and street entertainment programme will run cross the festival.

For more details visit www.sheffieldfoodfestival.co.uk.

Food plan & festival information for businesses

More information about the food plan & festival