Grace Gardner

PhD in Population Health Sciences. I’m a Public Health Practitioner and the Public Involvement & Engagement Lead in Newcastle’s HDRC 🍎

[Balance North East @BalanceNE]

Our powerful new Alcohol is Toxic campaign launches today, supported by @CRUK_Policy. Alcohol is a Group 1 carcinogen which causes 7 types of cancer - including bowel and breast cancer.
#AlcoholCausesCancer https://t.co/ALXcFVGK2K

[Zoe Griffiths RNutr @ZG_Nutrition]

Labour must expand free school meals. Ensuring more children have nutritious food would help the opposition deliver its missions in government. Sean Turner @sfmtweet on this & receiving free school meals as a child #FreeSchoolMeals #FeedtheFuture #LPC23 https://t.co/3Fqowdvkkg

[Fuse @fuse_online]

Fuse Director @AshleyAdamson6 will lead the new @NIHR_RSS Public Health Specialist Centre - a nationwide service that will work with local authorities and other organisations to support #publichealth #research.

[Local Government Association (LGA) @LGAcomms]

High-quality, nutritious food plays a pivotal role during a child's early years.

We commissioned research into the barriers & enablers to good nutrition in early years settings across England from a #LocalGov perspective. 👇1/2
https://t.co/nWqJnjTAAr

[Fuse @fuse_online]

📢Fuse Director @AshleyAdamson6 is to lead a new £22m @NIHRresearch Research Support Service (RSS) Public Health Specialist Centre, that will work with local authorities and other organisations to support public health research nationwide.

More here⬇️
https://t.co/qP17HbUGb2

[Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) @ADPHUK]

"This isn't a lasting solution. In the long run, not only will it not shift the dial on obesity but over the years will cost the public purse far more than a proper strategy which shifts us as a society to healthier food choice and healthier weight." @jimmcmanusph President, ADPH

[IFAN @IFAN_UK]

We welcome @scotgov Cash-First: Towards Ending the Need for Food Banks in Scotland and their commitment to critical steps towards a #cashfirst future.

Our full statement ➡️ https://t.co/5JsnPBQbh2

[Zoe Griffiths RNutr @ZG_Nutrition]

🦋What's in Season in the UK in June?

🌞The sunny weather means that many UK fruit and veg will be ready early this year

🥬If you grow your own, you'll be picking some of your produce already

���My favourite this month is definitely strawberries

😀Hope you like the new look

[Newcastle City Council @NewcastleCC]

If you are a food handler, work in food and drink or supply surplus food in Newcastle, head along to Magic Hat at 10am this Wednesday for the launch of Bind’s food redistribution app.

Join here👉 https://t.co/3O48zfJxKj

[NIHR Newcastle BRC @NIHRNewcBRC]

Have you discovered #RoutesToResearch yet?

This brand-new website aims to support healthcare staff in the North East and North Cumbria to get involved in research.

Created by staff, for staff👇
https://t.co/oafa8rzxMn

#ResearchNENC https://t.co/Jxh3K5lWOm

[Prof Amelia A Lake @Lakenutrition]

“Embedded researcher activists” love this description talking about how #universities interact with the community & community organisations

#ASMSPHR2023

[FixOurFood @FixOurFoodteam]

Great first day of the FixOurFood three horizons workshop with partners from the region, discussing action for a regenerative Yorkshire food system. #foodsystemstransformation

[FixOurFood @FixOurFoodteam]

Fantastic day today at the #childfriendlybradford event, meeting inspiring young people and hearing about changes they want to make to their school food 🎉🍎 @JackJGaz @connolly_annie @Bryant73J @ggardner93

[The Food Foundation @Food_Foundation]

It is so important when people stand up to help end the stigma of #FreeSchoolsMeals & support our urgent campaign to expand FSM’s - @ZaynMalik is doing just that. He has written to @RishiSunak to address the issue of 800k children in poverty missing out -
https://t.co/V2IIeeQgEN

[Grace Gardner @ggardner93]

Extending Free School Meals to children from families on Universal Credit will benefit our economy’s growth, delivering £8.9billion in social, health and educational benefits over 20 years. #FeedtheFuture

[Grace Gardner @ggardner93]

800,000 children in England are living in poverty but don't qualify for Free School Meals. We can change this! Click this link to tell your MP to guarantee more children a nutritious meal at school 👉https://t.co/e26xj7CRWE @Food_Foundation @FixOurFoodteam

[Grace Gardner @ggardner93]

Pleased to be presenting our #HAF2021 findings at #UKCO2022 #ASO @FixOurFoodteam

[The Food Foundation @Food_Foundation]

'If people can't afford to eat... can't afford shelter, what would could be more basic than that in the 5th richest country on the planet in the 21st century? We have inadequacy of the basic material resources'

🗣️ @MichaelMarmot speaking during our #BrokenPlate2022 webinar

[Zoe Griffiths RNutr @ZG_Nutrition]

National Child Measurement Programme, England, Provisional 2021/22 School Year Outputs have been published by @NHSDigital today. It shows obesity prevalence has decreased in Reception by 14.4% in 2020/21 to 10.4% in 2021/22 and by 25.5% to 23.5% in Y6. https://t.co/hV0K4gnH1a