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News: Mouth Cancer Action Month

The British Dental Health Foundation is running Mouth Cancer Action Month in November. The campaign calls on dentists, doctors and pharmacists to educate members of the general public about a disease that claims more lives than testicular and cervical cancer combined.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

News: Call for all political parties to commit to a greener Britain by 2020

A coalition of environmental groups including the Campaign to Protect Rural England, National Trust, WWF, RSPB, Greenpeace, The Wildlife Trusts and Friends of the Earth have called for all political parties to commit to a greener Britain by 2020, by pledging seven major priorities at the next election to reform the way we use energy, build communities and protect nature. Ideas include: new Marine Protected Areas in our overseas territories, the Arctic and around the UK; a 25-year plan for recovering our green spaces and wildlife; a major new approach to household energy savings; and a new Sustainable Neighbourhoods deal giving more power to communities.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

News: Review into professional environmental health education

A comprehensive review into professional environmental health education, commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) from an independent working party, is set to make recommendations by the end of the year. The working party is chaired by Nick Wilson, strategic director for children, schools and families at Surrey County Council, and includes students, employers from all sectors, academics and members of the CIEH governance community and education team. The CIEH exercise coincides with a Food Standards Agency review of the food law code of practice, which will make recommendations on competencies and qualifications required in food safety inspection.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

News: Mealmakers launched

Scotland’s Community Food and Health has launched Mealmakers, based on London initiative the Casserole Club. This neighbourhood meal sharing project uses an online platform to connect volunteers of any age who have a passion for cooking and want to be active in their communities, with older neighbours over the age of 55 who would appreciate a home-cooked meal. Mealmakers is sponsored by the Scottish Government and the Rank Foundation, and launched as a pilot in Dundee, with the aim to reduce food poverty and malnutrition, improve diets and combat social isolation by breaking down the barriers that lead to loneliness.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

News: Foodswitch smartphone app

A new free smartphone app, Foodswitch, has been developed by Consensus Action on Salt & Health, in collaboration with organisations including the George Institute of Global Health and The British Heart Foundation Health Promotion Research Group. Users can scan the barcodes of food and drinks products and instantly see whether they are high, medium or low in fat, saturates, sugars and salt per 100g.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

News: Tesco, Diabetes UK and the British Heart Foundation are forming a charity partnership to raise funds to promote healthy living

The partnership, which will launch in early 2015, is being described as the first of its kind, and aims to encourage healthy eating and cooking habits, with more details to follow.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

News: FAIRTRADE Mark-labelled products

Shoppers continue to reach for FAIRTRADE Mark-labelled products in ever growing numbers while Fairtrade’s offer to farmers and workers deepens, according to a new report from Fairtrade International. Sales during 2013 grew for coffee, sugar, bananas and flowers. To celebrate 20 years since the FAIRTRADE Mark launched in the UK, the Fairtrade Foundation has invited the UK public to nominate their favourite Fairtrade product – from over 4,500 – for a special award, with winners due to be announced in October.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

News: 800m meals from 'hidden food' could help 5.8m people living in deep poverty

The UK could be losing out on 800m meals from ‘hidden food’ which could help 5.8m people living in deep poverty, according to figures published by food redistribution charity FareShare, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

News: Friends of the Earth is asking us to help our local bees

Friends of the Earth is asking us to help our local bees by creating a bed & breakfast for them, providing food, water and nesting space. Every ‘Bee & Bee’ will be added to an online map and then presented to the government, to encourage it to take ambitious action matching people’s efforts to help bees across the country.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

News: Square Meal: Food, farming, health, nature - why we need a new recipe for the future

This is a new attempt to reiterate the overwhelming evidence for the need for a major change in national food and farming policy. Collaborators on the publication are: Compassion in World Farming; the Eating Better Alliance; Food Ethics Council; Food Research Collaboration (coordinated by City University London); Friends of the Earth; the National Trust; Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts; RSPB; the Soil Association and Sustain.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014