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Newham ‘We Are Food Secure 11-19 project’

The challenge of food insecurity has received an increasing amount of attention in recent years, and children are more likely than adults to be in food insecure households.  Newham’s ‘We Are Food Secure 11-19’ project set out to find out more specifically about the experiences of young people, who sometimes receive less attention than other age groups, and to tailor interventions specially for them.

Funded by the Health Foundation in partnership with the Local Government Association, the project formed part of the wider Shaping Places for Healthier Lives programme.  It was one of five projects taking a complex system change approach to tackling difficult public health issues.

Over the three year project we developed complex system maps to improve our understanding of the drivers, held many discussions with stakeholders and young people, and built and tested new interventions based in secondary schools and youth centres.

On this page we share the wide range of resources resulting from the project.  We are still working with Newham to develop the model further.  If you would like to know more about the project or our ongoing work in this area, contact info@ayph.org.uk

Project partners:  The project was a partnership between the London Borough of Newham’s public health department, the Association for Young People’s Health, and Cordis Bright, who together formed the project management team.  Many other organisations and people played a significant role in the work and we are very grateful to them all for their contribution.

Overall project report:  This sets out the background context in Newham, our complex systems approach, and the design and testing of the interventions to improve food security for this age group.

Background briefing papers: To help inform our thinking we commissioned a series of background briefing papers that shed light on drivers and solutions

Other resources:  The project has generated a number of blogs, case studies and other resources

Resources