Nutrition and Hydration Week has taken place every March since 2012. Its purpose is to bring people together to create energy, focus and fun in order to highlight and educate people on the value of food and drink in maintaining health and well-being in health and social care.

Where can I read more? To read more about Nutrition and Hydration Week, you can visit the website here. You can also follow Nutrition and Hydration Week on X here.

Links to national resources: Schools can download the Nutrition and Hydration Week handbook here, which includes some ideas of events and activities. For more information on setting up your own Nutrition Champions, materials can be found here.

The British Nutrition Foundation support food and nutrition education in schools via their Food – a fact of life programme here. The programme provides free resources for teaching young people aged 3-16 years about where food comes from, cooking and healthy eating.

You can read more about what the British Nutrition Foundation do to supports schools and education here.