EBC's Healthy Cities Programmes
We're not delivering boring lectures about what you eat. Nor are we telling people what to drink. Neither are we insisting people get more exercise..... instead we've developed a range of activities that help people to learn for themselves the benefits of eating well, exercising, and improving their lives with a few simple steps. Our activities include:
Posh Nosh for Not Much Dosh!
Remember the wonderful smells of home cooking? The amazing, nutritious meals mum and grannie used to serve up each day - despite the family having very little money. EBC worked with a group of unemployed people from the Hetton area to produce a special recipe book in its Posh Nosh For Not Much Dosh! workshops. Their challenge was to come up with nutritious, well balanced three course meals for four people - for under £10. Our group also developed new computer skills as they trawled the internet for recipes from their childhood, visited healthy eating websites and costed out their creations through on-line supermarket sources. They then created their individual pages for their recipe book. To view their recipes, all in downloadable format, visit our special Healthy Cities Posh Nosh for Not Much Dosh! page. Is Anybody Listening?
EBC supported the group to develop their ICT skills through delivery of accredited learning in digital photography. The group went out and about taking pictures of themselves in action and learning how to use those pictures to promote their activities to others who will benefit from getting involved.
Finally we've been helping the group to secure additional funding to support their work and to build their capacity to help others. You can view their photo album here. Another group we've been helping to find a voice is Forces for Good. You can read more about them below. Help My Community
Thanks to Healthy Cities funding EBC was able to support the group to take part in activities aimed at developing its members develop links with the local community.
EBC began working with Forces for Good in 2009 and since then has helped the group gain qualifications for some of its members, find a new base in Sunderland and access funding.
With the securing of Healthy Cities monies EBC was able to give this growing group a new challenge - or opportunity. Their desire was to open up a Veteran's Centre in Sunderland which will offer help, guidance and a range of activities and support to ex-personnel of all ages.
The youngest member of Forces for Good is in their late teens. Backed by EBC Forces for Good took part in The Boathouse Challenge - to raise awareness of their plans to convert the former sea scouts base in South Hylton into a Veteran's Centre. EBC also helped the group launch and appeal to gather the raw materials needed to upgrade the building. View the Boathouse Challenge photo album here. Forces for Good was set up by ex-service personnel to provide practical help and support to other ex-service personnel who experienced difficulties in adjusting to life in civvy street. To find out why this is needed read the personal testimony from About Turn managing director, Tony Wright, - Between Iraq and a hard place...civvy street.
Sunderland is amongst a unique group of just over 1,500 cities worldwide which has earned Healthy City status for its commitment to improving all aspects of the daily lives of its citizens through the range of activities and services its offers. The status is awarded by the World Health organisation. What does it mean to Sunderland? The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines a healthy city as one that is continually creating and improving the physical and social environments and expanding the community resources that enable people to support each other, lead a healthy and active daily life and develop to their maximum potential. A healthy city is one which gives health priority and aims to improve it. It has a commitment to improving health and a structure for doing this.
This promotes policy and planning with an emphasis on health inequalities and urban poverty, the needs of vulnerable groups, participatory governance and the social, economic and environmental determinants of health. It also strives to include health considerations in economic, regeneration and urban development efforts. What Makes a Healthy City?
Quite a challenge for any city and the people who live in it. To find out how Sunderland is tackling the challenge and how you can benefit visit Sunderland's Health Cities website EBC's Excellence in Adult Learning
Using some of the programmes and activities developed through our work with young people we are now offering as range of interactive, engaging and innovative activities for adults. Successful projects delivered so far have seen EBC work with:
To find out more visit our main Adult Education page EBC specialises in designing bespoke programmes to meet individual schools' needs and in bringing schools, businesses and the community together. If you cannot find the programme you're looking for please contact us to discuss your specific needs. BACK TO OUR MAIN ADULT LEARNING PAGE Copyright notice (2010-2012): All information stored in any form on this website about EBC projects, services and materials are the intellectual property of, and copyright to, EBC and must not be copied or reproduced without expressed consent from the EBC Chief Executive in written or electronic (email) form. Units 22, North East BIC, Wearfield, Sunderland Enterprise Park (East), Sunderland, SR5 2TA, Tyne and Wear. Phone: (0191) 516 6411 Fax: (0191) 516 6412. Email: info@ebcltd.org.uk Alternative email: educationbusiness@hotmail.com |
Thanks to funding from Sunderland City Council's Healthy Cities Initiative, EBC is working with a number of groups to build up their confidence, skills and understanding of how to live healthier lifestyles.
Eat your heart out Nigella! Watch out Jamie - our creative cooks are challenging your right to hold the healthy eating crown! 
We're nothing if not ambitious - and thrive on helping others fulfill their dreams. Is Anybody Listening? sees us work with two groups in Sunderland - both with very different messages they want others to hear.
Firstly their Washington Men's Groups, where we've helped the group develop their ICT skills so they can develop as a group, bring in new members and assist those members to improve both mental and physical health through supporting each other. 
We've gone one step further, too, with the group. When we discovered they had the chance of getting hold of an allotment site to develop EBC developed a separate accredited learning programme around propagating plants - to give all members the skills they will need to enjoy the fruits of their labours. 
EBC prides itself on developing long term relationships with partners who share the same aims and beliefs as we do. One such group is About Turn community interest company and the Forces for Good networks it has set up in Sunderland and other parts of the region. 
The oldest member of the Sunderland group is 89-year-old John Hall who holds the DFC. You can read about John's work with the group via the 
Health and Well Being - A Sunderland Commitment 
The WHO Healthy Cities programme connects local governments in health development through a process of political commitment, institutional change, capacity building, partnership-based planning and innovative projects.
