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OzHarvest 6 week NEST course

OzHarvest 6 week NEST course

OzHarvest 6 week NEST course

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Learn budget-friendly, nutritious, and waste conscious cooking skills with OzHarvest's 6 week training course.
When:
Thursday 8 June at 10:00am - 12:30pm
Where
Holdfast Bay Community Centre
Bookings:
Required
Book online:
Visit online booking website
Dates:
  • Thursday 8 June at 10:00am - 12:30pm
  • Thursday 15th June 2023 at 10:00am - 12:30pm
  • Thursday 22nd June 2023 at 10:00am - 12:30pm
  • Thursday 29th June 2023 at 10:00am - 12:30pm
  • Thursday 6th July 2023 at 10:00am - 12:30pm
  • Thursday 13th July 2023 at 10:00am - 12:30pm

Each 2.5 hour workshop starting Thursday, June 8 is delivered to a group of up to 15 adults between 10am - 12:30pm at the YMCA Holdfast Bay Community Centre. Each session includes easy and fun weekly module activities, a practical cooking lessons culminating with the sharing of a meal together.

Workshop module themes include:

Week 1 (June 8 ) - Eat for Variety

Week 2 (June 15)- Eat for Wellbeing

Week 3 (June 22) - Eat for Balance

Week 4 (June 29) - Eat for the Environment

Week 5 (July 6) - Participants' Choice

Week 6 (July 13 )- Eat for Life

At the final workshop, everyone receives a certificate and take-home tool kit, with infographic fact sheets and OzHarvest Everyday Cookbook.

The Nutritional Educational and Skills Training (NEST) is developed in alignment with the Australian Dietary Guidelines and healthy eating strategies with support from researchers at Deakin University, University of Woolongong, and Sydney University.

This training course is heavily subsidised by the City of Holdfast Bay with tickets for all 6 sessions costing residents just $30 each.

This is a Resilient South-supported event, funded by the City of Holdfast Bay and open to all communities and visitors to the Cities of Onkaparinga, Mitcham, Marion and Holdfast Bay.