{"id":219,"date":"2024-01-16T13:52:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T13:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/?p=219"},"modified":"2024-01-16T13:52:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T13:52:57","slug":"help-turn-research-on-food-insecurity-into-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/2024\/01\/16\/help-turn-research-on-food-insecurity-into-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Help turn research on food insecurity into action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">Bath and North East Somerset Council is looking for a Parish Council and\/or community group to take part in two interactive workshops to explore the findings of local research and inform a creative toolkit to help turn this research into action.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Research being carried out by Bath &amp; North East Somerset Council and the University of Bath in 2023 has revealed high levels of food insecurity for older people who are on low incomes.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Two studies by the University of Bath concluded that social connection, as well as health and financial resources, is key to reducing the risk of food insecurity amongst older people.\u00a0 A report on the research findings can be found\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/bathnes.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=aaac7864bba59ea322ceb662d&amp;id=84fae5c6b5&amp;e=73fff8b757. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbathnes.us6.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Daaac7864bba59ea322ceb662d%26id%3D84fae5c6b5%26e%3D73fff8b757&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ckj272%40bath.ac.uk%7Ca24bb907bcad46297b0b08dc1697ddea%7C377e3d224ea1422db0ad8fcc89406b9e%7C0%7C0%7C638410088743464495%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Xn4INNMDWFz0jKMgCQ6wVjrZdgghvJzOyJ0n7ESmE3w%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"Verified\" data-linkindex=\"21\">HERE<\/a>.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>The University of Bath and council's Public Health team are looking to work in partnership with one local Parish Council and\/or community group to share the learning and think creatively about what more we can do together at a neighbourhood level to tackle food insecurity and social isolation.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>This would involve taking part in two workshops between February and July 2024, to hear more about older people\u2019s experiences of food insecurity and work together to explore a wide range of possible responses.\u00a0 Your participation will also help to inform a toolkit that can be used by other local groups and networks throughout Bath and North East Somerset.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong>Get in touch:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>If you think your Parish Council and\/or community group would be interested in taking part please contact Milly Carmichael, Health Improvement Officer,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:milly_carmichael@bathnes.gov.uk%C2%A0\" data-linkindex=\"22\">by email<\/a>\u00a0for more information and a discussion by Friday 2nd February 2024.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Please note there is only funding to work in one geographical area, so if you are interested, please get in touch soon.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bath and North East Somerset Council is looking for a Parish Council and\/or community group to take part in two interactive workshops to explore the findings of local research and inform a creative toolkit to help turn this research into...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-events","category-local-and-civic-engagement"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2024\/01\/Meals-for-elderly.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd4PCw-3x","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}