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Horizons Young People’s Centre - healthy lifestyles
Horizons Young People’s Centre in Kingsbridge, Devon has won £1,000 from Nestlé’s Food and Beverage team in the Make Space Healthy Lifestyles competition. The young people at the centre want to tackle one of the major issues among their peers today – body image and self-confidence. They are planning to set up a 12 week health awareness project that focuses on living healthy lifestyles rather than dieting.The young people want to learn more about eating healthy food, exercising and being confident, to support them in being happy and healthy – so they can be their own role models and comfortable in themselves, rather than feeling pressure to be like the airbrushed models in glossy magazines.
The £1,000 prize money will go towards membership of the local Youth Night at the leisure centre so they can access a variety of activities; dance and exercise DVDs; setting up a healthy food café; healthy living information sessions; activity sessions such as karate and outdoor pursuits; running a basic food hygiene course so young people can learn about the safe preperation of food and basic cooking skills; and advertising the project to other local young people. < Back to Case Studies