Lifeskills: Cooking Safely

Further Advice and Information

There's a variety of online resources on the topic of Healthy eating. This healthy eating page has lots of links to sources of advice and information.

The Eat Well, Be Well campaign's website has a wide range of activities and resources. It is run by the Food Standards Agency (see below). Take a look at the Eat Well, Be Well pages now. A resource that is worth checking out is the Eat Well, Be Well: Shopping Safely page.

The British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) promotes wellbeing by providing nutritional knowledge and advice. There are a variety of resources on the BNF nutrition information pages that look at healthy eating and diet issues.

foodlink aims to raise awareness about the simple steps that you can take to keep your food safe.
The foodlink website includes a range of information on food hygiene issues including games, quizzes, and activities.

A useful ready-reference is the foodlink A-Z of food safety. This provides an alphabetical guide to storing, handling, and preparing food safely in the home. It also includes advice on personal and kitchen hygiene.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is a Government department set up in 2000 with the aim of protecting the public's health and promoting consumer interests in relation to food.

The FSA website has masses of information including details of current campaigns. Some of this is quite technical. However, there are also a series of informative games, quizzes and interactive tools. These cover a range of food safety and healthy eating topics. These are in the FSA interactive section.

The Independent Living website includes a useful Kitchen Safety page.

The Cookery Online website includes many recipes and resources although you should note that there is quite a lot of commercial content on the website.
The Cookery Online Kitchen Safety page has some very useful tips.

Fire Kills is a government website that does not pull its punches when spelling out the dangers of fires in the home. According to the Fire Kills website, nearly two thirds of all domestic fires happen because of cooking. The website cautions that the kitchen is the single most dangerous place in our homes. However, there are some positive steps we can take, and the Cooking Safety page has some vital advice on this subject.

The Food and Mood Project is a web-based, user-led, dietary self-help service that provides resources for individuals and groups. Food and Mood is backed by the mental health charity Mind. The site gives first-hand advice on how dietary self-help can assist recovery from ill health.

The BBC Food website has a very wide range of information materials, activities, recipes, and topical links. These range in their scope and the level they are aimed at. BBC Food website.

Training courses on food safety, cooking, and similar topics are available from many Further Education colleges, Adult Education centres and other training providers. They are often inexpensive or free if you are in receipt of benefit.
You can search for courses using websites like WorkTrain and learndirect.

The BBC Masterchef programme has its own online training course on all aspects of food preparation, food hygiene, and associated topics. It is very detailed and includes a number of modules which may take some time to work through. However, you can work through the course over a number of sessions, doing as much or as little in a session as you can manage. Try the Online Masterchef course.

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