NHS Forth Valley – Training

Our Public Health Nutrition Team at NHS Forth Valley offers a range of free food, nutrition, cooking and growing training courses to support local staff, volunteers and community members throughout Forth Valley.

“Delivering food activities through training helps to engage with people and get them involved and can lead to further learning and employability opportunities.”

Some of our courses are REHIS accredited and with successful completion of the course and by passing the exam attendees will receive a recognised qualification and certificate.

Here is a flavour of some of the training courses we deliver:

Breastfeeding Friendly Scotland Accreditation
Getting Started – Introducing Solids or Weaning Sessions
Make and Taste – Facilitator Training – Learn how to facilitate your own Make and Taste sessions, to help engage parents and young children through using food preparation activities.
Mini Steps to Better Nutrition – Training can help you engage with individuals and groups you work with, to support them through a number of dietary changes at their pace, with achievable ‘mini steps’.
The Caley’s Grow and Learn Award – Find out more about the award here
Online Food Safety/Hygiene
Nutrition Resource Awareness Sessions

If you require further information about any training, please email the Public Health Nutrition Team: fv.publichealthnutritionteam@nhs.scot.

Online Healthy Eating Modules

Healthy Eating Tutorial is a helpful tool for those who are looking for an introduction to nutrition and who may be required to provide healthy eating messages to others as part of their job. This could include those working in health and social care, education, community groups, local authorities, retail, catering and/or food manufacturing. This tutorial may also be of interest to consumers who want to learn more about healthy eating. The tutorial has been developed by Food Standards Scotland in collaboration with Public Health Scotland.

Healthy Eating Tutorial – There is an optional assessment at the end of the three 30-minute modules.

Cooking with Groups – Train the Trainer

Community Food Development Workers are offering a course for staff wishing to deliver cooking activities within groups in the community. The course covers key cooking skills and information on how to set up or run a cooking group, session planning, risk management, resources available, equipment required, evaluation, funding and hands on cooking.

For further information email fv.publichealthnutritionteam@nhs.scot.

Elementary Cooking Skills (REHIS)

Community Food Development and REHIS have been working in partnership to develop new accredited elementary cooking skills courses. This course offers a certificate in basic cooking skills and is aimed at people who have limited cooking skills and where a qualification would be useful for education or employment opportunities.

For further information email fv.publichealthnutritionteam@nhs.scot

Elementary Food and Health Nutrition Course (REHIS)

These Food and Health courses are suitable for those who are involved in food activities, who are providing information on food to others and those who are preparing or organising food in community cafes or cooking groups. This is a six hour course covering key nutrition messages.

For further information email fv.publichealthnutritionteam@nhs.scot

How to access Food Hygiene Training

Forth Valley College – Forth Valley College deliver a range of Hospitality and Cookery Courses including the Food Hygiene courses. Costs apply to these courses.
REHIS – The Royal Environmental Health Institute for Scotland – REHIS have a range of Community Training Courses available, some are delivered face to face whilst others are available as an online learning course. Courses include Introduction and Elementary Food Hygiene as well as other food, health and cooking courses. Costs apply to these courses.
Virtual College – Virtual College have a range of online food hygiene and food safety training courses – find out more here. Costs apply to these courses.