Children's Food Education Foundation

We are a charity creating and delivering innovative food education programs for Australian children and young people with disadvantages, chronic illness, disabilities, mental disorders, and those who care for themselves or others (young parents/carers).

Our programs are holistic and address the psychosocial aspects of food (all the really fun bits) rather than leading with nutrition and dietetics which is already implicit in all that we do.

Our charitable purpose is:

• Promoting an understanding of food, health, nutrition and healthy food choices by children and young people in order to prevent and/or control childhood obesity and/or the diseases medically linked or associated with childhood obesity including, but not limited to Type 2 Diabetes, Asthma, Coronary Heart Disease and Depression.
• Facilitating, coordinating and supporting the development and dissemination of information for the education of children and young people in relation to food, health, nutrition and healthy food choices;
• Developing resources for use by children and young people who may be impoverished, sick or disadvantaged, or for use by schools or other relevant persons or institutions who can deliver food education initiatives which promote an understanding of food, health, nutrition and healthy food choices;
• Monitoring, evaluating and disseminating research knowledge in an accessible form so that it can be better used by policy makers, practitioners and educators.

We do not receive any Government funding and rely on philanthropic donations, grants and funds raised by our amazing volunteers.

Thanks so much for your interest.