Community Groups

Do you serve or sell food?

Voluntary and community sector groups deliver a variety of services and many serve or promote food.

Whether you run cooking clubs, sell food and drinks at events or simply serve tea and biscuits at your meetings, your group can act now to raise awareness of sugar.

SUGAR SMART ACTIONS

Get kids creative

Get children to make viral content such as videos or interviews to share on social media channels.

Give staff cooking lessons

Get your colleagues to take part in a cooking course and promote low or sugar-free recipes.

Go Fizz Free

Take part in Fizz Free February and recruit people to go fizz free for the entire month.

Have a SUGAR SMART quiz

Run a quiz with surprising facts about sugar in everyday food and drink.

Increase the price of sugary drinks

Increase the price difference between sugary drinks and healthier alternatives

Promote water

Install water points and promote drinking water as the number one drink.

Remove sugary drinks

Stop selling drinks high in sugar and promote water and no-added sugar drinks instead.

Run a SUGAR SMART assembly

Run a SUGAR SMART assembly or session for children using our video and information resources.

Run a SUGAR SMART recipe demo

Use low sugar recipes to do cookery demonstrations and help children and adults make better choices for their meals.

Set SUGAR SMART challenges

Set a sugar reduction challenge, such as giving up sugary drinks for a whole week.

Sign up to healthy workplace schemes

Get your organisation to sign up to schemes such as the Workplace Wellbeing Charter or London's Healthy Workplace Charter.

Spread the word

Spread the word in your community on the dangers of too much sugar by organising events or stunts.

Stock healthier food and drink

Replace sugary items with healthier options and display signage about sugar content in everyday food and drink.