QCWA shares healthy food secrets
Good nutrition in regional, rural, and remote communities is key to the Country Kitchens program.
The Queensland Country Women’s Association’s (QCWA) Country Kitchens program is a health promotion program supporting communities across Queensland to adopt healthier lifestyle behaviours.
It is a partnership between the QCWA and the Queensland Government, funded through Health and Wellbeing Queensland.
The Country Kitchens program supports QCWA volunteer branch and supporter members, who already have a wealth of cooking knowledge and skills, to help them help improve the health and wellbeing of Queenslanders, particularly those living in rural, regional, and remote locations.
The Country Kitchens team of dietitians and nutritionists provide a training pathway and support QCWA members who volunteer to become facilitators of the program.
Country Kitchens facilitators deliver health promotion activities in their local communities and partner with organisations such as schools, local councils, and a wide range of community groups.
The program is improving food and nutrition literacy, and importantly, influencing behavioural change at a grass roots level, statewide.
If you want to become a facilitator, see details here, where QCWA members can also access the association’s popular cookbook.
