NEST
NEST (Nutrition Education Skills Training) is a six-week program teaching adults about healthy eating and easy, affordable cooking in a friendly and fun environment. NEST is available in Adelaide, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Canberra, Newcastle, Melbourne and Sydney.
NEST
NEST (Nutrition Education Skills Training) is a six-week program teaching adults about healthy eating and easy, affordable cooking in a friendly and fun environment. NEST is available in Adelaide, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Canberra, Newcastle, Melbourne and Sydney.
How NEST works
OzHarvest’s NEST program is an easy and fun way to learn healthy eating habits and how to cook simple and low-cost meals in just six weeks. Each NEST session is held at the same day and time each week for 2.5 hours. It includes fun interactive activities, practical cooking classes, and the sharing of a meal together. OzHarvest NEST is aligned with the Australian Dietary Guidelines and works with everyone to set realistic goals around healthy eating, which are reviewed and revised each week, so real and lasting change can be made.
The NEST team provides all the food, equipment and educational materials required to deliver the program. At the final workshop, everyone receives a certificate and a take home toolkit, with infographic fact sheets and the OzHarvest Everyday Cookbook – packed full of easy, budget-friendly, delicious and nutritious photo-based recipes (all of which cost less than $3.00 per serve). The NEST infographic fact sheet is translated into Arabic, Mandarin, Cantonese, Dari, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Russian, Tamil, and Urdu.
NEST Link: Bringing NEST to more communities
Introducing NEST Link, a new way to deliver OzHarvest’s trusted NEST program to regional or rural communities outside our immediate reach.
Through a flexible train-the-trainer model, your organisation can deliver NEST at scale, using OzHarvest’s curriculum, resources and evaluation framework, giving you everything you need to run NEST yourself, exactly where it’s needed.
Download the brochure to find out how NEST Link could work for your organisation.
The NEST program has been formally evaluated as a sound evidence-based public health nutrition program that can help to promote cooking confidence, healthy eating, and food security. For more information, check out our recent NEST article published in Nutrients MDPI, an international peer-reviewed academic journal.
For charities: register for NEST
For individuals: sign up for a NEST near you
NEST in Sydney
Monday's 12:00pm - 2:30pm
Week 1: 15th June
Week 2: 22nd June
Week 3: 29th June
Week 4: 6th July
Week 5: 13th July
Week 6: 20th July
Location: Surry Hills Neighbourhood Centre
Address: Level 1, 405 Crown Street, Surry Hills
To book, email: [email protected]
NEST in Sydney
Tuesday's: 10:00am - 12:30pm
Week 1: 7th July
Week 2: 14th July
Week 3: 21st July
Week 4: 28th July
Week 5: 4th August
Week 6: 11th August
Location: Mission Australia, Common Ground
Address: 31 Pyrmont Bridge Road, Camperdown, 2050
To book, please email [email protected]
NEST in Sydney
Thursday's: 10:00am -12:30pm
Week 1: 20th August
Week 2: 27th August
Week 3: 3rd September
Week 4: 10th September
Week 5: 17th September
Week 6: 24th September
Location: The Settlement
Address: 17 Edward St, Darlington NSW 2008
To book, email: [email protected]
NEST on the Central Coast
Wednesdays 10:30am to 1:00pm.
Week 1: 10th June
Week 2: 17th June
Week 3: 24th June
Week 4: 1st July
Week 5: 8th July
Week 6: 15th July
Location: Mingaletta Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation
Address: 6 Sydney Avenue, Umina Beach, NSW
To book, email: [email protected]
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