The Caroline Walker Trust lectures and awards, 2005

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(2006), "The Caroline Walker Trust lectures and awards, 2005", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 36 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/nfs.2006.01736bab.015

The Caroline Walker Trust lectures and awards, 2005

The lectures and awards were held at the City University, Northampton Square London EC1 on Thursday, 3 November 2005.

In the light of radical changes expected in the school meals service, the lectures this year were in the form of a “Celebration”, looking at the work of the Trust now and into the future. Speakers included:

1. 1.

   Dr Michael Nelson, King’s College London, who conducted recent research on school meals and who has the distinction of being the only person on both the 1992 and 2005 CWT Expert Working Groups and who is a member of the SMRP.

2. 2.

   Joe Harvey, Chair of the Caroline Walker Trust and Director of the Health Education Trust. He heads the schools team on the SMRP and talked about some of the considerable policy and infrastructure issues arising from the panel’s recommendations.

3. 3.

   Dr Helen Crawley, who was the author of the “Eating well at school” report (launched on 16 September) will talk about future innovations and developments in CWT work which aim to improve public health through good food.