NFAP is a partnership organisation, run for and with the support of statutory, voluntary and community partners. NFAP has a number of core partners, who form a strategic steering group, overseeing the management of the partnership and its activities.

In addition, NFAP's small staff team works closely with a number of Associate Partners to develop and deliver activities and projects that improve the health and wellbeing of the people of Newham.

Core Partners

Newham Primary Care Trust
Public Health Directorate
Unit 6, Warehouse K
2 Western Gateway
London
E16 1DR

Tel: 020 8586 6200

Newham Primary Care Trust leads on many areas of food and health and is a key funder of NFAP. It is working with the London Borough of Newham to address obesity in the borough through an evidence based programme for overweight children and their parents; and by providing training for health professionals to help adult patients manage their weight. The PCT also runs a Long Term Conditions team, which includes a community nutritionist who works with individuals and groups. The community dieticians, working in primary care, support many patients to improve their diets and their health, for example those with diabetes, or obese patients.   

The PCT, in partnership with the Council, is responsible for commissioning services that support better health outcomes for Newham residents, which include health services and facilities, social care services, and community-designed and delivered health improvement activities. They are also responsible for ensuring the wider influences on health and wellbeing (such as the quality of the environment, access to employment, transport, and green space) are health improving. From April 2009, the PCT will no longer be responsible for the direct provision of health services (such as Community Nurses and Health Visitors), but will solely commission other organisations to provide these services.

The Healthy Lifestyles lead for Newham PCT is Tim Baker, Assistant Director of Public Health.
Email: tim.baker@newhampct.nhs.uk 

London Borough of Newham & Newham Primary Care Trust 
Health Partnerships Team
LB Newham Corporate Strategy
1 High Street South
East Ham
E6 2RN

Tel: 020 8430 6264

The joint London Borough of Newham and Newham Primary Care Trust Health Partnerships Team provide policy, project and programme management support and capacity to the Council, PCT and wider health partners to support the delivery of better health and wellbeing in Newham.

NFAP has close links with the Health Partnerships Team, who part-fund the NFAP Strategic Manager post, and help link NFAP and its members into a wide range of initiatives to improve health and food access across Newham. The Health Partnerships Team can support NFAP members to build relationships with services across the Council and PCT, and can provide practical advice around health and wellbeing project development, where this advice is not readily available from third sector infrastructure organisations or other sources. The Health Partnerships Team for 2008/09 are programme managing Heart of Newham, the Health Improvement and Prevention Programme, and supporting the delivery of Community Forum Health events.

The team is:
Jane Connor, Head of Improving Health Partnerships    : jane.connor@newham.gov.uk
Carly Clare, Health Partnerships Programme Manager : carly.clarke@newham.gov.uk
Monica Thomas, Health Partnerships Project Manager : monica.thomas@newham.gov.uk
Joanna Smith, Health Partnerships Research Manager : joanna.smith@newham.gov.uk

Community Food Enterprise Ltd
Unit 4a Thameside Industrial Estate
Factory Road
London
E16 2HB

Community Food Enterprise (CFE) runs a number of food projects within and also outside Newham, including 12 social food outlets and a Mobile Food Store. CFE also runs a National Training Programme (NTP) for community food workers.

They are also developing a local food hub, to enable an expansion of their fruit and vegetable distribution activities, and an innovative mobile juice bar project.

CFE can be contacted for enquiries with regard to purchasing fruit and vegetables for individuals, organisations and events.

Please visit the Community Food Enterprise website for more details.

Aston-Mansfield
Durning Hall
Earlham Grove
Forest Gate
London
E7 9AB

Enquiries: ceoenquiries@aston-mansfield.org.uk
Tel: 020 8536 3810

Aston-Mansfield was formed in 2000 by merging two charities founded in the 1880s. Today, Aston-Mansfield helps the people of Newham by running services which benefit over 30,000 individuals and 1,000 groups. 

Aston-Mansfield includes healthy living as one of its three programme areas. We have cafés in our community centres which promote healthy eating and our after-school, meals-on-wheels service, run from 2004 to 2007, helped bring attention to the need for nutritionally balance food in off-site out of school providers (after school clubs) in Newham.  In addition, it supports and hosts a variety of health-related activities in its community centres run by local community groups and partners.

East Thames
3 Tramway Ave
Stratford
London
E15 4PN

East Thames is the host organisation of NFAP. It also has provided support for many food-related projects, including the development of several food outlets on its estates, and the Healthy Eating Champions Programme. In addition, East Thames runs a successful Health at Work programme which includes free fruit for staff, as well as exercise classes and support to give up smoking.

Associate Partners

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