Sugar Smart Brief: Carlisle College

Initial Video thoughts / ideas

Supersize me / That Sugar film style
History / about sugar
How much should we be eating?
How much sugar is in the food we eat?
Key interviews with professionals (to cover local issues, data, etc):
o GP/Dr
o Dentist
o Diabetes lead
o Sugar Smart Coordinator?
Interviews with studentswhat do they know? Questionnaire. Is there a need?
Diary of students doing a 21 day challenge swop the pop, reduce sugarhow do they feel after etc?
Summary what have we found out?
o Data stats
o Smart swops
o For more information please visit
Weblink: http://carlislepartnership.carlisle.city/Projects/sugar-smart-carlisle
Are you sugar smart!? Twitter @SugarSmartCA

Key contacts

Name Role Organisation Contact WHAT

Emma Dixon Partnership Carlisle Emma.dixon@carlisle.gov.uk Partners contact
Manager, Food Partnership 01228 817370
City Manager 07971 398154
and Local Food
Show team
Clare Almond Sugar Smart Carlisle Clare.Almond@carlisle.gov.uk Leading Campaign
Coordinator Partnership 01228 817477

Robert Westgate Dr Carlisle Healthcare Through Emma / Clare Diabetes lead, patient
St Pauls Square experiences, impact on health
Carlisle
CA1 1DG

Lydia Chapman, Dental tutor / Uclan Dental Through Clare Dentists, oral health
Mark Wallwork students Students and
lecturer

Need to share:
Logos (partnership and Sugar Smart)

Logo and national data

Weblinks:
o National: https://www.sugarsmartuk.org/
o Local: http://carlislepartnership.carlisle.city/News/sugar-smart-carlisle
o Also look at change 4 life, etc
Twitter account: @sugarsmartCA

Current Time Table

 Time Tuesday 14th November Wednesday 15th November
8.30
9.00
9.30 Set-up
10.00 Robert Westgate at the College
10.30 Pack up
11.00
11.30
12pm
12.30
1.00
1.30 Set-Up
2.00 Dental Students:
Name of Contact: Lydia Chapman/Mark Wallwork
On Location at Hosptial training site.
2.30 Pack up
3.00
3.30
4.00
4.30
5.00
5.30

Sugar Smart Carlisle Brief:

Whats the issue?

Nationally:
In the UK, the NHS spends between 5 and 9 billion a year treating obesity and related
complications such as Type 2 Diabetes.
Each year there are 7,000 limb amputations because of Type 2 diabetes.
26,000 children are admitted to hospital for multiple tooth extraction under general anaesthetic
caused by excessive sugar consumption.
One in every five children starts primary schools overweight or obese and by the time they reach
secondary school its one in three.

Locally:
Carlisle and Cumbria have higher than average incidence of diabetes.
There are huge problems with oral health in Carlisle dental decay; cavities; missing or filled teeth
(especially in children). In 2014-15, 32% of five year olds had dental decay.
There are rising obesity levels due to a poor diet and consumption of too much sugar. During 2013-
15, excess weight amongst adults in Carlisle district was recorded as 68%. And, in 2015-16, 35.5% of
year 6 children in Carlisle were recorded as overweight or obese.
And a higher than average mortality rate from cardiovascular disease.

All of which excess sugar has a direct correlation with; this is why we need your help to raise awareness.

What is Sugar Smart UK?

SUGAR SMART UK was set up by Sustain and the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation working with councils,
businesses, institutions and other sectors to help reduce overconsumption of sugar in their local areas.
SUGAR SMART takes a cross-sector approach to transforming local food environments and raising public
awareness of the impacts of consuming too much sugar.

What is Sugar Smart Carlisle?

As you can see, the effect of excess sugars in our diets is causing major adverse health issues. The Sugar
Smart Carlisle project aims to raise awareness, highlighting unknown facts about hidden sugar with the
goal of providing this vital information to our communities and promoting positive healthier lifestyle
choices.

Throughout the delivery of this project our overall aim is to raise awareness and get as many people
involved in developing the project. We are looking to work with community groups, schools, sports and
leisure centres, restaurants, workplaces and other organisations across the district. We aim to spread the
word as far as possible as the project builds.

We are developing Sugar Smart resources (challenges, word searches, quizzes and factsheets) so that
people can get involved in their own community groups, school, club or workplace.

Sugar Smart Carlisles Background History & Upcoming Events:

May 2017: Food Carlisle & Carlisle City Council were approached to delivery Sugar Smart Carlisle
May 2017: we went to Liverpool to take part in the Sugar Smart workshop, here we got to chat to
partners from other Cities who are currently on the same path.
September 2017: Clare Almond became our Sugar Smart Carlisle coordinator
27th September 2017: Sugar Smart Webinar
18th October 2017: Sugar Smart introductory stakeholder meeting - Open to all
10th January 2018: Suagr Smart Carlisle Launch Event

What can people do to get involved?

There are many ways you can help to make Carlisle a Sugar Smart district:
Sugar Smart website; get access to tools and assets to help your organisation become Sugar Smart!
Take our online Survey (coming soon) How much do you know about the sugar in your diet? Take
this short survey and be entered into our Free Prize Draw! (Please read our Terms & Conditions)
Want more information? Contact our friendly Sugar Smart Carlisle coordinator today!
Clare Almond: Clare.Almond@carlisle.gov.uk
...Ask Clare about:
- Becoming a Sugar Smart Ambassador: Could you promote a healthy lifestyle at your work
place? Would you like to volunteer at Sugar Smart events? Or could you encourage local
people and colleagues to consume less sugar?
- Sugar Smart Carlisle Challenges: Could you set sugar challenges for your colleagues or
students?
- Sugar Smart Carlisle School resources: Get access to an array of resources. Designed your
own sugar quizzes, posters or puzzles? Send it to us and we could publish it on the Sugar
Smart Website.
- Can you help us inform our young people?
- Could you feature some information in a newsletter?
- Sugar Smart Carlisle events: Find out more about up coming events
- Would you like to sponsor Sugar Smart Carlisle or become a partner organisation?
- Can you think of something weve missed? Let us know your ideas.
Dont forget, if you take part in any Sugar Smart activities - from Quizzes to Sponsored Events -
wed love to hear about it. Tweet us @SugarSmartCA #SugarSmartCarlisle

We cant do this project alone, your help could give us the boost we need to bring this project to our
community and make Carlisle Sugar Smart.