These links offer resources that may be suitable for your school's parent community

General

Parents Jury

The Parents Jury is a web-based network of parents who wish to improve food and physical activity environments for children in Australia

http://www.parentsjury.org.au

Raising Children's Network

An Australian parenting website: comprehensive, practical, expert child health and parenting information and activities covering children aged 0-8 years.
http://raisingchildren.net.au/

Promoting physical activity

The Play5 project

Practical ideas to support parents and community groups to promote physical activity It includes information on backyard games, equipment, playground markings, activity cards and parent information.

http://play5.com.au/play5/

Get Walking Tasmania

This site provides a range of ideas and activities to mobilise your school for Get Walking Tasmania Week. It includes links to local walking groups (for adults).

http://www.getmoving.tas.gov.au/article.php?article_id=70

Walking Bus

Ideas for setting up a Walking Bus.

http://www.travelsmart.gov.au/schools/schools2.html

Heart Foundation Walking

If you are looking to organise a community walking group, this website has details of the Heart Foundation Walking Program.

http://www.heartfoundation.org.au/Healthy_Living/Physical_Activity/Walking/Find_a_Group/TAS/Pages/default.aspx

Healthy by design

If you are talking to your community or local government about the design of safe walking and cycling, this is a great reference provided by the Heart Foundation.
http://www.heartfoundation.org.au/Professional_Information/Lifestyle_Risk/Physical_Activity/Active_by_Design/Pages/default.aspx

Promoting healthy eating

Eat Well Tasmania

Find:

• Lunch box ideas
• Foods in season for the month
• Resources, including the fruit and veg costume cupboard
• Links to relevant projects and promotions
• Assistance with finding local fruit and veg suppliers
• Information about sources of funding for nutrition promotion projects
• Links to community / kitchen gardens
• Support and ideas for parents on increasing awareness of healthy eating.
  
  www.eatwelltas.org.au

Tasmanian School Canteen Association

Information with recommendations for canteen policy development, canteen management, menu selection, marketing and safe food handling practices. Also provides details about the Cool Canteen Accreditation Program (Cool CAP).

www.tascanteenassn.org.au/

Go for 2 and 5

Great recipes that can be used in the classroom for K-6- kids in the kitchen cookbook.

Also has recipes for catering/events - ideal for school fetes, sporting events and the canteen

www.gofor2and5.com.au/

Stephanie Alexander's Kitchen Garden program

Find links to the national grants program, read success stories from participating schools.

http://www.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au/

Kidney Health Australia

This site offers information about how kidneys work, the value of drinking water and all aspects of kidney disease.

http://www.kidney.org.au/

A Healthier Serve Healthy Catering Guide

A Healthier Serve is a guide to serving healthier food and drinks when catering for a group or organisation. A few simple changes can make a big difference to the food served at your events, proving healthier is still delicious.

Inside the guide are practical tips for healthy options at breakfast, lunch and dinner functions. Also included are ideas for hot and cold finger food, vegetarian options, BBQs and tasty desserts.