CWT Annual Awards 2022 Shortlist Announcement

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Charity Food Campaigner of the Year

Sustain – Ben Reynolds, Deputy CEO of Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming, commented on the organisation’s nomination:

“We are delighted with this nomination. It’s been another tough year for people struggling to eat healthy, affordable and sustainable food and for those campaigning for policies and practices to improve our food system. In the face of this, my colleagues, together with organisations in our alliance, have performed nothing short of miracles.”

Stephanie Slater, Founder and Chief Executive, School Food Matters

“We want every child in every school to have access to healthy, sustainable meals, and to understand the vital contribution nutritious food makes to their health and happiness.”

“Our food system is broken, putting children’s health at risk. But schools can play a role in ensuring that children receive the good nutrition they need to thrive and by working together we can create a generation that understands about how good food supports their health and happiness.”

School Food Matters is the charity that knows schools. Founded in 2007, the charity was born out of a grassroots campaign that transformed school meals for 38 schools in the London Borough of Richmond. We now work in all London boroughs and in cities throughout England.

We raise funds so that we can offer free food education programmes to schools. We use our extensive knowledge, gained from delivering these programmes over 15 years, to advocate for better school meals and vital food education. We work in partnership with charities that share our mission, bringing the voices of children, parents and teachers to government policy.

Louise Cairn, Food and Health Development Officer, Edinburgh Community Food, Shortlisted CWT Charity Food Campaigner of the Year nominee
“Everyone at Edinburgh Community Food is delighted to be nominated for the Charity Food Campaigner of the Year. We’re passionate about improving health, reducing inequality and shouting about how important it is that everyone has equal access to good, sustainable nutrition. We are very proud of our Grow Strong project. Children learn by getting stuck in and getting their hands dirty, that is exactly what we wanted to achieve with the project, and we look forward to building on it to create an even bigger and better campaign.”

Nutritionist of the Year

Dr Glenys Jones

“I am absolutely delighted to have been shortlisted for the CWT Nutritionist of the Year award. We have a truly wonderful profession full of amazing professionals, and I am honoured to be able to contribute in my small way to promoting Caroline’s vision of improving public health through good food.

Rhiannon Lambert – RNutr, Founder of Rhitrition and Sunday Times Best Selling Author

“As a registered nutritionist it is an absolute honour to be nominated for nutritionist of the year. For many years I have been striving to make nutritional science accessible to all. Helping the public fight dietary myths and inspiring them to make informed choices about their nutrition and wellbeing. No one should feel alone and confused about their diet when we have access to more knowledge than ever before.”

Haleh Moravej, Senior Lecturer in Nutritional Sciences and MetMUnch Social
“I am absolutely thrilled and deeply grateful to the Caroline Walker Trust for nominating me as Nutritionist of the Year. It’s a true honour to be recognised alongside other incredible leaders. Thank you for acknowledging my full commitment to sustainable nutrition, food, and fun for the past 15 years. This nomination has given me even more energy and inspiration to continue educating and empowering the next generation of food and nutrition leaders.”

Freelance Nutritionist of the Year

Ms Clemence Cleave Freelance Nutritionist and Founder of Rocket Fuel Wellbeing

“Being a freelance nutritionist is much more than delivering evidence-based nutrition. It’s about guiding and empowering people to find their unique way to nourish themselves.  Success looks different for everyone – through my work, I thrive on meeting my clients where they are, providing the support they need.”Clémence Cleave (MSc, RNutr) is a freelance nutritionist and founder of Rocket Fuel Wellbeing.  She is also a trained chef, a visiting lecturer in public health and a published author. She works with individuals and organisations, delivering workshops, health programmes and 1-to-1 nutrition coaching, taking the individuality of her clients into account.

Charlotte Stirling-Reed, R.Nutr., 

“I’m so honoured to be nominated for Freelance Nutritionist of the Year. I’ve spent years dedicating my work to helping parents and carers to feed their families with confidence and offering advice via a variety of media within the UK. It’s really special to be recognized by the Caroline Walker Trust.”

Nutrition, Food Science or Dietetic Lecturer of the Year

Dr Christian Reynolds, Reader in Food Policy, Centre for Food Policy, City, University of London

“Education is central to transforming the food system to improve the nutrition and health of individuals, society, the economy, and the planet. It is amazing to have been nominated as CWT Lecturer of the Year.

This nomination highlights the great teaching and research carried out at the Centre for Food Policy, City, University of London. Together, we continue to educate the next generation of food system change-makers and provide impactful research to support government and civil society. I am proud of my own Sustainability focused research supporting the FSA, DEFRA and zero waste Scotland over the last 12 months. It has also been great leading the Nutrition Society’s theme on Food Systems; I relish opportunities to communicate with the nutrition community on integrating Sustainably and food systems into their own practice.”

Dr Adele Costabile, R.Nutr.,

“Can gut bugs change the world? This was the question I asked myself 20 years ago when I developed a fascination for the microbial world and its impact on our health. I research the ways which bacteria and food interact, and how we can improve health by targeting certain bacteria”.Dr Adele Costabile is affiliated with the University of Roehampton where she holds the title of Associate Professor of Health Sciences and Nutrition. She is also Registered Nutritionist with the Association for Nutrition and a member of the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP). Her research focuses on the role of the gut microbiota and the validation of human intervention strategies, via biomolecular approaches including gut model systems and human trials. She is currently researching how diet can be used to reduce risk for certain disease.

Dr Clare Pettinger, Lecturer Public Health Dietetics & Programme Lead for MSc Human Nutrition

“It is my great honour to have been nominated for CWT  ‘lecturer of the year’ on the topic of ‘food sustainability’. This topic is a great passion of mine – I am an enthusiastic advocate for promoting healthy sustainable diets and food systems both in my educational (lecturer) role and in my community activist role.  It is a matter of social justice – our food system currently fails those most in need, meaning that nutritional and social inequalities have become common place. Facilitated learning with students on this topic, to consider sustainability and complexity/systems thinking and food justice within their learning is essential for future nutrition professionals. These critical elements offer transferable skills to develop practitioners who are resilient, innovative and compassionate in their future nutrition careers, in an ever changing world…”