Celebrating and understanding the nutrient density of popular South Asian food and impact on health - with Dietitian Fareeha Jay (Urdu and English)

Description: There is this misconception that South Asian food is unhealthy and contributes to many health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and some cancers. South Asian food can be extremely healthy, and the problem possibly lies with portion size and cooking methods. 

Whilst there are so many blogs and posts on how to make South Asian food healthy, no one has ever focused on the South Asian dishes and their nutritional value. The ingredients used in South Asian cuisines are extremely healthy and nutritious — we need to consider the cooking methods and portion control

Booking link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/165124490797

COVID-19 disproportionately affects people from minority ethnic groups, including people of South Asian origin.

Join our experts Dr Binita Kane, Consultant Respiratory Physician in Manchester and co-founder of South Asian Heritage Month, and Dr Harpreet Sood, a GP in London and Clinical Advisor for the COVID-19 Vaccine Programme for NHS England, as they answer your questions on why it’s important for our communities to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

To submit questions in advance please email: questions@southasianheritage.org.uk 

Booking Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/covid-vaccination-qa-with-the-experts-tickets-165160159483?aff=ebdsoporgprofile 

How can the information provided by the health service cater better for South Asian communities? What are the challenges and barriers? What can we do about it? These are some of the questions that our expert panel will be discussing, with the help of those with lived experience. This event is aimed at patients, the public and healthcare professionals.

Booking Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/health-info-for-south-asian-communities-lost-in-translation-tickets-165401750087 

How can the South Asian diet and lifestyle be adapted to support and reverse type 2 diabetes - with Dr Natasha Patel and Toral Shah.

Ms (Dr) Patel and Toral will share more about how taking a holistic view to diabetes management with small changes to diet and lifestyle can lead to long lasting impact including looking at sleep, exercise, gut health, stress and more.

Booking Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/healthy-fridays-chai-chat-managing-type-2-diabetes-tickets-165402903537  

Domestic abuse can be defined as an incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening, degrading and violent behaviour, including sexual violence, in the majority of cases by a partner or ex-partner, but also by a family member or carer. 

During this panel discussion the panelist will focus on how domestic abuse affects the South Asian community and what can be done to prevent it.

For booking details go to: https://www.southasianheritage.org.uk/events-information

A career conversation webinar will be facilitated by Melanie Medley, Director of Employee Experience (Interim) and Nina Dohel, Director of Education will discuss her career journey and personal experiences. Nina will also be answering questions from participants.
This event is open to all staff.

Book your place via My Learning Source.

For staff without access to MLS, please use the link below to join the event
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The panel discussion seeks to explore areas such as stigma, prejudice and discrimination and how family and community support can help break down barriers and empower disabled people.

Booking Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/disability-in-the-south-asian-community-tickets-165137467611?aff=ebdssbeac

The event will be a workshop with the South Asian community. It would be talking about disability to teach able South Asians how to be more inclusive towards disabled people. The workshops include teaching the different types of disability with examples of well-known South Asians with disabilities; introduction to the social and medical model of disability; how to actively talk/include someone with a disability, which has a role play element and introduces attendees to correct terminology, myth-busting of disability which attendees can use an anonymous platform to submit their myths and a small reflection and question time in the end. 

Booking Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/disability-awareness-with-chronically-brown-tickets-165407665781 

For more details about any of the above events go to: https://www.southasianheritage.org.uk/events-information 

Throughout August, EMpower will be facilitating podcasts with colleagues from a South Asian heritage and are requesting that anyone who is interested intaking part send an email to EMpowerNetwork@southwark.gov.uk

In the wider community, the Friday Night Sari project will be running an exhibition in Peckham.
Further information on the Friday Night Sari is available here.

The British Council have also curated a programme of activities involving artists and speakers from across the UK and South Asia.  Please download a copy of the events programme here.