Webinar: nutrition, mental wellbeing and education for learners with care backgrounds

This insightful webinar explores the connection between nutrition, mental wellbeing, and education for young people from care backgrounds.

Vanessa and Dr Nicholas Peat, experts in the fields of performance nutrition and medicine, will discuss how a well-balanced diet supports cognitive function, emotional stability, and overall mental health, particularly for young people with experience of foster care, residential homes, or other care settings, and how colleges and universities can incorporate food into their support for care experienced and estranged students.

Vanessa, a care leaver, and Dr Nicholas Peat will share their personal and professional experiences, highlighting the challenges and opportunities care experienced individuals face in education.

Key topics include:

• practical dietary strategies to support mental resilience and emotional wellbeing
• addressing common nutritional deficiencies in care settings
• the role of schools, colleges, universities, carers, and policymakers in promoting healthy eating habits.

Speakers

Dr Nicholas Peat

Dr Nicholas Peat is a General Practitioner with expertise in nutrition and lifestyle medicine, dedicated to empowering individuals to take control of their health. Dr Peat is a proud neurodiverse individual and a passionate advocate for neurodiversity, dedicated to raising awareness and fostering inclusivity in health and well-being.

Being married to Vanessa, who has a care background, he has a first hand understanding of how individuals from this background can be negatively perceived and treated. Because of this experience, he can look beyond the outward stigmas associated with care experienced individuals and appreciate their true qualities and strengths. 

He has provided clinical care for care experienced children and their families.
He is deeply passionate about providing education to nurture and inform care experienced individuals to optimise their health and nutrition for improved mental and physical wellbeing. 

As an experienced educator, he has taught at the universities of Leicester and Cambridge. In 2022, Dr Peat initiated a student selected component in human nutrition at the University of Cambridge and has previously served as an undergraduate tutor and examiner for the same institution.

As the co-founder of Uniquely Created U, he has created a nurturing and transformative environment where clients work with a team of specialists using the Mind, Body, Movement approach. This holistic method helps individuals regain energy, vitality, and the ability to fully enjoy the things they love.

Vanessa Peat

Having a lived care experience, I am deeply passionate about openly sharing my journey to support those caring for children and young people. My goal is to provide valuable insights that help them offer the best possible support, empowering these children to thrive and excel.

Vanessa is a dynamic performance nutritionist, registered associate nutritionist, and personal trainer with a passion for empowering individuals to achieve lasting health and vitality. 

Vanessa Peat shares this passion, using her expertise in nutrition to educate and inform care providers, children, and young people. She highlights the connection between nutritional choices and mental well-being while also exploring how neurodiversity influences dietary habits and overall holistic health.

Vanessa is the co-founder of Uniquely Created U, where, alongside Dr Nicholas Peat and a team of specialists, she leads individuals and organisations through their transformative Mind, Body, and Movement approach. This powerful method fosters sustainable lifestyle changes, renewed energy, and revitalisation, helping both individuals and organisations not just survive-but truly thrive.

Pricing

This webinar is free to attend for members and costs £25 per person for non-members. Please contact us at [email protected] to know your membership status.

Who should attend?

This webinar is ideal for any practitioner or institution that works with students from care backgrounds and is looking to enhance their support and services for them.

How will it be delivered?

This will be a live webinar hosted on Microsoft Teams. Once registered, the link to join will be shared ahead of the event.

Will this event be recorded?

Yes, this event is being recorded and will be uploaded to the NNECL Members area after the event. Those who are not members will not be able to access the recording.  

We may also take images of the event to share on our social media, if you wish not be included, please do reach out on [email protected]

Your access needs

We are committed to inclusivity and to ensure that all our participants feel welcomed and can fully engage with our sessions. Therefore,

• all online events will have closed captions. 
• to help us, please share any access needs you have when prompted by our booking form. 

We may be in touch to ensure we’re making the right adjustments.

Having trouble booking?

If you have any questions or encounter any issues during registration, please email us at [email protected] for support.