SPONSORSHIP is needed to set up a pioneering newsletter to help teach a community about healthy diets.

Community dietician Vanessa Hollings has been running the Healthy Shelf scheme in the Brookhouse area of Blackburn since June.

She has been teaching the local community about the benefits of a healthy diet and encouraging shopkeepers to stock healthier options. Now she wants to take the scheme further with a community newsletter.

Vanessa said: "I'm aiming to start a quarterly newsletter in collaboration with members of the local community. Features from local shops participating in the Healthy Shelf Scheme as well as competitions involving local schools are some initial ideas.

"We would be delighted if a company would offer 12 months' sponsorship so we can produce a good quality newsletter.

Initially the newsletter, the first of its kind, would focus on Brookhouse but copies would also be made available through libraries, schools and community."

Vanessa can be contacted at Bangor Street Health Centre on 01254 674408.

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