Friday 7^th March 2025 (via zoom)

Welcome and Introductions – Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associates and Founder and Chair of SENSE 

Policy Landscape: Where are we with UK Food Policy and what are the Challenges? – Dr Hannah Brinsden, Head of Policy and Advocacy at The Food Foundation

Food Policy in Early Years Settings: Transforming Policy for Positive Change – Dayna Brackley MSc, Partner at Bremner & Co

Food Policy in Schools: Transforming Policy for Positive Change – Rosie Osborne MSc, Research and Projects Officer Bremner & Co

Members’s Spotlight – Dr Emma Derbyshire PhD, Director and Lead Consultant Nutritional Insight (Research, writing, communications)

Monday 23rd of September 2024 (via Zoom)

Welcome and Introductions – Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associates and Founder and Chair of SENSE 

Nutrition communication across all social media platforms. Dr Glenys Jones, Registered Nutritionist (Public Health and Sports) & Deputy Chief Executive at Association for Nutrition

For an anti-nutriboll#ck playbook: empowering nutrition professionals to educate and engage. Clemence Cleave RNutr. Award-winning nutritionist & visiting Lecturer at the University of Roehampton

Member’s Spotlight with Zoe Griffiths    

How to call out Nutriboll#cks in a professional way. Priya Tew RD. Award-Winning Specialist Dietitian, specialising in eating disorders and mental health as well as media spokeswoman taking part in various TV shows including BBC1 Eat Well for Less

Welcome and Introductions – Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associates. Founder and Chair of SENSE 

Ultra Processed Food – What’s all the fuss about?  Dr Adrian Brown, PhD RD, NIHR Advanced Fellow & Senior Research Fellow at University College London

Why do we process food – and how does it affect health? Professor Gunter Kuhnle, Professor of Nutrition and Food Science at the University of Reading

The ultra processed food debate: healthy or headlines? Jenny Rosborough RNutr, MSc, BA, Registered Nutritionist

Members spotlight – Nutrition in the NHS: hospital food standards – Dr Mabel Blades, RD, MPhil, MBA

Monday 22^nd of January 2024 (via Zoom)

Welcome and Introductions – Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associates and Founder and Chair of SENSE 

Sports Nutrition – Fuelling Success: Debunking Common Sports Nutrition Myths –Rhyse Gonsalves, Performance Nutritionist at West Ham United Men’s Academy & Women’s First Team

Health and Hormones. Nutrition for women’s health – Laura Clark, Registered Dietitian 

Member’s Spotlight – Charlotte Radcliffe, The Nutrition Consultant

Optimising your website for maximum business potential – Beth Rawlins – Web designer

Tuesday 12th September 2023 (via Zoom)

Welcome and Introductions – Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associates and Founder and Chair of SENSE

Translating Personalised Nutrition into Practice – Dr. Leta Pilic

Sweeteners – An Update – Dr. Anna Wittekind

The ins and outs of Linked In – maximising reach and engagement for freelancers – Laura Rockett

Introducing the new fact sheets – Kaydee Shepherd (Rates of Pay and Social Media fact sheets); Larysa Owen: (Accountancy and Contracts fact sheets); Octavia Fineman(Tips for Freelancers plus 2 new fact sheets: Health Claims and Natasha’s Law) 

Member’s Spotlight – Laura Wyness Spotlight on: writing her recent book, Eating Well for the Menopause. The why, how, challenges and opportunities of book writing

London Metropolitan University

Monday 3^rd July 2023

Welcome and Introductions – Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associates and Founder and Chair of SENSE

Pricing & the use of disclaimers – Roundtable Discussion

Opportunities for Freelance Nutritionists with the ZG Nutrition Jobs Service – Zoe Griffiths, ZG Nutrition

The F’s, the L’s and the N’s for being a Free Lance Nutritionist – an interactive   discussion – Dr Margaret Ashwell OBE, Ashwell Associates

Writing right – Ursula Arens, Writer; nutrition and dietetic topics  

Tools & new technologies used in the freelance world – Roundtable Discussion.

Thursday 26^th January 2023 (via Zoom)

Welcome and Introductions – Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associates and Founder and Chair of SENSE

Communication and Working with Brands – Dr Glenys Jones, Association for Nutrition

Social Media – Charlotte Stirling Reed, SR Nutrition

Working as a Freelancer in Industry – Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker Nutrition Consulting

Friday 16^th September 2022 (9.30am-1pm via Zoom)

• The brand new 2022 NICE Obesity guidelines. Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associates and Founder and Chair of SENSE
• Current approaches to weight management. Dr Orla Flannery, Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University
• The Obesity Institute – the PPIE (patient & public involvement & engagement) hub. Professor Louisa Ells, Co-director of the Obesity Institute and Specialist academic advisor to the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID). Ken Clare, Obesity PPIE Lead, Leeds Beckett University
• Overview of current projects (including the work for OHID on inequalities, covid and psychological support and progress with the remission study). Professor Louisa Ells

London Metropolitan University & via zoom

Tuesday 28^th June 2022

Chaired by Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associates

Nutrition the only potentially active treatment for Type 2 diabetes? Dr Duane Mellor, Aston Medical School

Digital healthcare in diabetes prevention, education and remission – paving the way forward. Lucy Diamond, Clinical Director UK and Global Dietetics Expert, Oviva

Margarets’ mishaps – turning disasters into opportunities. Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associates

Low carb diets for type 2 diabetes: evidence base and practical implementation. Trudi Deakin, Chief Executive and Consultant Research Dietitian, X-PERT HEALTH

An Update on Vitamin D

Friday 25 February 2022

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