{"id":86,"date":"2025-12-04T11:04:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foodgloriousfood.on.worc.ac.uk\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2025-12-04T12:16:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T12:16:26","slug":"provide-your-attendees-with-snacks-and-refreshments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/foodgloriousfood.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php\/provide-your-attendees-with-snacks-and-refreshments\/","title":{"rendered":"Provide your attendees with snacks and refreshments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"top\">This section covers three main areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-aab0db992df2ceb97053fe79c8cb9c21\" style=\"color:#0c06ff\"><a href=\"#should\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#should\">Should we provide refreshments?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4f9a23fade963917269afce9bb63424b\" style=\"color:#0c06ff\"><a href=\"#learning\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#learning\">Key learning from the Food Glorious Food project<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4ef1edb9097f0a75928e84e3e52e0902\" style=\"color:#0c06ff\"><a href=\"#provide\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#provide\">How should we provide refreshments?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-22e33b47f0f8d0931fc8f0ab834293b8\" id=\"should\" style=\"color:#2e0606\"><strong>Should we provide refreshments?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What are the benefits?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Access to regular hydration (and limited nutrition) that might otherwise not have<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helps create a welcoming, relaxed atmosphere, especially on arrival<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promotes socialisation, engagement, group cohesion and sense of belonging, especially if culturally familiar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can help structure day\/sessions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can help orient attendees if routine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can act as a \u2018holding exercise\u2019 while people arrive\/other activities are set up<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can help attendees (including carers) feel \u2018looked after\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staff\/volunteer fulfilment at meeting needs and \u2018looking after\u2019 attendees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attendee enjoyment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What are the risks?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Potential health consequences if drinks contain sugar and\/or there are accompanying snacks (disrupted meal routines, blood sugar levels, weight gain etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hot drinks can be a hazard if spilled or too hot to drink<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3ba99fea9700fbed6ca0318865ad3810 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#0c06ff\"><a href=\"#top\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#top\">Return to the top of the page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8d73360277b4020586e18ab480ba3da6\" id=\"learning\" style=\"color:#2e0606\"><strong>Key learning from the Food Glorious Food project<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Starting a session with refreshments\/snacks is key to setting a welcoming and relaxed tone and facilitates socialising \u2013 a feature across cultures (with some adaptations)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Refreshment breaks can help structure and pace sessions and can be valuable in helping to orient people, if part of routine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Refreshment breaks are an opportunity for essential hydration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Refreshment breaks can be an opportunity to check in with attendees (including carers), and to help them feel \u2018looked after\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Refreshments and snacks can be ab opportunity to make people feel at home (if offered refreshments they are used to), and to acknowledge and celebrate culture (e.g. special occasions in the calendar)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Responsibility for helping with refreshments can give volunteers purpose (and attendees, if able \u2013 see \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/foodgloriousfood.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php\/involve-your-attendees-in-food-activities\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"68\">Involve your attendees in food practices<\/a>\u2019)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3ba99fea9700fbed6ca0318865ad3810 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#0c06ff\"><a href=\"#top\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#top\">Return to the top of the page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6bc9057b19ee6131077ed379253c39b4\" id=\"provide\" style=\"color:#2e0606\"><strong>How should we provide refreshments?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What helps?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Access to appropriate and appealing crockery, cutlery, and comfortable furniture for a more pleasant experience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access to kitchen facilities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Having a choice of refreshments available (including culturally appropriate variations)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seasonal and celebratory adaptations (e.g. cold drinks in summer, thematically appropriate refreshments and snacks for special events in the calendar)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A comfortable space to consume refreshments together<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What challenges might we need to think about?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Attendees not drinking of their own volition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Family\/carer requests to withhold liquids (e.g. because of continence issues)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No access to crockery or kitchen facilities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attendee dislikes drink options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3ba99fea9700fbed6ca0318865ad3810 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#0c06ff\"><a href=\"#top\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#top\">Return to the top of the page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fc2346eba77410d292a28f549bd3df72 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#0c06ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foodgloriousfood.on.worc.ac.uk\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2\">Return to the home page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This section covers three main areas: Should we provide refreshments? What are the benefits? What are the risks? Return to the top of the page Key learning from the Food Glorious Food project Return to the top of the page How should we provide refreshments? What helps? What challenges might we need to think about? 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