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The Talking Healthier Tuckshops PodcastAuthor: Queensland Association of School Tuckshops
The Talking Healthier Tuckshops podcast talks all things school tuckshops, family health and wellbeing! On this podcast, the team at the Queensland Association of School Tuckshops explore topics that matter to parents and people working in the tuckshop space, providing tools, strategies and ideas to implement in your everyday. Language: en-au Genres: Education, Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Self-Improvement Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Deadly Tuckshop: Free Feed Fridays
Episode 7
Wednesday, 25 June, 2025
In Queensland, food insecurity is made worse by geographical isolation and particularly impacts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote communities . It's estimated up to 31% of this demographic experiences food insecurity. Remote communities in North Queensland are twice as likely to experience food insecurity compared to communities in Brisbane. There's a range of factors that contribute to this, including weather events, adequate infrastructure and economic opportunity. One school in North Queensland has an initiative in place to help their community address these issues and improve the health outcomes for the children and their community. In 2024, Normanton State School implemented a Free Feed Friday initiative to address food insecurity issues and help improve health outcomes for their children and their community.In this episode, we talk to Tonia, the Principal of Normanton State School, and Gillian, Tuckshop Convener of Deadly Tuckshop about how they rolled out the initiative and how successful it has been.This podcast is proudly brought to you by the Queensland Association of School Tuckshops and funded by the Queensland Government through Health and Wellbeing Queensland.
