Running for Healthy Future Families

The Healthy Future Families (HFF) Trust is a charitable trust operated by a group of health professionals who volunteer their time and are committed to health promotion projects in the Wellington region, and to the prevention of obesity and related chronic disease.

The HFF Trust receives no government or District Health Board funding. We therefore rely on self-generated funding to support our projects. Some of our projects and achievements of the HFF Trust so far include:

• Development of produce gardens in low decile schools to enable children to learn to grow and cook their own fresh and healthy food. We have partnered with Garden to Table to bring this programme to Wellington schools. To date we have established this programme at Cannons Creek School in Wellington and Pukeatua School in Wainuiomata, and we are looking to expand it to other low decile schools in the region.

• Funding of Whanau Fitness courses run by Tahi Health, Fitness and Wellbeing. These courses support children and their parents to participate in fun physical activity and events.

• Participation in many community festivals and health promotion events to raise awareness about type 2 diabetes and its prevention.

• Research into knowledge and understanding of type 2 diabetes in the New Zealand population and effectiveness of knowledge based interventions.

• An audit of type 2 diabetes in children in Capital and Coast District Health Board.

We are grateful for your support that enables us to continue to work with individuals, families / whanau, groups and organisations that are committed to improving the health and well-being of the community.