‘Why teaching a man how to fish won’t solve food poverty’
The pandemic has surfaced critical levels of food insecurity in the UK. In her TEDxNHS Unlocked talk, Nadeen Haidar shares experiences of working as a dietitian with refugees and people without homes to address the state of hunger, recognise the complexities of poverty and introduce a people-powered approach to social innovation.
Meet our speaker – Nadeen Haidar
Nadeen is a dietitian with experience of working in the UK and the Arab World. She previously worked for Centrepoint and was the first dietitian to develop a dietetics service with homeless people in the UK. Before moving to the UK, she worked for the International Medical Corps in Lebanon to support the health and well being of refugee mothers and children arriving from Syria. She is most proud of her work with young people to develop The Food Point, a social supermarket as a health intervention that provides access to food and tackles food insecurity.
Today, Nadeen works for the People Powered Results team, a Nesta enterprise that supports change efforts all over the UK by working with organisations and systems to release the power of people closest to issues. She leads programmes that mobilise senior leaders and people closest to the issues to work together to come up with solutions, spread and scale what works and embed capability for innovation in systems.
Nadeen is passionate about reducing health inequalities and has always pushed the boundaries to meaningfully involve people with lived experience and develop solutions that work for those who need them the most. Nadeen grew up in the Middle East and has found a home in London for the past five years. Outside of work, she has lots of interests and creative pursuits, from stand up comedy to learning how to play the Oud, Nadeen is always up for trying something new!
Meet our panellists
Jack Monroe
Jack Monroe is an award winning food writer and bestselling author. She works with Oxfam, the Trussell Trust, Child poverty Action Group, Plan Zheroes, the Food Chain and many food banks, schools and children’s centres to teach people to cook and eat well on a low income. She campaigns against the causes of poverty and austerity in Britain and abroad.
Emma Revie
Emma Revie is the Chief Executive of the Trussell Trust, a charity that supports a network of over 1,200 food bank centres to provide emergency food to people in crisis, offer additional support and campaign for change. Previously she was Chief Executive at youth charities Ambition and Landmark, and Head of Donor Services at international aid charity Tearfund. She has also run her own freelance consultancy and training business, and is treasurer of The Centre for Youth Impact, a community of organisations working together to progress thinking in youth work.
Jemma Gilbert
Jemma Gilbert is a Director of Transformation at Healthy London Partnership and is responsible for delivering on citywide healthcare transformation. Working with the NHS, Mayor of London and Public Health England, Jemma is joining TEDxNHS speaking in a personal capacity and as a passionate advocate for tackling health inequalities and inclusion.
Jemma has expertise in shaping healthier environments, partnerships with communities as well as delivering health system change and improvement.
Through COVID she has been homeschooling, leading London’s emergency response for the homeless, supporting the development of social prescribing and Getting London to Zero HIV, a global initiative with other world cities.
Introducing our Host – Andy Knox
Dr Andy Knox is first and foremost a husband, a dad and a friend. He’s also a GP Partner at Ash Trees Surgery, Carnforth, Director of Population Health for Bay Health and Care Partners, Clinical Lead for Population Health across the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the Centre for the Alternative to Social and Economic Injustice and at the Health Innovation Campus and a Member of the NHS National Assembly. He is also part of the TEDxNHS family.
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