Newark College students dishing up a healthy alternative for residents at Newark's Bower Court

Catering students have made tasty and healthy meals for residents at Bower Court, a retirement housing scheme in Newark, as part of the British Nutrition Foundation’s health eating week.

The event, organised by Newark and Sherwood District Council in partnership with Newark College, the county’s integrated wellbeing service Your Health Your Way and Morrisons, hopes to bring generations together while also helping students with their studies.

College students made 33 meals and delivered them to the residents of Bower Court.

The tasty meals included a spinach, sweet potato and lentil dahl and a couscous salad with a fresh lemon and honey dressing.

Some of the fresh ingredients were donated by the district council’s Crop Drop initiative where allotment holders donate surplus fruit and vegetables to vulnerable families and schools.

Additional food came from Morrisons and Nottingham Trent University’s Brackenhurst campus at Southwell.

The dishes were also served up on the college campus where students could even try them at no cost.

Media student Joe Clark said: “There’s lots of processed food out there that’s full of chemicals so it’s nice to try something fresh and homemade.

“It’s something really to try and even if you’re not keen on eating that type of food it’s worth giving it a go.”

Chardonay Cull, a catering course student, said: “The experience has really helped me in thinking of what I want to do in the future.

“It’s great to see the reaction of people when they taste my food.”