Community children's nutrition and dietetics service

We're a dynamic team of experts working to support local families. Our team includes specialist paediatric dietitians, advanced dietetic assistants, early year’s nutritionist and a vitamin D coordinator.

Our service in Lambeth and Southwark

We help to improve the nutrition of children with special educational needs and disabilities across the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. We work with parents and carers, other healthcare professionals and staff at special schools and other teams.

If you're interested in learning more, please email EnquiriesNutritionDieteticsCommunityPaeds@gstt.nhs.uk.

We offer:

  • dietetic clinics at special schools and health centres in Lambeth and Southwark 
  • dietetic intervention  for the community behavioural feeding clinics at Mary Sheridan Centre and Sunshine House
  • training for health professionals
  • 'Food Friends!', a weight management programme, that consist of group sessions to parents and carers of children with special needs. These sessions are held virtually on Microsoft Teams
  • targeted group sessions, like the Positive Mealtimes virtual programme. This is designed to support parents and carers experiencing difficult mealtimes for children aged 18 months to 3 years old.

We only accepts referrals from health care professionals.

Free vitamin D

Find out about the free vitamin D supplement service in Lambeth and Southwark.

Contacts

Email: EnquiriesNutritionDieteticsCommunityPaeds@gstt.nhs.uk

Phone: 020 3989 0499 (60499 if dialled internally)

How to find us

Gracefield Gardens Health Centre
2-8 Gracefield Gardens
Streatham
London SW16 2ST

Mary Sheridan Centre
Wooden Spoon House
5 Dugard Way
London SE11 4TH

Sunshine House
27 Peckham Road
London SE5 8UH

Get our recipes

We have published a book of healthy recipes from families and staff based in Lambeth and Southwark.