Guy's and St Thomas' Charity is an independent charitable foundation,
and what we do is we focus on complex health challenges
in inner-city areas.
We're focused on the Faraday Ward because there's a wonderful energy here,
but there's real need.
Faraday has amongst the highest rates of childhood obesity anywhere in Europe.
The Faraday Neighbourhood project is the bringing together of a collection of
really brilliant organisations and activities that all help
local families and children eat well and move more.
Alexandra Rose Charity runs a voucher scheme for low-income families
to access fresh fruit and vegetables from markets
like this one here at East Street Market.
The vouchers are simple; they're paper vouchers that you can
take to any of the fruit and vegetable traders in this market
and you can exchange them for fresh fruit and veg.
If we can improve the diets of children and low-income families
then we can have a long-term impact on childhood obesity.
Some people are struggling for money, so these are very important
and very helpful for the customers.
Once they have the vouchers, they can come and spend them here.
I'm a market trader selling fruit, making everyone healthy!
I just love seeing people getting excited to coming to buy fresh produce,
that's what this is all about!
We're layering up lots of solutions to tackle child obesity
because we know it's not caused by a single thing, it's a complex issue
caused by lots of different influences in our environment.
