Food in Wales isn’t working for us – it’s failing our health, our farmers, our wildlife and our rural economy.

One in four children and more than half of adults in Wales are overweight or obese. Our NHS spends £86 million on illnesses associated with being obese or overweight every year.

We believe that real food can tackle these problems. When people of all ages and from all walks of life can cook fresh food from scratch, their health and confidence improve.

Over the last 3 years, we’ve seen the difference this can make through working on Coleg Sir Gar’s Cook24 project. Working across Carmarthenshire to deliver food literacy and food leadership training with everyone from urban primary school kids to rural older women’s groups, we’ve seen lives transformed.

Parents tell us their kids are eating food they’d always refused, pupils given responsibility say they’re now cooking for family at home, teachers describe how pupils’ behaviour has improved.

We are now looking to continue and expand this work under the charity Cegin y Bobl. Our funding runs out in December, and we need to raise £250,000 from the public to grow this impactful work into 2025.

Can you help to expand this work in Carmarthenshire and across Wales?

Please give today to transform Wales relationship with food, for the better.

Sheila Dillon, BBC Journalist and Presenter of The Food Programme