Inspiring cookery and confidence workshops for your clients
Victoria Ashley
Hello
Food for a Change is a local social enterprise working across Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole. We (myself and the trusty volunteers who joined after attending sessions) deliver cookery courses to help people build confidence, life, social and work skills through the vehicle of cooking and eating healthy, economical and delicious meals as a group. There is availability to deliver sessions and courses coming up.
Over the last 6 years we have worked with various groups such as people with mental and physical health issues, learning difficulties, substance misuse and other disadvantaged groups – in short, any people in general who could benefit from learning how to eat healthily and how that and working with others can improve wellbeing. In addition to cookery, I lead at 3 community gardens in Poole, run some gardening projects and deliver various personal development sessions.
We have worked with all age groups (mainly adults but also sessions with families and young people) and hired in by organisations such as BCHA, Addaction, Chestnut Nursery, Livability Holton Lee, DHUFT, Poole Foodbank, Poole Housing Partnership and many more. The feedback collected from each participant and then collated is outstanding and shows genuine impact on individual’s lives – both in terms of cooking and eating more healthily and cheaply but also for socialising, confidence, teamwork and so on. Feedback summaries/reports and references from hiring organisations are available
“This course has helped me tremendously and I feel it to be one of the most beneficial things I’ve ever signed up for. I have gained the confidence to try different things. My confidence and anxiety have been getting a lot better and depression too.” Sam, Poole Foodbank June 16
“It helped me understand that I can cook and made me feel good in myself” N – St Pauls Homeless Hostel Jan 17
“Vicky was a great teacher and made the workshops fun and interesting. I have learnt that you can make delicious meals that are filling, economical and healthy.” Katie, BCHA Ignite, Sept 16
If you think that this could be of interest to your organisation and your clients, please get in touch and we can meet to discuss the potential of working together and your requirements, costs and so on. Apologies if this email is not appropriate for you, but please forward this email on to any colleagues and organisations that you feel might be interested.
I very much look forward to hearing from you
Kind regards
Vicky
Vicky Ashley
07591 127999
Food
for a Change