COMMUNITY KITCHENS PROJECT
Community Kitchens Project works with disadvantaged local people and community groups in Islington and the surrounding boroughs to promote healthy eating and healthy living, make healthy food more available and also create training & employment opportunities. CKP’s focus has primarily been on disadvantaged people, those on low income, people with special needs, those who are “harder to reach”, e.g. socially excluded people, young care leavers, refugee communities, and those at high risk of diet related health problems. Services are provided at a range of community settings including on social housing estates.
CKP deliver the following activities
- Cook and Taste courses tailored to needs of different groups,
- e.g. People on low income, mental health users, BME groups
- Healthy eating workshops
- A healthy eating stall at your event
- Offering healthy eating advice to the public
- Life Skills courses for young people
- Including a supermarket tour and budgeting skills
- Accredited Training courses
- Community Nutrition Advisor training course for people who want to deliver cook and taste courses in the community (Level 2/3).
- ‘Healthier Foods & Special Diets” course (Level 2) in basic nutrition and creating nutritious menus.
- Food Safety in Catering training (Level 1 and Level 2) - Essential for people who want to work in catering
- Healthy heart workshops
- Qualified Health trainers for 1-2-1 advice
Costs: Please contact us for prices. We welcome the opportunity to do partnership work and to share our expertise.
CKP Direct Phone: 020 7561 5281
Email: Gabriel@manorgardenscentre.org or Siobhan@manorgardenscentre.org
CKP gratefully receives funding from:
- Plain English Design Ltd.
- Margaret Cropper Trust
- Arsenal Regeneration Scheme
- Islington Council Local Initiatives Fund (Holloway & Mildmay)
Previous projects include:
5 a Day (contract from NHS Islington to Sept.2011) – Cook and Taste courses, healthy eating workshops, accredited food safety courses, stalls at events, accredited Community Nutrition Advisor Training for those wishing to gain a qualification in healthy eating/cooking and train other people in the subject.
Stepping Stones (contract from NHS Islington to March 2011) – weight loss courses for people who are overweight or obese, including healthy eating advice, practical cooking sessions, gentle exercise and behaviour change techniques.
Please click here to see Stepping Stone page
Life Skills courses for young people (funded by Children in Need) – Courses providing practical cooking sessions, nutrition information, exercise classes such as Boxercise and Street Dance, stress management and a supermarket tour. This is for groups of young people not individual young people.
Tasty Opportunites (funded by Esmee Fairbairn to Sept. 2011) – Volunteer placements for mental healthy users at our community café and cook and taste courses looking at the link between what we eat and how we feel.
Click here to view the Esmee Fairbairn Annual Report:
Impact of project
During 2010-11 the project reached over 4000 people, with 45% being men and 51% from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities.
Evidence of impact e.g. cooking courses run on Canonbury estate (87% BME communities):
- 40 residents gained the ability and confidence to cook and eat healthily
- 100% said the course helped them make more healthy eating choices
- 94% said it helped them access more affordable healthy food
- 37% increase in daily home cooking
- An extra 2 portions of fruit and veg eaten per day
Participants said:
“I really enjoyed the course. It makes me come out of the house. The trainers were very helpful and caring. They are excellent. In future, I would like to join another session”
“Really useful especially to know about fat, salt and sugar we are eating. I enjoyed making the food and to see how you can actively make things healthier”
“It was interesting going to the supermarket as it showed me how the big companies exploit people with their pricing and food labels. Overall, a great session”
Useful links:
5 a day:
www.nhs.uk/Livewell/5ADAY/Pages/5ADAYhome.aspx
NHS - Healthy eating:
www.nhs.uk/Livewell/healthyeating/Pages/Healthyeating.aspx
NHS - Losing weight:
www.nhs.uk/LiveWell/Loseweight/Pages/Loseweighthome.aspx
Change4life
www.nhs.uk/Change4Life/Pages/change-for-life-adults.aspx
NHS - Vegetarian diets:
www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Vegetarianhealth/Pages/Vegetarianhealthhome.aspx
Food Standards Agency – Eat well be well:
www.eatwell.gov.uk
