Transcript Let`s get cooking

What’s for lunch?
Caroline Fanshawe
Senior Manager – Operations and Training
Let’s Get Cooking
Main course:
Creamy Ham and Leek Crumble
Cheesy Vegetable Crumble
Served with:
Spicy Potato Wedges
Fresh Green Salad
Followed by
Mini Fruit Pancakes
Tiramisu
Fruity Yogurt Cups
Berry Cheesecake
Fresh Fruit Kebabs
 A national network of cooking clubs for adults
and children which provides training,
resources and support
 £20m Big Lottery Fund grant has set up 5000
school based clubs
also …
An expanding network of clubs in other places:
 Early years - Eat Better, Start Better and Cook4Life
 Men aged 20 – 40 (through sports groups, family support and
employment organisations; people with mental health problems (funded
by the Health Lottery)
 Work force (through Cook Well, Work Well)
 Housing Associations, Age UK, Salvation Army, youth centres, women’s
projects and foster carers through PCT’s and local authorities
 Universities
 London 2012, Tottenham Hotspur Foundation, BBC learning
Why cook?
 ‘Eat better, do better’
 Builds and strengthens teams
 Increases self esteem and self worth
 Can improve family relationships
 Educational (eg language, literacy and
numeracy)
 Sustainable
 Measurable
www.letsgetcooking.org.uk
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