New community recipe book by residents
Munch & Memories book created working with a group of senior cooks and food lovers
The second Munch and Memories project took place at Age Concern with sessions to explore their multi-cultural food memories, resulting in a live healthy cooking session and a recipe book by a life story writer. The group of ladies really bonded around the experience and were keen to try each other’s recipes.
The previous recipe book was created in the same way, but with local elderly residents at Velmore Community Centre.
The project forms part of the local food education and production programme which has inspired more than 400 families across the Borough to cook nutritious recipes - and has made low-cost food more accessible.
Families have been exploring food creatively and keeping nutrition budget-friendly, healthy and fun. The programme has supported ‘grow your own’ projects, as well as a local food partnership to improve flow of supplies between food banks, community pantries and fridges.
The legacy of the programme includes the training of targeted staff and volunteers from local community organisations, inc. young carers, support workers etc. to continue the family sessions into the future.
The food education and production programme is supported by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to tackle the cost of living, social isolation and nutritional health of local families.