Our cookery school, the Community Kitchen, celebrates its 5th Birthday this month – we have developed a brief Impact Report to share the successes and stories from the last five years.
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Before opening our own cookery school, we had been teaching cooking for over 10 years, in neighbourhood community centres and churches. The Community Kitchen was built in spring 2018 after a successful crowdfund campaign supported by hundreds of local people. Since that time, we have cooked with over 5,000 different people.
Despite being closed for almost two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we have also:
- Shared over 15,000 meals at our communal dining table including with those paying to attend our evening & weekend classes, as well as private parties, hires, events & team building sessions
- Run over 1,000 community cookery sessions for local people in need including people living with dementia, learning disabilities, physical and mental health conditions, families & children on low incomes, refugees & migrants, carers and many more.
- Shared vital life skills with over 1,000 children & young people who attended sessions with local schools, half-term & school holiday sessions and free courses for families on free school meals
Find out more in the brief impact report summary here (pdf) or read on below.
