Get Food & Money Smart (Community Cookery)
About this event
In this class we will learn how to make budget-savvy recipes and become more confident managing money.
Explore ways to budget, track your spending, cut your costs and start saving. As well as tips for cooking and meal planning to make sure you are eating well and packing nutrition into your meals.
What to expect:
Learn cookery skills & ways to waste less food.
Smart Cooking: Working in pairs we will learn how to meal plan and cook budget-savvy recipes that maximize nutrition while minimizing costs.
Financial Resilience: We’ll be joined by a friendly person from Money Advice Plus to share tips on tracking spend, cutting costs and building confidence with money management.
This class is run on behalf of the Community Kitchen charity – thanks to our funders The MSE Charity. and is part of our ‘Get Smart Food and Money’ programme.
Booking instructions
Who can attend?
People who are able to attend an in person cookery session. Attendees must be either social housing residents, receive a means-tested benefit, older people aged 50+ (must also meet another criteria on this list), have a long-term physical health condition or long-term mental health condition.
Costs:
This is a free course but if people are able we welcome a suggested donation of £5 on the day of the class to help cover the cost of ingredients. Payments can be made by cash or card.
If travel/ transport costs will be an issue for you, please contact us as we may be able to help.
Application Information:
Please complete the form below to apply for a space on this class. If your application is successful we will respond to you around 2 weeks before the start of the course, to invite you and confirm your space.
Please complete the brief form below if you can. Alternatively, email, call or text to register your interest and we can go through a few additional questions on the phone.
Frequently Asked Questions
Directions, travel and parking
The Community Kitchen is conveniently located at 113 Queens Road in central Brighton. There are a number of easy ways you can get to us:
By train:
We are easily accessible by foot from Brighton Rail Station. Simply walk straight down Queen Road towards the town/ seafront, we are located just past the intersection with North Road. Look for our large windows onto the main street. The walk takes less than 5 minutes.
By bus:
A large number of Brighton & Hove bus routes stop nearby to the Community Kitchen, either at Churchill Square Shopping Centre or at Brighton Station. Explore local bus maps and timetables here.
By car:
The nearest car park is the RCP parking on North Road, which charges a flat rate of £5.50 after 5pm. For daytime parking, the most affordable central car park option is on Trafalgar Street, charging £8-9 for up to 4 hours.
Accessibility
If you are booking for someone who has support needs or access requirements please contact us to discuss before registering for a class. Please note that carers/ companions assisting someone with a disability to attend a class can access our concession rate tickets.
The Community Kitchen has facilities for disabled access and is easily reached by public transport or car. Some of our features are:
- Level access entrance
- Accessible toilet facilities
- Wide turning space around all kitchen units
- One height-adjustable cooking station – however please note that this station has room for two cooks so should be booked as a pair with a friend or family member. Please make sure to contact us when booking if you want to use this hob – we’re also happy to discuss any other accessibility requirements.
For more information about our accessibility, please email us.
