Crafty with food (360G-SCVO-a0gb000000QAOwUAAX)

We would deliver cooking in conjunction with different activities, number of young families have expressed an interest in learning to cook , but felt that it was too expensive. We will show these parents and children that with budgeting skills , blind tasting and cooking together that they can maximise their income . Often cooking classes only concentrate on the parents this is different as we would encourage them to cook together. We will deliver the cooking in conjunction with activities - welfare and benefit checks, Financial literacy budgeting workshops.The children would be engaged during the whole process from cooking to eating.Activities -catch the bug , how many sugars, crafting opportunities e.g making their aprons .Improve nutritional choices via blind tasting .At the end of each session everyone will leave with a recipe card and the confidence to replicate the meal at home, all delivered in a fun and interactive way. Often it is the children who dictate the household meals - By engaging the children and teaching them the cooking skills they will be the driving force in changing the weekly shop. By working in local communities it is easier to market this opportunity and have parents and children participate, often only the parents are engaged, by engaging with both it gives them the opportunity to explore this option together. By making the whole process fun, entertaining and interactive , by building competency and resilience to make choices ,build on information and signposting options if required.