Get Dorset Cooking Dorchester

Available to all Dorset community, health, social and youth based organisations!

• Identifying the needs and understanding barriers for your community
• Using different session formats and choosing the right recipe
• Planning effective and safe sessions, including paperwork and risk
• Practical cooking, facilities and equipment
• Evaluation and funding

"The day was really motivating and now I can't wait to get started. The day was well-planned and interesting. I really enjoyed making our own lunch and it gave us a chance to network and learn from other organisations". L, Blandford

We believe that almost any group can put on some kind of cooking session and benefit your local community.

• save money
• reducing food waste
• increase someone's self confidence
• improve nutrition
• grow social networks
• improve wellbeing
• improved sense of resilience, including financial resilience
• longer term impacts on household income and physical health

• Make more food more accessible
• They can be run in conjunction with other activities, to support existing project beneficiaries
• Encourage new people to come forward who need your support
• Upskilling your beneficiaries you are helping improve their worlds and your communities in so many ways
• Develop new social groups
• Attract more volunteers
• Improve your local reputation
• There are many different types of cooking sessions, skills based, using food waste, community action/support or lunch clubs etc. etc.
• They are a great way of crossing generations, bringing together communities and cultures.

Host or Publisher The Friendly Food Club