Courses

Cooking Group

What

Our Cooking Group runs weekly, with the aim of bringing people together in a safe community setting (with a kitchen and eating area) to plan, create and eat a healthy meal.

The group pick the recipes together, focusing on budget meals and a varied menu – often exploring foods and flavours that they may not have tried before. They then sit down and eat together.

The group helps to teach basic key life skills (planning; shopping; budgeting; cooking), and also alleviate loneliness, by bringing people together once a week in a communal and convivial setting.

Who

Open to all current Access to Industry students and those who meet the eligibility criteria for one of Access to Industry’s projects. If you are interested, contact us or speak to your Caseworker for more details.

When

Classes run regularly – please see our Weekly Programme for details.

Why

Helps to teach basic key life skills (planning; shopping; budgeting; cooking) and also alleviate loneliness, by bringing people together once a week to cook and share a meal.

Where

Delivered in person, in East Lothian and Midlothian.

Funding Partners

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