What We Do
Bingley Community Kitchen began with a desire to help needy families to eat nutritious meals through the ‘Cook and Eat’ sessions organised during the Summer Holidays. It is now developing into a space where families on a low income can learn and explore the world of food as well as find meals that are quick, easy and healthy.
There are so many reasons that feeding the family a healthy meal is a challenge, and that challenge is different for each family: sometimes it’s time and energy, sometimes it’s from a lack of inspiration or knowledge, and sometimes it’s access and affordability. Whatever your reason, BCK is here to support you in your journey toward your best relationship with food.
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Our Community Kitchen works to address as many of these challenges as possible through a range of activities including cooking classes for inspiration and knowledge.
The way ahead
Children living in areas of high deprivation are: more likely to die in infancy or childhood; more likely to be injured at home or on the roads; more likely to be subject to safeguarding/child protection measures; less likely to be breastfed; more likely to be obese; more likely to have problems with oral health; and more likely to die younger as adults.
Therefore, our children and family activities will focus on supporting children and their families to eat well through a wide range of activities, including but not exclusively, on
- cook and eat sessions,
- providing food parcels with recipes,
- online cooking sessions.
- food hygiene courses,
- activities families identify through ongoing surveys, and
- social activities for the lonely and isolated elderly people within the Bingley District.
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