A Taste of Health – Greenwich Community Cookery Clubs
A FREE 5-WEEK COMMUNITY COOKERY CLUB designed to promote healthy eating as part of a healthy lifestyle. Originally established in 2003 by NHS Greenwich based on the Luton Asian cookery clubs.
In 2009 the cookery club recipe books were adapted to integrate sustainability including seasonality, use of low impact and higher welfare ingredients.
What is a cookery club?
A cookery club consists of five, weekly, 2½hour sessions delivered by a qualified tutor to a group of between 6-12 participants.
The aims of the club are to increase participants’ awareness of healthy eating and to develop the skills required to prepare a healthy diet using affordable, easily accessible ingredients. Each week participants get to prepare recipes for quick and easy meals that reinforce the healthy eating advice provided.
Each week the sessions focus on a different aspect of healthy eating, building on information provided the previous week, so to get maximum benefit from the club participants need to attend the whole 5-week course.
Who can attend?
Anybody who lives or works in Greenwich can attend clubs that are open to the general public. For information on venues and times these clubs run contact 0800 9171273. There is no charge to participants.
In addition, we have some capacity to run clubs for a given organisation or service which would be specifically for their service users. Examples of groups we have worked with include Age Concern, schools, Children’s Centres/Sure Start, BAME organisations. Cookery clubs can be tailored to meet the needs of a particular group e.g. using recipes for meals popular in a certain community. If you would like to offer a cookery club to a group you are working with, contact Andrea Redwood on 020 8269 4880 or email andrea@gcda.org.uk for advice and information.
Who runs the cookery clubs?
Cookery Club Tutors are people from local communities e.g. community workers and local residents, who are trained and supported to run the clubs by Greenwich Teaching Primary Care Trust.
As demand for cookery clubs increases, we are keen to offer training and support to people from other organisations or services so that they can run their own clubs, thus maximising capacity. For more information contact Nicola Nzuza, 020 8694 7317 (Mon-Wed) or emailnicola.nzuza@greenwichpct.nhs.uk
What impact are we having?
Clubs are very popular, with high levels of attendance and positive feedback from participants. Evaluation indicates increased fruit and vegetable consumption, reduced consumption of salt and sugar and reduced use of fats and oils amongst participants on completion of the cookery club.
Cookery demonstrations
We are happy to offer one-off cookery demonstrations as a means of promoting healthy eating and publicising cookery clubs. For more information contact Andrea Redwood on 020 8269 4880 or emailandrea@gcda.org.uk
A taste of health
A FREE 5-WEEK COMMUNITY COOKERY CLUB designed to promote healthy eating as part of a healthy lifestyle
- Find out more about the links between food and health
- Cook and taste a variety of quick, cheap, healthy and delicious meals
- Meet new people who live locally
No experience necessary – everyone welcome!
Mascalls Meeting Room
Mascalls Court, Victoria Way, Charlton, SE7 7DZ
Every Monday from 10.30am to 1.00pm. Ongoing for 5 weeks.
Antelope Road, Woolwich, SE18 5QG
Club with a crèche can be provided
Every Tuesday from 10.30am to 1.00pm. . Ongoing for 5 weeks.
Club @ Coldharbour Community Centre
William Barefoot Drive, Eltham, SE9 3AY
Every Wednesday from 10.00am to 12.30pm. Ongoing for 5 weeks.
Club @ Glyndon Community Recreation Centre
75 Raglan Road, Plumstead, SE18 7LB
Every Wednesday from 10.30am to 1.00pm. . Ongoing for 5 weeks.
Club @ Armada Community Centre
21 McMillan Street, Deptford, SE8 3EZ
William Temple Church
Eynsham Drive, Abbeywood SE2 9DT
Every Monday from 6.00pm to 8.30pm. Ongoing for 5 weeks.
Club @ Broadwater Village Hall
Off Goosander Way, West Thamesmead, SE28 0ER
Every Thursday from 10.30am- 1.00pm. . Ongoing for 5 weeks.
Club @ West Greenwich House
141 Greenwich High Street, Greenwich, SE10 8JA
Every Friday 1.30pm until 4.00pm. . Ongoing for 5 weeks.
Places are limited so book early to avoid disappointment.
For more information and to reserve a place call 020 8694 7300.
