Author archives: Kim Newstead

Tesco bags of help funding open

Tesco has grants of up to £12,000 available for community projects such as community gardens, allotments, play areas and other outdoor community projects. The closing date for applications is 3 June. Groundwork are assessing all of the applications received. Groundwork provides a shortlist of the applications received for a Tesco Shortlisting Group to agree three successful …

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Blog 6 – What does it mean to support ‘vulnerable’ people on your cooking skills course?

Our cooking skills study group are running their cooking skills courses for ‘vulnerable people’ and/or ‘parents (or carers)’ living on a ‘low-income’. As we’ll be gathering collective evaluation information, we had to agree on how we define these categories. Defining ‘vulnerable’ wasn’t easy. It can include many people, from a recently widowed older man to …

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Cooking skills blog

Welcome to our new cooking skills blog. It aims to be useful for anyone who runs, or manages community cooking skills courses for people who are vulnerable or trying to manage on a low-income.

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