Nourishing Young Minds is the umbrella term for the courses we deliver with with groups of vulnerable people, including children, teenagers, asylum seekers and refugees, care experienced young people, young mums, and people with learning difficulties.
We deliver cookery sessions that focus on preparing and cooking affordable healthy meals from simple ingredients and using basic equipment. This is in recognition that many of the people we work with may be living in temporary accommodation with limited facilities.
We also focus on how our food choices can affect mood and overall physical health. Our sessions understand that food and wellbeing needs a holistic approach so integrate other wellbeing practices such as meditation and breath work. We empower people to make healthier choices for themselves and their families.
Our courses are engaging and participatory and involve demonstrations, opportunities for questions and coming together socially to share a meal.
Courses can be flexible dependant on the needs of the group or learning environment. For example, during the Covid-19 pandemic, we talked to young people in Sussex to ask how we can help. The result? We moved Kitchen Kickstart online with simple, easy to follow cooking videos.
