Sow Cook Thrive — a weekly drop-in outdoor wellbeing course for marginalised, care-experienced or housing insecure young people aged 18-25.
Our current course runs weekly on a Thursdsays, 5:30 – 7:30pm, until the 6th August. Sign up here – or if you’d like to talk about running a Sow Cook Thrive season with us in the future, email [email protected].
What is Sow Cook Thrive?
Weekly nutrition, growing and cookery workshops held over a 6-week period at beautiful allotment site near Brighton, run by a registered nutritionist. In these sessions we weave in nutrition tips for wellbeing with food growing, cooking, and other outdoor activities.
Why Sow Cook Thrive?
Spending time in nature can be a powerful way to increase wellbeing, lower stress, and boost mood and confidence. But many young people face financial, physical, or mental barriers to spending time outside. These sessions are designed to be accessible, free-to-attend, and trauma-informed, to support young people in spending time outside.
We decide together with participants how to spend our time outdoors
Activities include:
Food Growing
From planting seeds, weeding, to harvesting the end product, we build up attendees' confidence and knowledge of food growing
Cooking on a fire
Building a fire is a very helpful skill to have in the outdoors, and when done safely, cooks the most delicious food too. We support young people in safely building fires, and using them for cooking.
Foraging
From elderflower cordial to wild garlic pesto, we help young people identify seasonal food and show them how to cook delicious food with it
Yoga and Meditation
Accessible and gentle yoga and meditation, taking place outside in a beautiful and calming setting
Time together, outside
Ultimately, Sow Cook Thrive is about offering participants some restorative time together outside, at their own pace
Participatory Workshops
Engaging sessions drawing upon a range of interactive facilitation methods such as action learning sets, peer mentoring, and more
Focus Groups
Using a range of written, spoken, and visual activities, we draw out as many voices and opinions as possible
Team Building
Activities designed to strengthen collaboration and communication and with the specific needs of your team or community in mind
Community Engagement and Consultation
Using participatory activities to connect with and involve community members in your projects
Food Summits
A participatory event that brings together diverse voices to explore challenges and co-create solutions for a fairer, more sustainable food system
Get In Touch
Reach out to the Food Matters team to find out more about what we do, get involved or to collaborate with us on a future project at [email protected]
