In April we are starting a new Trussell Trust devised course called ‘Eat Well Spend Less’ in conjunction with Middleton Central Foodbank.
This is a free six-session course teaching people cookery skills and household budgeting tips to help make tight budgets stretch further. Typically, we look at the basics of cookery, budgeting, hygiene and nutrition.
The course has three objectives:
- To equip people with cookery skills and the confidence to build upon these skills in their day to day lives so that they are able to prepare and eat healthier food.
- To give an understanding of how to plan meals, both from an economic and a nutritional point of view.
- To teach people simple financial management techniques to enable them to budget more effectively and avoid getting into debt.
And we hope that by encouraging people with these skills people we will empower them to break the cycle of poverty.
Interested then click here to download a poster of the course.
To book your free place click here to sign up, or to request more information.
Or you can call in and visit our reception in the usual way.
To find out how Eat Well Spend Less can impact your life have a read of this story, about Judith, taken from the latest Trussell Trust’s news feed.
Judith’s story
Struggling to make ends meet, single mother of two, Judith, signed up to our Eat Well Spend Less course at her local foodbank. The course takes place over six sessions and is designed to enable healthy cooking on a budget. It helps builds confidence in the kitchen and shares financial management techniques through a range of practical activities.
Since attending the course, Judith has managed to reduce her food bill and has gained more confidence in her ability:
“It changed how I spent my money, now I am spending a third less on food as a result of the course. I am making big savings and I am using the money I am saving to pay off some of my other debts.”
She’s also been able to share these skills with her family: “My young son comes and helps me in the kitchen now, he is my little sous chef when I am preparing meals.”
The course had a big impact on Judith and she enjoyed it so much that she is now involved with helping to run the course: “I started volunteering because it was the natural thing to do. I wanted to support other people and give a little bit back.”
Without the course, Judith could still be struggling to buy essentials such as food for her family and, possibly, getting into even more debt. She may have even had to use the foodbank by now.
