Cooking Volunteer. Bloom Allotment Hyde
BLOOM is our eco-therapy wellbeing project for adults with a learning disability and/or mental health need. The project provides the opportunity to explore and pursue interests as well as discovering skills and abilities such as planning and design, growing, garden maintenance, woodwork, craft and cooking. Cooking volunteers are needed either Monday afternoon, Tuesday morning, Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning. We host a lunch club for our participants, staff and volunteers on Tuesday and Thursday every week. On Tuesdays we provide a main meal and dessert, on Thursdays we provide homemade soup.
When can volunteers volunteer? Weekly
Availability:
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Tasks the volunteer will be required to do:
Tasks will involve creating seasonal recipes according to dietary requirements and available produce, cooking with food grown at the allotment. They would be cooking for around 13 participants and 3-4 staff and volunteers. Creating opportunities for our participants to safely get involved with food preparation. Training available includes Health and Safety Awareness and Food Safety Awareness Certificate. There are also additional opportunities for making cakes and desserts for events and using the produce grown at the allotment to create jams, pickles and chutneys to sell for donations.
Training:
Areas of Interest: Community centre, Disability, Health and wellbeing, Hunger, Mental Health
What activities will the volunteer do? Befriending, Catering, DIY/odd jobs, Lending a helping hand, Outdoors
DBS Check Required: No
About the host organisation
Hosted by: The Leap Children and Family Centre
Organisation Profile: Leap provides charitable services for children & families. We have an onsite Pre-School, Family Contact Services, Creche & Early Learning Provision. We have Greenscape which is a grounds maintenance service which provides adult daycare & as a Social Enterprise supports the charitable work of the organisation. We have volunteer opportunities for Reading mentor, Greenscape operatives, To work with children/families and reception/admin.
Charity number: 1099806
