Healthy Eating for Schools & Carers Training Facility
Royal Agricultural College
Amount of LSP funding provided to support the project
£24,821 (2nd homes allocation 2006/07)
Brief description
To develop a purpose built facility to deliver high quality local training for school cooks and homecare staff, which prepare food.
Outcomes
Improved health of young and older people in the community, through healthier eating habits.
Job creation.
Increased learning and skills and benefits to local producers.
Achievements
The new Training Kitchen at the Royal Agricultural College is now open. School cooks from around the county will be attending courses to learn not only cookery skills, but also about food sourcing and nutrition. The new facility will also be helping those in the care sector and will be developed as a community facility for parents, children, students and may others, to help deliver all aspects of the Healthy Eating agenda.