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.
Key information
- Volunteer: Weekly
- Availability: Monday AM, Monday PM, Tuesday AM, Tuesday PM, Wednesday AM, Wednesday PM, Thursday AM, Thursday PM
- Tasks: 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.
- Interests: Community centre, Disability, Health and wellbeing, Hunger, Mental Health
- Activities: Befriending, Catering, DIY/odd jobs, Lending a helping hand, Outdoors
- DBS Check: No
