Cook Together Club Fenham

Tasty, nutritious and low-cost cooking is on the menu in Fenham, with our new programme of free cooking classes and cook at home recipe kits!

Cook Together Club Fenham will give local residents the skills, knowledge and confidence to cook delicious meals from scratch.

Launching in January 2025, the free monthly cooking classes will be adapted from the national Jamie Oliver Ministry of Food programme and will take place in Fenham Library. The free cook-at-home recipe kits will be distributed via venues that are most accessible for residents.

Read on for more information about Cook Together Club Fenham and the eligibility criteria.

About the Cook Together Club Fenham

This programme of classes and recipe kits is funded by the National Lottery Awards for All Fund and delivered by Nourish Food School.

COOKING CLASSES

Cook Together Club will run FREE monthly cooking classes at Fenham Library.

The classes will be taught by Nourish Food Trainers and you will learn how to cook familiar midweek meals, with a focus on cooking from scratch.

All ingredients will be included and you will get to take your yummy meal home with you.

Whilst the classes are free, participants will be required to sign up in advance.

Further information will be announced soon, however you can register your interest in attending by completing the form below.

RECIPE KITS

Our FREE cook-at-home recipe kits are ideal if you struggle to attend the classes, or simply need a bit more support and inspiration when cooking at home.

The recipe kits contain everything you need to cook a fantastic meal from scratch, including:

All ingredients
A recipe card
A link to a video cooking tutorial

Kits will be available to collect from venues across Fenham.

If you are interested in receiving a kit, or know someone who could benefit from them, please register your interest by completing for form below.

ELIGIBILTY CRITERIA

Cook Together Club welcomes all residents of Fenham, Newcastle Upon Tyne, particularly adults and families who are struggling with food poverty.

All we ask is that everyone who takes part must be super willing to give it a go!

If you, or someone you are referring, meet this criteria then register your interest today.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

We are looking for people from the community to help us build the cook-at-home recipe kits.

Experience is not needed, however we do ask that you:

Are 18 or over
Attend a Nourish Food School volunteer induction session
Can commit to at least 4 volunteering sessions
Don't mind putting on a pinny and getting stuck in!

If that sounds like you, or someone you know, head on over to our volunteering homepage to find out more and sign up.

Alternatively, if you have any questions about volunteering with Nourish email alex@nourishfoodschool.co.uk.

Interested in taking part in Cook Together Club Fenham or would like to refer someone you support already? Click to register your interest and we'll be in touch with further details.

Register your interest

Why Cook Together Club Fenham?

The Cook Together project aims to support residents of Fenham who are living in challenging economic circumstances.

Our programme offers a pathway away from food poverty, insecurity, and reliance on emergency food support. We will deliver services directly into disadvantaged communities, where residents are often displaced, disengaged from mainstream services, and facing vulnerabilities worsened by rising living costs.

Empowering the people of Fenham

Empowerment is central to our approach, focusing on helping people develop coping strategies, resilience, and agency, particularly during economic hardships.

Alongside monthly in-person cookery classes, we will assemble and distribute recipe kits for home use. These kits are designed for those struggling to attend community settings due to vulnerabilities/logistical challenges and/or for those who have found it difficult to incorporate home cooking into their routine even after taking part in group cookery classes.

About Nourish Food School

At Nourish we are all about ensuring everyone has a positive relationship with food and that there are no barriers or skills-gaps at play when it comes to eating for good physical and mental health.

Find out more about what we do.

Register Your Interest

Check the eligibility list and complete the form to register your interest in the course. You can complete the form for yourself or refer someone you know.

Please note: dates and venues are yet to be selected so we are currently only collecting information for people who are interesting in keeping informed of dates and further information.

Eligibility

Are you or the person you are referring:

aged 16 - 18 (or up to 25 with additional learning needs)?

a resident of Gateshead?

willing to take part in as many of the 8 cookery classes as possible?

willing to take part in our evaluation? (including completing simple forms, talking with our evaluator to give feedback, touching base with us after the 8 week course is completed)

willing and able to put into practice new skills at home? (i.e. you need to be able to cook for yourself/or cook with support from someone in your household on a daily basis & have a say in what food is purchased by you or for you)

Participant details

Please provide the following details about yourself, or the person you are referring.

All personal details will be kept confidential and only used to contact you in relation to this course and will not be shared with organisations outside of this project.

First name

Last name

Email

Phone

Address (please include postcode)

Anything you feel we should know about you to ensure the classes meet all your needs and wants?

Referrers only

If you are referring someone else and completing this form on their behalf please provide your contact name, email, phone number and the organisation you work at (if applicable)

If you would like to be kept up to date with referral opportunities from Nourish please sign up to our referrals mailing list.