OUR STORY SO FAR
That little red onion in our logo isn't just a great ingredient – it’s also a nod to the origins of Nourish Food School - the red onion logo-ed social enterprise, Food Nation CIC.
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For more than a decade, Food Nation innovated countless projects that used food to tackle public health concerns – including the well-established Cookery School and Men's Pie Club. As Food Nation continued to evolve, and as demand for food education was growing it was time in 2021 to give each arm of the business it's own identity. Joanna Lacey, Food Nation Director since 2015, proudly took forward the work of the Cookery School and founded a brand new social enterprise - Nourish Food School.
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​​You can read more about our company ambitions, plans and what we do in our welcome book​
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That word 'nourish' isn't just a nice foodie word - it has a bigger meaning and keeps the Nourish Team focussed on the social purpose.
We are all about remembering that to 'nourish' is to provide tools needed to live, be healthy, develop or grow stronger.
Food experiences create opportunities to do that for physical health, for mental health, for the health of a community or workplace and so much more.
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"The ambition for Nourish Food School is not solely to teach someone how to chop that onion. It's about establishing good food behaviours, building resilience through skills and confidence, and seeing people come together to share in experiences and memories.
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Everyone has a relationship with food. The more positive that relationship can be then surely the greater chance there is for improved health across whole communities. These are the skills, behaviours and relationships that will then be passed from one generation to the next and can create healthier communities long into the future."
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- Joanna Lacey, Founder
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OUR VISON IS...
...to remove food related illness from all communities in the North East of England.
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THROUGH OUR DAILY MISSION TO...
...positively shape the way people see, eat and experience food everyday.
Take a look at our Theory of Change!
This is our road map to how each of your services helps us work towards our ultimate mission
A look to the future
Nourish Food School is now challenging food-related health concerns and food insecurity across the North East and does so by working in partnership with other voluntary sector organisations and services. Whilst also bringing good food behaviours alive with classes for the general public and local businesses.​​
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Nourish Food School plans to continue embedding it's services into the heart of local communities using our mobile approach to delivery of cooking skills in local places and spaces.
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We are forever innovating solutions to localised issues that create a barrier to cooking and eating well with happiness, positive wellbeing and environmental sustainability at the heart of it all!
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Keep an eye on our community projects pages to find out what projects are happening right now!