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Cumbria, Derbyshire and Devon •8• CUMBRIA Age Concern Get Cooking! Contact Amanda Davis 20 Spencer Street Carlisle CA1 1BG Tel 01228 536 673 Fax 01228 597 039 A cookery club for older people who have either limited skills or have lost the motivation to cook for themselves. Activities Transport/delivery Nutrition/health education Cookery class User Groups Older people DERBYSHIRE The Jericho Project Contact Rev. Christine Rowberry The Geoffrey Allen Centre Winster Mews Gamesley Glossop SK13 OLU Tel 01457 868740 This project runs a community cafe that promotes healthy eating, and a food co-operative supplying fruit and vegetables. The project also provides supported employment, and opportunities for training and community service in conjunction with the local council. Activities Community café Food partnership Food co-op User Groups All groups Learning disabilities Older people Single parents Unstone Grange Organic Gardens Contact Darrell Maryon c/o Unstone Grange Crow Lane Unstone S18 5AL Tel 01246 412 344 Website www.unstonegrange.co.uk This project involves volunteers working together two days week on the restoration and use of a kitchen garden and orchard. The weekly sessions involve learning sustainable and organic techniques. Herbs and seed are also produced for a local seed bank. Activities Growing food Food provision User Groups All groups DEVON Sustain: The alliance for better food and farming Exeter Community Umbrella Ltd Contact Trevor Gardner 3 Palace Gate Exeter EX1 1JA Tel 01392 205 800 Fax 01392 205 802 This is a food voucher scheme to help homeless people eat nutritious food by providing them with vouchers which can be exchanged for food at local retailers, including a take-away, a sandwich bar and a day centre for homeless people. This is part of a national scheme run by the Church National Housing Coalition (CNHC). Activities Price discounts/vouchers User Groups Homeless people
St Petrock's (Exeter) Ltd Contact M Gent St Petrocks Centre 10 Cathedral Yard Exeter EX1 1HJ Tel 01392 422 396 Fax 01392 439 758 A resource, activity, training and resettlement project for homeless people in Exeter. The project also provides food, medical help, support and luncheon vouchers. Activities Food provision Information/advice/support Nutrition/health education User Groups Low-income groups Homeless people St Sidwells Centre Contact Tony Badcock St Sidwells Centre Sidwell Street Exeter EX4 6NN Tel 01392 491 300 Fax 01392 498 174 Website www.stsidwells.org.uk This Healthy Living Centre includes a community cafe and training kitchen. The centre, which opened in January 2001, also provides healthy eating and cooking classes. The project focuses on families, young people and older people in the local community. Activities Community café LETS User Groups Children Women and children Older people Single parents DORSET ACHIEVE Boscombe - Lunch Club Contact Mary Ann Roberts IHCS Bournemouth University Bournemouth House, Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3LG Tel 01202 504 336 This project provides weekly, cheap, two course healthy lunches for families in temporary accommodation - children's meals are free. Service users can also learn basic food preparation, food hygiene and team skills as well as enjoying eating together as a family. Activities Food provision Nutrition/health education User Groups Children Women and children Homeless people Single parents EAST SUSSEX Sustain: The alliance for better food and farming Brighton Agroforestry Trials Contact Pippa James Flat 2 13 Windlernam Gardens Brighton BN1 3AJ Tel 01273 208 816 This is a sustainable food production project, growing food-producing trees alongside annual vegetables using organic and permaculture design. Activities Growing food Food provision Transport/delivery User Groups All groups Devon, Dorset and East Sussex •9•
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Page 11 and 12: England BEDFORDSHIRE Asian Cookery
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Page 21 and 22: Hackney City Farm Contact Dee Mille
Page 23 and 24: Simon Community Emergency Nightshel
Page 25 and 26: Central Point Contact Simon Summeri
Page 27 and 28: LANCASHIRE Bolton Community Nutriti
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Page 33 and 34: Health Development Contact Teresa J
Page 35 and 36: SOMERSET Balsam Project Contact Sue
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Page 49 and 50: Wales ANGLESEY Farmers' Market Netw
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Page 55 and 56: Caffi Blas Y Waun Contact Menna Jon
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Page 59 and 60: POWYS Brecknock Farmers' Market Con
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Sydallt Fruit & Veg Scheme Contact
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Other Useful Contacts Community Act
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Regional Development Agencies Regio
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Dorset & Somerset Charter House, Ba
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Rossy Diner, 7 Simon Community Emer
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Funky Food Project, Pembrokeshire,
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Sustain: The Alliance for Better Fo
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