Aim and objectives of the report - CLES

Project design and deliveryInputsThe project received £153,667 funding through the Big Lottery Well-being fund. Additional inputsinto the kitchen £10000 for capital costs from the Community at Heart New Deal for theCommunities Health and Wellbeing project at inception and £20000 from for WeHLC for rental,management, utility and office costs. Money is raised from kitchen rental and training deliveryincluding on the Extended School Partnership Working projects locally.ActivitiesThere are a range of activities that have been supported by this project. The ‘Chat café’ is a weeklycafé open to all residents, users and professionals at lunch time. It offers reasonably priced drinks,sandwiches, as well as soup and a main meal. To attract professionals in the WeHLC to use the café,since their lunchtimes are so varied, they are able to pre-book their lunch and an outside crèchefacility supports parents.The project worker has undertaken considerable outreach work, for example, to an over 50’s groupby using a portable cooker top. This has helped the worker to develop cooking skills in a wider rangeof settings and to also promote activities available at the WeHLC and in the kitchen. During the earlystages of the project outreach was undertaken through largely professional networks to promote155 SWWB Final Evaluation Report