Nurture & Nourish

Nurture & Nourish explored and celebrated the power of bringing communities together, ensuring Wakefield was a place where food and creativity Nurtured & Nourished people and communities.

During Our Year 2024 we provided 3,000 creativity kits across food bank networks, trained 22 community cooking leaders and supported 12 community organisations and 8 libraries to deliver cooking sessions reaching 300+ people. As well as enabling the delivery of 4 large food themed events engaging 8000+ residents and supporting 18 primary schools to run a Big Lunch Events engaging 4000+ children and 2000+ adults.

Nurture and Nourish showcased our community gardens and growing spaces and provided opportunities for people and communities to learn new creative and food-related skills.

Appletree Community Garden