Ryde Town Council has announced that they have been awarded funding by the South Western Railway Customer & Communities Investment Fund and SNG to deliver a series of community cookery sessions.
These sessions are designed to bring people together, promote healthy eating, and provide essential cooking skills for families and individuals within our community.
Thanks to this generous funding, RTC have already begun offering cookery sessions to local primary schools, where parents and children can learn and cook together.
In addition to school-based programs, Network Ryde, the town’s dedicated youth service, will be hosting cookery sessions specifically for their young people.
Starting from the 19th of September, we will be running a series of six-week cookery courses, open to everyone in the community. These courses will be held at the new Network Ryde building, a welcoming space designed to accommodate a variety of community activities. Whether you are a complete beginner or looking to improve your culinary skills, these courses offer something for everyone.
A Ryde Town Council spokesperson has said:
“We encourage all interested community members to join us in this exciting initiative. For more information or to sign up, please email [email protected].”
Ryde Town Council is committed to creating opportunities that enhance community well-being, and we believe these cookery sessions will provide valuable life skills while fostering a stronger, healthier community.
It was a good number of years ago I know, but..
They used to teach the basics of cooking and ‘home economics’ at school, and not just to girls!
Still, I suppose the Council are more than happy to find other ways of spending our Tax monies whilst claiming they are ‘helping’ people
Read the story Nick! none of your Tax monies are being spent here. This is funded by South Western Railway Customer & Communities Investment Fund and SNG
But you rant away if it makes you feel better.
Good luck to them. But all (passenger) railways are subsidised by the Government. I.E. the Taxpayer. Its good to give something back.
Most schools still do this, although it’s not called home economics anymore. With most schools, it comes under the title ‘food tech’ or some such, and students do it in the first couple of years of High School.
It’s fairly basic stuff, stir fries etc, so lots of vegetable cutting etc.
But, it’s really something that could/should be learnt at home?