The Friendly Food Club remote work and careers

The Friendly Food Club runs fun, free, food-focused workshops with people of all ages and abilities from different social, ethnic and religious backgrounds in local communities in Dorset. Popular workshops include Family After School Cookery, Food Bank Plus, Meet Cook and Eat, Baking Buddies, Inter-generational Cooking, Care & Support and Unity Cafe. Our focus is on working within the community. The informal workshops give people a chance to make new friends while learning basic cooking skills and preparing, cooking and eating a meal together. The practical workshops help people develop cooking skills with easy-to-follow recipes. They also help increase knowledge of food and nutrition, food hygiene and safe working practices. Several workshops enable participants to gain a qualification such as Food Safety & Hygiene certificates. Projects might include shopping trips to local markets or supermarkets, planting vegetables in a community garden, menu planning and how to avoid food waste. Environmental issues, animal welfare, and an appreciation of where and how our food is produced are embedded in the practical workshops. The Friendly Food Club also runs community lunch and dinner clubs, often bringing lonely, vulnerable and otherwise isolated people together to help improve their daily lives. The Friendly Food Club works with local housing providers, the Skills Funding Agency, Dorset Community Action and many other partners delivering successful projects throughout Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire.