- Time together uninterrupted by other people or phones
- Improving confidence through learning new skills
- Encouraging adults and children to try new foods and activities increases their willingness to try other things together that they wouldn’t usually
- Bringing in hard-to-reach people. For example, schools have told us that some parents who have attended our courses with their children have not previously engaged in other ways
- Increasing family cohesion
- Better behaviour and study results from better-fed children
- Teaching children practical fine motor and numeracy skills
Meet Michael
I’m Michael and I love being around people and helping out. I live in a supported living place with my friend, and I love to cook my own meals. I am vegetarian and love trying out new healthy recipes. I enjoy my job At Centerparcs two days a week, and at weekends I like going to shows and the cinema. One day I would like to be in a movie myself and be famous!
My mum asked if I’d like to help out and I love it. I’m able to teach kids what I’ve learnt and also get to cook the meals myself sometimes. It all helps me be more independent.
I love eating healthy meals and I’m always checking the food in the shops with my phone app because some stuff looks healthy but it often has loads of sugar or chemicals in it that are bad for you.
My favourite thing to cook and eat is veggie curries.
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