When we eat better, we do better. So Let's Get Cooking are all about inspiring everyoneto learn to cook and enjoy good food. We give people the confidence and skills they need to get hands-on in the kitchen and make healthier food choices throughout their lives.
First set up in 2007, our first 5,000 clubs were created in schools and – supported with Big Lottery funding – reached more than three million people.
We supportall of these Let’s Get Cooking clubs by offering recipes, advice, expert training and practical resources.
And by sharing our expertise with many other organisations across the country including Barnardo's,The Prince’s Trust,The People’s Health Trust,Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation,WRAPand various primary care trusts, we supportthe delivery of cooking activities to help even more young people and adults to get cooking.
Some of our recent projects
- Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority
- Barnardo's
- Essex Community Foundation
Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority
The BDA'sLet’s Get Cookingprogramme has been providing expert advice on waste reduction through its education programmes across Merseyside for more than three years. This year, in partnership with Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority, it’s getting even more practical with a new Waste Warriors programme.
Read more about Let's Get Merseyside Savinghere.
The BDA is playing its part in supporting families and households experiencing food insecurity by working with Barnardo’s on a new cooking skills project. Through our Let’s Get Cooking initiative, we are training the charity’s staff and volunteers to upskill families and young people to be able to prepare healthy meals from scratch.
For more information visit our news pages or the Barnardo's Family Space for Healthy Eating
Essex Food for Families. This year we have been lucky enough to receive funding fromEssex Community Foundation which has enabled us to produce a new recipe pack tailored to meet the needs of families cooking on a budget.
We have been able to distribute hard copy recipe packs to families through our Let’s Get Cooking network of clubs based in schools as well as making the pack available to a wider audience electronically.
Let’s Get Cooking by numbers
Our clubs have run over235,000Let’s Get Cooking sessions for children, young people and their families across the country. That’s a whole lot of ingredients and washing up!
We’ve trained almost11,500club leaders and helpers.
Almost all of our club members (92%) said theyused their new cooking skills again at home, and more than half (58%)eat a healthier dietafter they learned to cook with us.
We’ve reached more thanthreemillion peoplewith healthier cooking skills so far.
What our club coordinators said
about Let’s Get Cooking
“Our club is not just about eating healthily but having fun with food, learning new things and overcoming barriers, trying things for the first time, with their friends and without pressure, learning where food comes from. Let’s Get Cooking is changing lives – how amazing is that?”
