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Year of square meals for Bristol families
Virtual cooking club provides a year of square meals for Bristol families
As many as 60 families could benefit over the next year from free food kits and an online cookery course being run by Bristol’s cookery school, Square Food Foundation and Sovereign Housing Association.
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The organisations are working together to provide free weekly DIY meal kits to Sovereign residents for the whole 2021-22 academic year. The packs include preweighed and measured ingredients, a recipe and a cook-along video tutorial presented by a cookery teacher, and enticing recipes include Singapore noodles, Mac n cheese, Black bean quesadillas, pancakes with leeks and ham and vegetable pasties. Daisy Mummery, Community Development Officer for Sovereign, said: “These sessions will go live on 14 September, with Sovereign residents in Bristol able to sign up now for the first six weeks’ worth of food boxes – providing them with a delicious family dinner each week until 19 October. There are ten kits available each week, and anyone who misses out will be put on a priority list for next term.”
Those who sign up will need to collect their weekly cooking kit from Knowle West 12 The course is running thanks to £5,000 funding from Sovereign’s Your Community Your Choice project, which is currently open for more applications, and provides funding for projects that improve outdoor spaces in Sovereign communities.
Daisy continued: “Having the time and energy to think up new dinners is often exhausting for busy parents, with fresh ingredients seeming more pricey or inaccessible than processed foods. This course not only provides a great way for families to spend time together, but could also ignite a passion for good food and cooking in budding junior chefs.” Charlotte Fife, one of Square Food Foundation’s cooking teachers said: “Square Food’s virtual cooking club was born during lockdown as a way to keep families making proper square meals while they were stuck at home. We can’t wait to make the virtual cooking club available to Sovereign’s residents.” To learn more about the work Square Food Foundation go to www.squarefoodfoundation. co.uk.
Ravenswood School in Nailsea has been forced to close temporarily after suffering extensive flood and electrical damage during last week's heavy rainfall. North Somerset Council is working closely with the school to try and reopen the building as quickly as possible. It is hoped that the main building could reopen on Monday (27 September) provided extensive work is complete.
In the meantime home learning is being provided for the 137 pupils at the school and families are being regularly updated on any developments by school staff.
The flooding was caused by damage to a temporary roof covering during heavy rain. The temporary roof was in place as part of work to upgrade the main school building as part of a 12-week works programme that started during the school holiday.
Work is being carried out this week to ensure the roof remains watertight. Assessment of the electrical damage is also being completed and flood-damaged materials are being removed from the building and dehumidifiers moved in. Mark Senior, Headteacher at Ravenswood School said: "The school has suffered considerable water and electrical damage. Before pupils can return we have to be sure the school is dry and safe as the welfare of the school community is our top priority.
"This is, understandably, an extremely stressful time for pupils and their families but we have to put safety first. We are doing all we can to support families and provide temporary learning solutions.
"If anyone has any concerns about the wellbeing of their child I would ask them to contact me directly." Cllr Catherine Gibbons, North Somerset Council's executive member with responsibility for education added: "This is an extremely difficult situation and we are working with the school to resolve it as soon as possible.
"This further disruption to learning during the pandemic is upsetting but we would like to reassure parents and carers that we are doing all we can to get Ravenswood open again." North Somerset Council is working with the school to find possible alternative classroom space if the damage is severe and the repair work takes longer than expected to complete.
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