In September, there's an excellent chance to enhance your skills at Leeds Cookery School Leeds Markets for those involved in community cooking. Eat Green offers a FREE one-day cooking workshop. Dates: 10 or 17 Sep Time: 10 AM to 4 PM 0113 240 6677 / [email protected].

Wondering if you're eligible for NHS Healthy Start? If you're on Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, you may be eligible for support towards the cost of healthy food and milk 🍎🥛 Find out more about the scheme by visiting our website👉 healthystart.nhs.uk

Love seeing beans making headlines!🙌 New study by The Food Foundation shows the environmental benefits of eating #beans and grains! Putting #beansonthemenu is a great way to elevate beans as a staple ingredient while also caring for our planet. Thanks Food Manufacture for the

By buying British, you're not just enjoying delicious fresh food - you're also helping to support local communities and reduce food miles, contributing to a more sustainable and resilient food system. Let's show some love for our local farmers this #BritishFoodFortnight!🇬🇧

Now booking - The Present, a 6 week programme for women using simple bodywork from yoga and kung fu to help you feel safe and at ease in your own body. Starts Monday 16/9. To register, contact Lucy 0113 2459610 or [email protected]

🌟Garden Gremlins is our new, free stay-and-play group for children under 5 & their caregivers! 🎨Play, learn & explore together with artist Beatrice Lee-Knowles in the Roxby Community Garden. 🗓️Tuesdays, 1-2:30pm, Sept 10 - Oct 1st 📍Email [email protected] to sign up

This is really good news - the HSF helps us to provide people with food parcels and provides funding for ingredients for Seva lunch club. If HSF or other funding like it were guaranteed for years, rather than months, that would be even better still

Confirmation that the Household Support Fund has been extended. Tina Leslie MBE Francesca Wood Inn Churches Rethink Food FareShare Yorkshire FareShare Leeds South & East Foodbank Leeds N & W foodbank Zest The Welcome Centre Feeding Britain Joanne Volpe Pip Goff Jayne Leech 💙 🌈🕷🧡 🌻🐦 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Tomorrow (Tuesday 3rd September) Burmantofts Community Friends are offering a free workshop for women over 50. The session, provided alongside SmartWorks, offers support with employment.  11:00am at Thackray Museum of Medicine, 141 Beckett St, Harehills, Leeds LS9 7LN

We had #FavaBeans from Hodmedod's for our regular monthly staff lunch today @leedscookschool The Old Fire Station What a great way to start the week. East African & Egyptian recipes courtesy of @Zest's #WelcomeCafe, that meets weds in #LeedsCookeryschool@LeedsMarkets #MondayMotivation

🚩 New research shows impact of food hubs and perspectives from Leeds Zest Dr Effie Papargyropoulou University of Leeds London Food Poverty Campaign Sustainable Food Places buff.ly/4dY8rp0

We're SO excited about our #FoodisEveryonesBusiness project in #HATCH LCP. Food touches people in so many ways. Health, finance, community, culture, wellbeing, belonging. We're developing training in collaboration with so many passionate expert partners. Watch this space!

Conversation Cafe returns for next term 🗣️🫖☕️🥐 Taking place on the following Thursdays, 10am - 12pm 📅 Everyone is welcome to join, swap stories, cultural practices and of course, practice your speaking and listening skills 🫶 All while enjoying some free refreshments 😋

"We spoke about hate crime Travellers experience on a regular basis...it makes people afraid to be who they are." Suzie's Story... Take a look at our members Suzie's story about how Leeds GATE supported her to speak about and get support for the hate crime she experienced.

In #Hunslet this week, I stumbled upon an amazing heavy-laden bramble / blackberry patch, unseen, unloved, unpicked. I filled my boots, of course. There's loads of free food going spare like this, across #Leeds. Could we reboot past efforts to map it? Anyone? Thanks.

Our summer sessions of Conversation Cafe have been so much fun 🤗 From talking about sports, hobbies and cultural foods to learning more about each other and supporting English language learning and integration ✅ Tomorrow is our last summer session, 10am - 12pm 🫖

This week we are supporting National Schools Breakfast Week with British Nutrition Foundation & we’ll be sharing some super easy, healthy & delicious breakfasts all week! What’s does your breakfast look like this morning? Enjoy!#healthylifestyle #healthyfood #letsrethinkfood #breakfastweek

Amazing cattle farming! 👇👇👇

🌿 Garden Gremlins starts tomorrow! Join us in the Roxby Community Garden for a FREE stay-and-play group for kids under 5! 🎨Let your little ones play, learn and explore together in a safe outdoor setting. Sign up: [email protected] Learn more: buff.ly/4cYwx21

Impact of food hubs and perspectives from #Leeds In a nutshell, national support is needed to transition from 'emergency' to 'holistic' and financially viable in the long term.