Christchurch schools invited to apply for cookery grants

Following the decision by trustees of Christchurch Food Festival Education Trust (CFFET) to no longer provide healthy eating and cookery workshops directly, local schools are invited to apply for cash grants to carry out projects.

Chairman of the Trustees, Julie Ratcliffe, said: “Schools can apply for grants to support them in arranging their own workshops and projects provided that they meet the Trust’s charitable aims and objectives.”

Trustee and the Trust’s Education co-ordinator, Mary Reader, said: “Each year for the past 25 years, the Food Festival Education Trust has visited local schools to promote healthy eating and cookery skills. The secondary schools work has supported many young people into hospitality jobs at all levels and delivered specialist skills to support GCSE students. We have seen thousands of children in Christchurch primary schools while running our very popular cookery days which started in 2004. Unfortunately, it has become very difficult to find chefs and nutritionists who are able to commit to the huge amount of work required to organise and carry out this important work, which we are keen to see continued.”

Schools and organisations can apply for grants via www.cffet.org.uk.