Thursday 25 August / 12.00 to 4.00pm / Bromley by Bow Centre, St Leonard’s Street, E3 3BT
The launch: Feel free to come along! The pilot launch is going to happen as part of a wider event called the Summer Wellbeing Festival at the Bromley By Bow Centre.
What is the pilot? It’s is a 12 month food voucher pilot, part of the Healthy Boroughs Programme. Participants (selected by social prescribers and meeting certain criteria) and their families will receive vouchers to spend on fruits and vegetables in local greengrocers and markets. Participants will also receive 1:1 support sessions and monthly group sessions in which they will learn about things like cooking on a budget, horticulture, label reading, basic healthy eating, and the link between the food we eat and our mood. We will be evaluating the pilot throughout.
About the pilot participants: We are focusing on the topic of mental health (as well as physical) with our first cohort, and particularly how food can be used to support the majority of our participants who are living with depression and anxiety. About half of our cohort are unemployed. A second cohort will start the programme in September.
