Make Space case studies
The Chill House - healthy lifestyles
The Chill House at Farringdon Community Sports College in Sunderland is one of four young people’s clubs around the country to be celebrating winning £1,000 from Nestlé’s Food and Beverage team in the Make Space Healthy Lifestyles competition. Four young people and two staff members at the club have been trained to help deliver the Let’s Get Cooking Programme, which involves healthy cooking activities that all of the 93 club members can join in. As a next step, the young people want to grow their own fruit and vegetables to develop their understanding of healthy food, using part of a community Jubilee Centre garden on the school site. The garden was designed and built as an intergenerational project, and is fully accessible for people with disabilities.
The new project will also be a joint effort between the Chill House and the Jubilee Centre, utilising existing skills within the community and enabling young people to learn these skills themselves. The prize money will go towards a greenhouse, gardening equipment and plants. The young people will be involved from the very beginning – planning, preparing the plot, planting and then reaping the fruits (and vegetables!) of their efforts to make healthy dishes.