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Local Food Links is now working with older people’s organisations to develop a series of initiatives which will make good food more affordable and more accessible. A Joint Working Group has been established by Local Food Links, Bridport Area Older People’s Forum and Dorset Partnership for Older People’s Project. The Food Initiatives for the Senior Community (FISC) group aims to explore and develop a range of practical projects which would increase older people’s access to healthy and affordable food. The agreed tasks are:
- To develop a working partnership between a range of organisations representing and working with older people.
- To consult with older people and with organisations run by or for older people, to assess needs and identify potential activities.
- To support Local Food Links in developing new catering services operating from the hub kitchen at the Centre for Local Food, and piloting a range of initiatives, including:
· Provision of catering for lunch clubs in community settings · Lunch clubs at schools, with interaction between pupils & older people · Local Food Clubs (food co-ops) providing access to affordable food · Supply of prepared fruit & vegetables into Food Clubs · Cookery workshops, e.g. older people sharing skills with younger people, lessons for single men, etc · Community kitchen sessions, allowing participants to “batch cook” a number of meals with a group of other people · Support for catering services in day centres and care homes · Production of meals & soups to be cooked in older people’s homes |
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