Sprouts Community Food Partnership – Featured Partner Update

16th July 2024

Sprouts have come alongside Roseworth Big Local to launch The Casserole Club at Kiora Hall. The four-week sessions welcome 12 residents, who learn how to cook and prepare meals that work well in a slow cooker and can be made then and there. All who attend are also given a free slow cooker and recipe book to take home and try out!

Sprouts work together with communities empowering them to feel safer and more at ease when accessing smaller, local community provisions like theirs. They have the experience to initiate the building of community in new spaces as a result of their work and reputation across Stockton-on-Tees.

Since 2011, Sprouts (Formerly known as Little Sprouts) has been passionate about improving the nutritional, physical and mental health and wellbeing of the community. They aim to address health inequalities by running community shops, community cafes, lunch clubs, cooking workshops, community gardens, youth cafes, family pop-up events and so much more!

The four-week Casserole Club course run by Sprouts through Roseworth Big Local has welcomed people of all cooking abilities and has been such a success. It was a great place for residents to learn about new recipes, how to cook them, and build community. When asked what people enjoyed the most about the course the answer was clear ‘the camaraderie’. One resident shared how the sessions increased her confidence, not only in cooking, but in leaving the house on an evening and making new friends. 

Our friends at Sprouts make an impact in our community, not just in Roseworth, but across the entire borough of Stockton-on-Tees, and this has been recognised nationally, we were delighted to be in attendance as they formally received the Kings Award for Voluntary Service in 2023.

It has been fantastic to engage and bring the residents together. Stay tuned on our Social Media for more details about upcoming events with Sprouts.

This article was released as part of the Roseworth Big Local Newsletter, mailed for FREE to all Roseworth residents, you can read the full newsletter HERE.