It’s been an amazing summer at Nourish Hub, and although it’s not over yet, schools are opening again and we’re reflecting on some of the highlights of the last two months.
Work Experience
We were very lucky to be supported by two work experience students this summer, Nika and Isabel. They joined us from two local secondary schools and worked with staff across the charity getting a sample of work experience from Media and Comms, Food Education and Partnerships to Volunteer Coordination and Operations.
Family Fun Day
On the 25th of July, with support from Hammersmith & Fulham’s Summer in the City, LMPAction and Hammersmith & Fulham Borough Council and our colleagues at UKHarvest, we ran a Family Fun Day where the Hub was open from 10am until 7pm! We hosted workshops on pizza making, fruit kebabs, plant growing, sunflower art murals and created a picnic collage. Alongside our regular Community Lunch we hosted our monthly Community Supper!
Children’s Cookery Classes
This summer we ran 9 days of activities for children aged between 7 to 16 funded by King’s Coronation Youth Fund. Classes varied from ‘Fun with Food’ to a course developed to help children with no kitchen experience, ‘Learn to Cook’. We cooked Hidden Vegetable Mac n’ Cheese, Stuffed Peppers with Couscous, Breakfast Muffins, Mini Frittatas and Potato Wedges, Vegetable Pasties, Danish Pastries and Rainbow Stir Fry. The team taught classes on Food Waste, Balanced Diets, Food Labels, Menu Creation, Seasonal Eating and Plant Growing.
Appeeling Art 2 with Karmabank
We were part of Karmabank London ‘Appeeling’ Art competition again this year, following the amazing success in 2023. Entries came from as far afield as Ukraine. The winner was announced during August’s Community Supper, but everyone that took part made an incredible effort. The winner for 2024 was Joud Tarwaneh for their amazing Red Pepper image in the overall adult category and Khatheeja Ghouse for their still life creation. Congratulations from all of us at Nourish Hub. Thanks to Karmabank London for letting Nourish Hub share in the joy of art and art creation.
For information about activities coming up during Autumn, visit https://www.nourishhub.org.uk/events/ or contact info@nourishhub.org.uk.
