Charity and Voluntary Sector
BIG: Families from Cornwall & Middlesbrough are set to learn how to grow, harvest & cook their own fruit and vegetables as part of a new lottery–funded initiative by The Eden Project. The project is one of 32 to receive awards from the Big Lottery Fund’s Family Learning programme, which helps parents understand more about how their children learn and encourage adults & children to develop new skills as a family.
Eden, working with a range of partners organisations, has secured £380,248 for the Seeds, Soup and Sarnies (plant, grow, cook, share, eat!) project. Families taking part will include children, parents & grandparents who will spend time together learning how to container grow fresh produce and swapping cultivation tips.
By the end of the sessions they will have the confidence to plan & create a small garden for vegetables & fruit of their own and will have become more physically active, with improved literacy, numeracy, social and team-building skills.
