Grow Share Cook – Plymouth City Council

• Lead Member Plymouth City Council
• Categories Poverty

Grow, Share, Cook is a volunteer-based project in Plymouth that addresses food poverty, healthy eating and building social connections. Since 2014, it has:

• Provided 23,360 meals to 1,611 people
• Involved 86 volunteer growers, drivers and cooks with some of the cooks drawn from people who themselves have been receiving food bags
• Resulted in 85% of those who have taken part, saying they now have a healthier diet and 89% saying that Grow, Share, Cook has helped improve their cooking skills

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