ConnectWell Cooks offers a variety of cooking and meal programs with the aim of enhancing food skills, fostering social connections, and reducing food insecurity within the community. This program primarily serves adults who experience food insecurity, who seek to alleviate feelings of loneliness or isolation by engaging in social interactions, or who may lack food preparation and/or cooking skills.
Balanced eating gives us the vitamins, minerals and food energy we need to grow, work, learn, play and be healthy. Having access to enough nutritious food plays an important role in healthy pregnancies and birth outcomes, healthy growth and development in children, and reduces the risk of developing chronic diseases later in life.
Discussions about food can cover many different aspects, including food and nutrition, what influences our decisions around food and eating (ie culture, affordability, availability etc.), and food skills. Increasingly, the topic of food insecurity is coming into our conversations. Food insecurity is the inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial concerns. When money is tight there is less money in the budget for food. This can lead to skipped meals, and result in poor mental, physical and oral health.
ConnectWell’s group programs are lead by trained and skilled staff and volunteers. They ensure that the group environment is welcoming, safe and supportive for all. Check out the groups we have on offer.
