Our work with food
Free Community Food Projects
We provide a range of free cooking and food support projects for children, young people, and adults living in and around Rose Hill, Oxford.
Our food projects are supported by: The National Lottery Community Fund, Oxfordshire Community Foundation, Good Food Oxford & Oxfordshire County Council, Well Together, Oxford City Council, and Gregg Brown’s CookSchool.
Read more about our work with food below, and register your interest:
Feeding children and young people
At every youth club session, we provide fresh fruit platters and a nutritionally balanced hot meal for all of our children and young people.
Children can also bring hot food home to their families after the session.
Dinner time at JYC is a positive experience for both the children and team members at our youth club sessions. Children have the opportunity to sit with their friends and socialize, they can talk about their day and build friendships with new children and staff, whilst eating yummy food.
Food activities at youth club
We have always created fun & informal ways to teach children about healthy eating at our youth club sessions and through our holiday activity provision.
We have found that if children have fun and participate in making food, they’re more likely to try what they have made. Using food in this way builds self-confidence and teaches children new skills.
Cooking in the community
Chef Gregg Brown joins the JYC team!
Gregg is dedicated to helping RHJYC shape the future for everyone by raising awareness about our vital work in the community!
He will be supporting us by running regular cooking workshops and hopes to encourage an enthusiasm for preparing food and understanding the importance of a varied and nutritious diet through fun cooking activities for the whole community.
Grow a Row for Rose Hill
We are delighted to be supported by the Deddington Allotment Society, which has chosen to support our work by growing produce for Rose Hill Junior Youth Club.
Allotment holders have pledged to grow rows of beans, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, beetroot and many more vegetables and fruits, to help us feed children at RHJYC.
Our Food Ambassador, Gregg Brown, is also supporting the Grow a Row campaign, encouraging allotment holders to support local charities:
“I’m incredibly proud of the collaboration that we’ve built between the charity and the allotment here in Deddington. The opportunity to provide healthy and fresh produce for the children each week is incredible. We hope to inspire allotment holders across the county to support local charities through the Grow a Row campaign.”
Food support
In response to the increased requests for help over the last 18 months we are now supporting many adults in addition to children & young people.
We are actively expanding the range of support that we offer to include holistic well-being activities and a wider range of food support to meet the growing needs of the community.
If you would like to donate any ambient items or toiletries to our community food support project, please get in touch!
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