The Organic Cookery School is a not for profit community cookery school which offers DofE approved Volunteering and Skills activities to young people across the UK. Our ‘Community Chef Award’ offers Bronze, Silver and Gold participants the chance to use their cooking skills and enthusiasm to benefit their local community over 3, 6, 12 or 18 months, as well as gaining a level 2 food safety and hygiene qualification.

Recent participants have volunteered in local food banks, cooked for homeless shelters, organized bake sales for their preferred charities, cooked for elderly or vulnerable neighbours, and provided healthy packed lunches in school holidays to local children who would normally receive free school lunches. Suitable for young people aged 13 years +

• Our volunteering programme includes:
  Online food hygiene training
  Guidance on how to contact potential beneficiaries, what to cook, how to label your food donations and how to evidence your impact.
  One-to-one tutor support via email and WhatsApp
  Peer support through our friendly Community Chef WhatsApp group
  Assessor report & end of course certificate
  Over 30% of our community chefs identify as neurodiverse/SEND.
  For more info visit our website or email [email protected]