A Green New Deal

Nourish is an end to end environmental improvement model, combining greening, growing and cooking: using rescued food to educate and nourish the local community.

The green infrastructure improvements on Edward Woods and White City estates will create permeable surface and provide opportunities to grow food on the estate which will be used within the Nourish Hub, connecting local people to the food that they produce themselves.

The food Hub will transform a disused space on the Edwards Woods estate into a community asset, with a commercial kitchen, multipurpose central space, a training kitchen and as a sustainable income stream in the form of a flexible office space for local entrepreneurs.

The approach is asset-based and by providing a democratic social space, the Hub will facilitate people coming together to achieve positive social change, building on their own knowledge, skills and experience.

The underlying concept of Nourish is that good food should be available to all, regardless of social and economic factors. The Nourish Hub will welcome everyone. We will support the most socially isolated, vulnerable and lonely, and provide personal and professional development and enrichment, through the provision of nutritious food, educational and work opportunities. Food will be served free or on a “pay forward” basis, ensuring equal access for all.

Nourish is a focal point for hosting, celebrating and providing opportunities for the evolution of local creative culture too. From the sociable nature of sharing food, to the formal training opportunities afforded via its training kitchen and education programme, Nourish will build the capacity of the local community. This positive intervention will result in long-lasting behavioural change.

Nourish will play a key component in the local Covid 19 recovery strategy, bringing our community members together, building new relationships, combating social isolation and delivering a positive future.