When Barnardo's approached LGNI to support their Grandmothers Hands Intergenerational Recipe Competition! we couldn't wait to get started! The aim of the competition was to inspire conversations and the sharing of food memories between generations in families and communities!
LGNI reached out to our friends at VOYPIC who we know have an existing relationship with Dee Street Over 50's and they were keen to get involved.
The younger and older people and the staff involved had an absolute blast over three Tuesday evenings in September.
The sessions focused on:
Week 1: Foodie Bingo, sharing our food memories, choosing what to cook.
Week 2: Splitting into three groups to cook our dishes together and write down our recipes.
Week 3: Finalising our recipes, enjoying treats together and pitching our recipes as video entries to the competition.
The groups entries are now in but most importantly they had so much fun taking part and working together! Barnardo's kindly provided Sainsburys vouchers for all of the ingredients and the remainder will be used for future meet ups. Plans are already in place for a Halloween Party which Vicki has been invited along to as well.
Well done everyone, we really enjoyed working with you all!
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Newtownards
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Northern Ireland