Early Years toolkit HEALTHY EATING PARTNERSHIP the museum. museum. the and these groups therefore became akey target audience for single families parents, income low and of averagethan number Observatory Analytics identified that the town had ahigher Data from 2012 in gathered Information deprivation. serious Bridlington’s seaside-town holiday appearance there is the coastal town of Bridlington in East . Beneath set in 55acres of parkland and gardens on the outskirts of is aGrade Ilisted country house and museum Community Services. Community is chaired by Christ Church and Project Lives Healthy The project is now titled the problems. health mental experiencing adults and traveller families, refugees, out and now works with has broadened project years old; but recently the more children under five all of whom had one or lifestyles, chaotic with vulnerable local families were Initially, participants together, and explored the house, grounds and zoo. (usually crafts and astory) with afood theme. The families ate what they had made Edwardian kitchen, using our coal-fired range, and the children took part in fun activities Sewerby Hall and Gardens. The adults had the chance to prepare and cook food in the Following completion of the course(s), participants took part in acelebratory visit to and some have gone on to volunteer at Christ Church. least one course in its entirety. Most participants undertook further courses afterwards, the option to attend up to four different skills-based courses, and they all completed at Each course of cooking sessions took place once aweek for five weeks. Participants had including aneed to develop their confidence, social aptitude, or parenting skills. (the community arm of alocal church). Participants were referred for various reasons, on to one or more courses of cooking sessions run by Christ Church Community Services agencies other and Children’s Centres Bridlington through Targeted referred were families Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Bridlington Renaissance (now Local Growth) Team. comprising Bridlington Children’s Centres, Christ Church Community Services, and East In Sewerby 2016 Hall and Gardens joined the Bridlington Healthy Eating Partnership, SUMMARY

Photo © J.Dixon, 2019 ©J.Dixon, Photo Early Years toolkit • Improved overall wellbeing and quality of life culture with engage to • Opportunities choices lifestyle make healthier to • Empowerment skills cooking basic of knowledge • Increased eating healthy of awareness • Increased audience our For •  •  For our organisation and the partnership as awhole AIMS AND GOALS •  •  •  audience our For •  • There has been an increased awareness and increased take up of each partner’s services •  For our organisation and the partnership as awhole OUTCOMES Increased awareness of what we offer, and increased take up of our services old years Increased outreach within the community, especially for families with children under five to that don’t judge me. Ido feel so much better…me kids are happier because I’m happy’ then get depressed and feel down, and Idon’t anymore because I’ve got people Ican talk relationships, as adirect result of taking ‘before, part: Iused to bottle everything up and testimonies citing improvement of social skills, confidence, wellbeing, lifestyle, and family Participants have improved overall wellbeing, and we have heard outstanding family…It was all of us. Ienjoyed it. kids Me really enjoyed it’ treat, where they made new memories and broadened their horizons: ‘It was like a Participants enjoyed the celebratory trips to Sewerby Hall, viewing them as aspecial you know, instead of just using things out of packets’ healthier meals for themselves: ‘It’s opened me eyes into cooking, to do things properly, Participants gained an increased understanding of healthy eating, enabling them to cook information about this project, but also in abroader work context each organisation naturally advocates for the other partners, not only when sharing Advocacy for each partner’s work has reached much further than anticipated because backgrounds under five, non-traditional museum users, and families from lower socio-economic We have increased our reach within the community, especially with families with children Photo © Sewerby Hall and Gardens, 2019 Gardens, and Hall ©Sewerby Photo Early Years toolkit around £50,000. around in kind costs. Annual project costs are staff time, volunteer time and evidencing funded with 40% made up of existing Local Development programme. is 60% Fund grant through the Community Led has been in receipt of aEuropean Social Since May the 2018, Healthy Lives Project FUNDING project. impact reaches beyond just one specific whose partnership symbiotic enduring and energy, but it is worth it to create an agendas and limits can take alot of time out about each organisation’s skills, finding and partners, with relationships All the hard work is worth it! Building TIP TOP Photo © Sewerby Hall and Gardens, 2019 Gardens, and Hall ©Sewerby Photo Service in particular is that we are now embedded within alocal community framework. from which further initiatives can develop. One of the key benefits for the Museum partners also have wider ongoing benefits for all of the organisations, creating abase an effective project that benefits all partners and participants. Improved links between isolation. Sharing resources, access to communities and budgets enables us to deliver The strength of partnership working is essential -no one organisation could do this in certain times of the year and specific site locations that make this easier to achieve. needs of both the participants and the visiting public. However, we have identified difficult on occasion to organise the logistics of the celebratory sessions to meet the and Gardens is abusy tourist venue and popular holiday location. It has therefore been The vulnerability of participants necessitates an element of privacy, but Sewerby Hall a non-judgmental attitude, and giving one-to-one support where necessary. approach (ranging from three months to ayear, depending on individual needs), offering challenging, but it is crucial to the success of the project. It requires adopting along-term Building arelationship with families (both potential and current participants) can be LEARNT LESSONS

facilities. facilities. and resources budgets, pre-existing of the partners through imaginative use costs for the sessions were spread across direct funding for the partnership, so the Until recently (May 2018), there was no BUDGET Service. for EastRiding of Yorkshire Museum Cooke, Under 5sLearning Co-Ordinator studyThis case waswritten byLucy FURTHER INFORMATION