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Cooking on a Bootstrap

Cooking on a Bootstrap is an online blog created by Jack Monroe, a respected British food writer, journalist, and anti-poverty campaigner. Jack is widely recognised for her work raising awareness of poverty and hunger in the UK. Her blog offers a wide range of affordable, accessible recipes designed to help individuals and families create nutritious meals on a budget.

All the recipes can be found here.

Eco Savvy Recipe Book

Some brilliant recipes have been kindly shared by Eco Savvy’s amazing volunteers, members, and staff. These dishes make creative use of food from the Food Share, leftovers, and include some of their personal favourites!

You can download the recipe book from here: https://arranecosavvy.org.uk/news-events/eco-savvy-news-events/eco-savvy-recipe-book/

Grow your own

Arran Pioneers goal is to contribute to the self sufficiency and sustainability of Arran, while providing publically accessible green spaces that are beautiful and use nature led design to grow a variety of different produce. Since March 2020 they have worked with seven different communities around Arran and helped to create five new community gardens and farms while advancing the aims of established gardens.

Here is a link to the Arran Pioneer Project community gardens:  https://pioneerproject.scot/

Arran Food Bank

Further information on the food bank can be found here.

Zero Waste Cafe

Love food, hate waste? The purpose of Eco Savvy's Zero Waste Cafe is to help get more local, seasonal, affordable produce to people, support local growers, reduce food waste and packaging, reduce the need for travel, help the environment and celebrate food and community!

Each week you can find the Zero Waste Cafe visiting villages around the island. For more information click here.

Eco Savvy Food Share Scheme

The Food Share scheme has been running since November 2018. It started off in Lamlash and Brodick and has now grown to run every night of the week in villages around the island. An incredible network of over 50 volunteers collect the food from the islands Co-op supermarkets and take it back to their villages to distribute within the community. To find out which day the Food Share is coming to your area click here.

Eat Well Age Well

Eat Well Age Well is a national project brought to you by Food Train and funded by the Scottish Government and People's Postcode Lottery.  Eat Well Age Well aims to contribute to the prevention, detection, and treatment of malnutrition among older people living at home in Scotland.

Eat Well Age Well work with a wide range of groups including the voluntary sector, local and national government, health professionals and local communities to develop initiatives and resources that will make a difference to older people and help them to eat well.

For further information see here or pop into our office on Park Terrace, Lamlash to pick up a guide and recipe book.

 

Arran Community & Voluntary Service provides a comprehensive range of services to third sector organisations.

Call 01770 600611 info@arrancvs.org.uk

We are a local charitable organisation that provides a range of information and office services to voluntary and community organisations operating on Arran.

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