The Young Parents Project

We run projects that teach young parents good nutrition and cookery skills.
We believe a good diet leads to good outcomes, both physically and emotionally. Plus the development of new skills gives our participants confidence, raised esteem, a strong support network and often the impetus to succeed on their chosen path.

Recipes for those SOS moments

The nice people at SOS Village asked us to recommend good food and recipes for when you’re feeling a bit low.

The lovely Amy put together some favourite recipes from The Young Parents Project and you can find them here.

Diet Schmietz

When you look around it’s amazing how much information there is on diets. There’s pretty much a different diet for every day of the year, plus untold numbers of magazines shouting about the latest celebrity transformation following the latest diet fad. We’ve tried them only to find they don’t work or are just too hard so we give up. The trouble is, no one in the media is just [...] Continue Reading…

Camping it up!

Hello all! Just putting everything in place for the next project, which I’ll be running :) , starting 28th June…not long!
We got stuck finding a venue to hire so came up with the idea of using portable camping equipment in the building where the project is based (The WestWerks). And as it’s summertime we’re going to have a bbq on one of the sessions and soak up the sun :)

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Citrus Cold Buster

A great juice if you are feeling run down.
Ingredients

3 oranges
1 tsp of orange peel
1 pink grapefruit
1 lime
1 lemon
2 cm’s of crushed ginger
1 tsp bee pollen

Steps

Juice the oranges and the rest of the
citrus fruit
Add all other ingredients and blend
together for about 1 minute
Remember to add some pulp as this is
where the flavanoids are stored.

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