Food for Life Walsall

Mrs Green, Mrs Chandler and Mr Drew were delighted to meet with the Mayor of Walsall, Louise Harrison, on Monday 6th October to celebrate Colleen’s Jamie Oliver Lifetime Achievement Award and to discuss promoting cooking and healthy eating across Beacon Academy!

Macrame plant hanger making session ready to hang herb plants 🌿 @HealthyWalsall @SAfoodforlife

What a beautiful day to be delivering Get Growing training at @caldmorecgarden 🥕🌱 @HealthyWalsall @SAfoodforlife

Happy last day of term! Most #Walsall children are finishing for the summer today. We'd just like to wish you all a wonderful summer! Thanks for all your hard work growing, cooking & thinking more sustainably this year. We can't wait to work with you in 2025/26! 🍅🌱🥔🍽️

Making seed tape with spring onion seeds 🧅. The paper towel helps the person planting to see where their seeds are... and how many they use! Sealed with some flour and water = simple but effective! The seed tape can then be planted straight into the soil 💚 @HealthyWalsall

We're at @ryecrofthub today leading a @SAfoodforlife Inspires session... a recipe for learning, cooking some yummy aloo tikki and learning all about growing the ingredients for the recipe 🥔🌶🥬 @HealthyWalsall

📢 Caldmore Community Garden are now @SAfoodforlife Nourishing Communities Award holders! They're the only green space in a very built-up urban area. They work across all communities & cultures to build bridges through their activities. Congratulations! @HealthyWalsall

Huge congratulations to Mrs Green from @Beaconbulletin 👏👏👏 Beacon Primary School are @SAfoodforlife Bronze School Award holders and do amazing work to ensure their children grow, cook and learn about where food comes from. We're so happy for you! @HealthyWalsall

Congratulations Mrs Green, a well deserved winner 🎉

Celebrate #NationalSmileMonth with Walsall Family Hubs! ✨🦷 Between 12 May to 12 June 2025, we’re marking National Smile Month with a series of free family-friendly sessions across Walsall Family Hubs! To find out more email familyhubs@walsall.gov.uk #WalsallFamilyHubs

📢 Romanian+ Community Centre are now @SAfoodforlife Nourishing Communities Award holders! They're dedicated to fostering unity, cultural enrichment & education for #Walsall residents. They cook, grow and promote healthy lifestyles 🌟 Congratulations! @HealthyWalsall

📢 @ryecrofthub are now @SAfoodforlife Nourishing Communities Award holders! They do lots of cooking & growing with the communtiy. They have their own allotment & run cooking sessions using surplus food donated from supermarkets 🌟 Congratulations! @HealthyWalsall

📢 Early Help (West Hub) are now @SAfoodforlife Nourishing Communities Award holders! They've been growing & cooking as part of their Stay & Play sessions & encourage families to grow at home. They have plans to do so much more too! ✨️ Congratulations! @HealthyWalsall

Yesterday we delivered Star Light Multi's Nourishing Communities Award certificate to them and there are 4 more ready to go out. We are LOVING the applications... #Walsall you're amazing! 🥕🍅🍽👩🏾‍🍳 #wecook #wegrow @HealthyWalsall @SAfoodforlife

We've been buying frames which can only mean one thing... it's Nourishing Communities Awards time 🥳 #Walsall #NCAward #communtiygrowing #communitycooking @SAfoodforlife @HealthyWalsall

@SAfoodforlife have set up seed libraries around #Walsall to support our community with growing their own. This #PlantAndShare month why not visit @OHPP3 or West, South or Central Family Hubs to get your seeds and resources to start growing! @HealthyWalsall

@StGilesPrimary @Bulbs4Kids_UK Love this! 🌷🌻🐝

Thank you to @Bulbs4Kids_UK for you kind donation of bulbs last year... This spring, we have wonderful displays around all areas of the school grounds. #Bulbs4Kids2025 🌹🌷🪻🥀#schoolgardens #bulbs4kids #goldenflowerbulb #springishere

🥔🌱🪴 YAY! It's #PlantAndShare month🍓🍅🥕 If you're doing any sowing and growing then get sharing! We LOVE to see who's growing their own in #Walsall so get in touch and let us know📢 @HealthyWalsall

📢The Motivation Hub CIC are now @SAfoodforlife Nourishing Community Award holders! They're a specialised service for adults aged 18+ with additional learning needs and are doing great growing and cooking activities with their users🌟 Congratulations! @HealthyWalsall

📢Star Light Multi CIC are now @SAfoodforlife Nourishing Communities Award holders🌟 The first award in #Walsall! As part of providing an alternative education program to children at risk of exclusion or out of a school provision they're doing fab growing & cooking activities!👏