Recipes of Life is a narrative or storytelling approach, developed by Natale Rudland-Wood in Australia and now used in many countries across the world to help people to connect to their special skills and knowledges and those of their families, communities and heritages.
It’s an approach that fits really well with the Shoreditch Trust value of Connection, which is at the heart of what we do: bringing people together to share experiences and build strong trusting relationships.
In February and March of this year, Shoreditch Trust ran Recipes of Life for young people at Hackney Quest - a local organization who help young people, families and members of the community with practical and emotional support to develop and pursue their aspirations and deal positively with life’s challenges.
The young people joined the Shoreditch Trust team to prepare, cook and eat together and to share stories around food.
Check out our Recipes for Life booklet here: RecipesOfLife
Shoreditch Trust are currently running recipes of life for those who participated in our Community Activity Programme and have long covid, chronic pain and chronic fatigue, and with young people through SkyWay.
We are looking forward to sharing more recipes and stories.
If you would like to find out more about this approach, get in touch with Jacqui Henry at jhenry@shoreditchtrust.org.uk
