Intergenerational project in Halifax receives funding to bring people together using good food

This is thanks to funding from the National Lottery Community Fund.

Read: 35 photos that will take you back to a night out in Halifax in early 2000sSkillshop provides specialised training for adults with learning disabilities in a caring environment, working to build their self-esteem and break social isolation.

They plan on creating a food growing garden with their community in partnership with Trinity Academy Secondary School and Lee Mount and Hazleroyd Elderly Care Homes.

More than nine million people say they often or always feel lonely. At the same time, many children and young people in Halifax do not live near their grandparents and therefore miss out on opportunities to bond with those from different generations and backgrounds.

Food for Life Get Togethers aims to create social hubs at the centre of communities that bring people together to cook and eat together, grow food and form new friendships. Skillshop’s project will be key to reaching as many people in Halifax as possible.

Read: Date revealed for return of Last Tango in Halifax on BBC OneA spokesperson from Skillshop said:“This partnership will undoubtably give the Skillshoppers something exciting to focus on, being able to see what they can achieve themselves from start to finish.

It also gives Skillshop the opportunity to work together with the wider community, giving our neighbours the chance to understand who we are and what we can do, and to get involved, not only with this Food For Life Get Togethers project but with Skillshop as a whole, and working collaboratively with our community will then hopefully continue well in to the future."

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