Go-Gro CIC – Talk & Taste

We are using the power of nostalgia and food to support people with Dementia! Join us for some nostalgic cookery sessions.

Prior to the session we will explore the nostalgic recipes to create, relevant to the group by engaging with the location we are delivering in or with referrers (Age UK etc.)

After we set up we will greet our beneficiaries, discuss the project, the intended outcomes and agenda (what we will discuss throughout the session)

We will start cooking the meal, asking questions and starting to get to know the participants as we go through.

We will delve further into individual stories, memories and experiences as the smells and tastes are developing.

After the main part of the session we will ask people about the services they use and how they manage their mental health by talking about things that make them happy, what they would like to do and what is missing/what could be improved (we will focus on stories and we understand that some people may not open up about mental health so we will keep it ‘low key’ and will see any information given to us as great feedback)

We will all get to taste the meal and explore the conversations and memories that come out naturally.

If there are any participants who want to share more of their stories we will allow time at the end of the session to interview people alone.

This is good for wellbeing because