Articles tagged as: Cooks Charity

From her early involvement with the Royal family the Countess of Wessex has had a strong interest in the provisions for people with disabilities and embracing opportunities for young people. She champions local organisations such as Disability Initiative in Surrey and national charities such as the NSPCC. One of those is Treloar’s, the Hampshire school for severely disabled children that was established by a former Lord Mayor of London and is one of the main beneficiary rise of the Cooks’ charity.

After 20 years as chairman of the Cooks’ Charity Committee Paul Herbage looks back at the history of giving within the Company through the lease of the recent and distant past.

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Charity, despite the cliché, did not begin at home but abroad. It worked its way into the heart of the Livery ethos after an earlier, and more significant, Brexit.

A quick introduction to Treloar’s charity: Who: Treloar’s is a charity committed to improving the lives of young disabled people at its school, college and nursery, and across the UK. When: Founded in 1907 by the Lord Mayor of the City of London and Past Master Butcher Sir William Purdie Treloar. Where: Alton in Hampshire …

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Springboard’s FutureChef is the UK’s largest culinary programme for secondary schools and has been supported by the Worshipful Company of Cooks for 22 years. Springboard’s FutureChef includes a sustained programme of activity throughout the school year to help young people develop culinary skills and inspire them into a possible career in the hospitality industry. FutureChef …

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Despite a rocky start due to Covid and school closures, it’s been a positive year for Adopt a School, with 300 food education sessions delivered to over 10,000 children by both our team and volunteers between January-July and the new academic year is proving to be even more successful. We hope to be back to …

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What’s Cooking regularly reports on the work of the main charitable partners of the Cooks Charity, and this issue is no exception, but in recent years, the Charity’s impact has extended to a broader range of good causes. Here, What’s Cooking shines a light on the positive impact made by the Charity.

Over the last year, the Cooks Charity has built on its endeavours to provide grants and other philanthropic support under its four pillars of support

In the last financial year (2024/25), the Cooks’ Charity awarded grants totalling £226,900 and have budgeted a further £216,035 in the current financial year (including up to £10,000 & Guilds matched funding).

Most people, faced with the closure of a near twenty-year venture, would be in despair – more so when that venture is a charitable endeavour, with a strong track record, having helped to improve the lives of nearly 3,000 people whose lives had fallen into disarray. Not Beyond Food Foundation’s founder, Simon Boyle.

New City College has received longstanding support from The Cooks’ Charity, to help fund practical cookery courses for disadvantaged adults in Hackney.