The Dean Clough Foundation is all about helping people develop skills for life. We currently have two key projects - Focus on Food and The Cooking School at Dean Clough. Focus on Food helps people develop cooking skills for healthier lives through supporting food education in schools, teaching and training in communities and offering Cooking Bus visits. The Cooking School at Dean Clough trains young people through our apprenticeship programme to offer career opportunities and brighter futures.

Cooking is at the core of tackling the health inequalities that we're facing here in the UK. With proper cooking skills, people can take control of what they eat, enabling them to live more healthily, more affordably and even more happily. What's more, cooking is at the heart of many positive career options for young people, which is why we started our apprenticeship programme.

Focus on Food trains 1500 cooking teachers every year, and we've taught over 250,000 people to cook. We focus on areas of deprivation, helping us to address the health inequalities faced by these communities. The Cooking School at Dean Clough currently has 15 apprentices between the ages of 16-19 training as chefs with local businesses.