Fix it

Tackling food waste through cooking workshops

What is Fix it?

Fix It is a free community repair initiative, helping people across Merseyside fix broken items, learn new skills, and reduce waste - all at no cost.

The goal of the project is to reduce waste, give people skills and show that if something is broken, that doesn’t mean it should be binned.

The project has been running for over a year, delivering workshops in Knowsley, Liverpool city centre, St Helens and Birkenhead.

The Fix it project is possible thanks to funding through the Zero Waste Fund from Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority and Veolia.

As part of the Fix it project, we have partnered with Baytree Cookery CIC to deliver food cooking workshops right here at Bowring Park.

These fun, relaxed sessions have covered everything from basic cooking techniques for new chefs to creative ways that we can prevent food from going to waste.

Fix it - Food cooking workshops

The goal of the Fix it project is to reduce waste and give people new life skills. By delivering food workshops we have been able to make cooking easy, show how beneficial it can be and tackle a real issue that the UK faces.

The statistics below show the issues that the UK faces every year when it comes to food waste.

Why Food Cooking Workshops?

39 million

Tonnes of food purchased in the UK every year.

10.9 million

Tonnes of food goes to waste in the UK every year.

£17 billion

worth of food is wasted annually in the UK

Some ways to prevent food going to waste at home

  • We’ve all been caught out by expiry dates that are sooner than we think. Plan your meals for the week based on when food is going out of date. That way you don’t get a nasty surprise when it comes to cooking!

  • Impulse buys are a huge cause of food waste and buying things you don’t need. Before you go shopping, make sure you have a list and stick to it.

  • Make sure you’re cooking for the right number of people. Cooking for 2 but the recipe is for 4? Scale it down to stop extra food going to waste

  • Cooked a bit too much one night? Why not save yourself the hassle of cooking the next night and have your leftovers.