A Saltney project to help the community is in the running to win £5,000 worth of cooking appliances.
The Woodwork to Wellness project, being overseen by ex-servicemen Graham Stephens, is one of the shortlisted projects for the first Stoves Community Kitchens campaign.
The centre, when it opens later this year, will be available for groups within the community including Men in Sheds, ex-servicemen, women’s groups and teenagers.
The £20,000 fund, set up by British cooking brand Stoves, is aimed at placing the kitchen at the heart of local communities and helping projects to transform their facilities.
Managing director of Stoves’ parent company Glen Dimplex Home Appliances Jonathan Casley said: “Preparing and sharing food brings people together so a kitchen is often an important part of a community space however, they can be expensive to set up and maintain.
“Community Kitchens was designed to help these projects and we were overwhelmed with excellent entries. This campaign highlights just how much amazing community-based work goes on to help vulnerable, marginalised and less-well off groups of people across the UK.
“Reading all those applications to select the shortlist was really difficult and we hope everyone will now get behind them to vote. We are also looking forward to re-opening nominations later in the year to see who we can help next time around.”
The Saltney project is up against Bridge Community Farms in Ellesmere Port.
The public vote, through the Stoves Facebook page, is open until Sunday October 18. Prize packages worth between £2,000 and £5,000 will then be awarded to the winning projects.
Bronze, silver and gold prize packages, worth between £2,000 and £5,000 will then be awarded to the winning projects.
