LINKS in Eyemouth supported families with the cost of living with informal, community-driven activities around food. 100 families in Eyemouth worked with local networks to share recipe bags – using warm, genuine peer support to ensure families have confidence, knowledge and access to healthy food, benefits and budgets information. LINKS has a strong local base and reaches families through networks – doing family cooking and outdoor activities too. LINKS worked with the Eyemouth Gateway to Good Health pilot, Changeworks, Housing Associations and other organisations addressing the cost of living, so families dealing with it had a say in planning solutions.
As well as benefitting from community events planned and led by the community, people gained confidence to run their own activities, like teaching people how to make a Polish soup.
“LINKS Eyemouth has made us feel like we are part of the bigger picture, where we are sharing things around food, recipes and budgeting to make sure our families get healthy food.”