YOUNG adults with disabilities are learning key life skills and helping bayside families in need under an innovative program by local service provider Tea-Cup Cottage.
The program is teaching young school leavers how to cook for themselves and then donating the meals they prepare to others in the community.
Attendees at the first course managed to cook and donate 25 meals in partnership with Moreton Bay College. Ingredients were kindly donated by IGA Birkdale and carbonara was on the menu.
The next cooking day and meal donation will be held this Thursday, 10 March, at Potter’s Nest respite home in Birkdale.
Tea-cup Cottage Director Alex Shaw said the new program was part of the group’s regular Blue Tongue Adventure day services.
“We were delighted with the success of our recent cooking program and very grateful to be working closely with Moreton Bay College and IGA Birkdale,” Ms Shaw said. “Hopefully, this will now become a regular Blue Tongue activity with plans to run the course once a month,” she said.
On Friday, Blue Tongue and the course participants were awarded a certificate of appreciation by Moreton Bay College for their contribution to the school’s Community Meals Support Program.
Designed to assist young adults living with a disability, Blue Tongue Adventure is a daily program that provides a variety of activities to help develop life skills, make new friends and have fun in a safe and creative environment.
“The day service is ideal for school leavers with a disability, giving them an opportunity to improve their social participation as well as their general confidence,” Ms Shaw said.
Currently, Blue Tongue sessions are held each day from 9am to 3pm. For more information, call Blue Tongue coordinator, Bradley Cresswell on 0437 500 317, or email brad@tea-cupcottage.com. .
