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Meir Matters supplies air fryers in Stoke-on-Trent cookery scheme

Ethan Saunders,Meirand

Richard Price,West Midlands

BBC Michelle Swift, a woman with blonde hair, is looking at the camera and smiling. She is wearing a black and white striped jumper and a black coat over the top. 
Behind her is a group of people taking part in a cookery session.BBC

Michelle Swift, director of Meir Matters, says they previously ran a similar scheme with slow cookers

Air fryers are to be given out free by a community group that has been teaching people how to cook as part of a scheme to help them eat more healthily.

Meir Matters (MM), based in Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, has launched the initiative as part of a drive to improve the nutrition of those living locally.

It follows research by the University of Staffordshire that last month revealed the city was getting close to a humanitarian crisis, with food bank use on the increase.

Michelle Swift, director of MM, said they had previously run a course with slow cookers, adding “we’re trying to run something similar that helps people save money, eat healthy, do it on a budget and reduce waste at the same time”.

“If you’re feeding a family using it as well, it’s trying to be efficient, save them time and also something where they can get the family involved in cooking,” Swift added.

Darren Jones, a man wearing a beige coat and a black apron over the top of it as well as a black catering hat, is smiling and looking at the camera whilst holding a bowl which is tilted towards the photographer. He is indoors in what appears to be a room with a number of cupboards and worktops.

Darren Jones, who had cookery lessons at school, says he now usually cooks ready-meals in a microwave or an oven

Darren Jones used to attend cookery lessons at school, but said now he usually used a microwave or oven to cook ready-made meals.

“It’s not healthy for you,” he said. “I think that’s a bigger problem in society.

“People don’t look after their health – I know I don’t as much as I should.”

Swift added her group was there to help where it could.

“Nobody in Meir should be going hungry,” she said.

“Anybody who’s struggling can come to us – whether we provide an emergency food pack to keep them going for a few days, or whether we provide them with some pre-prepared, home-cooked meals.”


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