Dewsbury-based Rixonway Kitchens has supported a local community
group, Women First, with the donation of a large kitchen to become
the central point for inter-community discussion and education in
healthy eating.
Women First is part of the Addas Centre in Ravensthorpe and has
strong links with the local community improving the quality of life
and self esteem of its members with low level mental health issues
through training, education and recreation.
Leading social housing kitchen manufacturer Rixonway Kitchens knows
that interaction is important for maintaining community
communication and good health, and the kitchen is at the heart of
this.
Sughara from Women First, said: “Kitchens and hospitality play a key
role in the centre’s activity so we are hugely grateful for this
essential donation. We have recently started a healthy eating course
to aid women in the community to learn about nutrition in food
allowing them to support their own and their family’s health and
well being. It is well known that healthy eating combined with
exercise plays a large role in alleviating depression and other
mental health issues.”
Nick Greenall, Operations Director at Rixonway Kitchens, said: “We
work hard to support the communities in which we work. This can be
through supporting local charities, tackling worklessness and
reducing our environmental impact in the region.
“Women First not only enhances the lives of women in Ravensthorpe
and promotes understanding between different groups in the
community, the centre acts as a point for people to meet, learn and
engage with one and other.”
The group was established in 2009 by Sughara and Hawa who wanted to
do something positive to support women with low level mental health
issues such as anxiety or confidence issues living and working
within the community. The name was chosen as many women put others -
children, husband, family - first and the idea was that they should
make themselves and their positive social efforts the priority in
order to be a better mother, wife or daughter.
Rixonway’s work with Women First is the latest activity in the
company’s corporate social responsibility programme that sees it
working with a number of organisations to make sustainable
communities such as The Harrogate Homeless Project and the
Wellington Hill Residents Association in Leeds.
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