Kitchen company helps to cook up some community spirit

Rixonway Kitchens has marked its campaign to get people to spend more time together with a donation to Wellington Hill Residents Association in Leeds.

The company has donated a kitchen, which has been fitted into a local community centre where it will become a central point for inter-community discussion and education in healthy eating.

Rixonway recently launched its ‘Round the Kitchen Table’ campaign to encourage people to spend time together without distraction such as computers, work or TV and to talk to their family, peers or neighbours.

Phil Hartley, trustee and chair of development committee at Wellington Hill Residents’ Association, said: “The donation of the kitchen will greatly benefit the quality of service we can provide for the children attending our pre-school. Being such an integral part of the main room, the kitchen will enable children to be more involved in the process of preparing their food and drinks and learning about healthy, nutritious meals.”

Nick Greenall, operations director at Rixonway Kitchens, added: “We are pleased to support such a worthwhile cause. The kitchen will be the central meeting point for residents at Wellington Hill and will allow them to meet, discuss and support their peers and other residents.”

The £205,000 refurbishment of Wellington Hill was funded by the Sure Start out of Schools Initiative, other charitable trusts and local fundraising efforts.