Inclusion
Activities are designed around different needs, abilities and learning styles, including SEND.
Wakefield district community interest company
Food, skills, confidence and community.
Tinyidea Community CIC turns award-winning food experience into practical programmes that help people build confidence, learn real-life skills and feel part of their community.
Practical learning should be engaging, accessible and relevant to real life. We use food, sport, teamwork and community partnerships to create routes into confidence, wellbeing, volunteering and future employment.
About us
Built from years of food-led community work.
Tinyidea Community CIC is a new Community Interest Company founded by Steve Wright and based in the Wakefield district. It grew naturally from the community work already happening through Tinyidea Food, including food bank support, donations, holiday hunger initiatives and meals for people experiencing food poverty.
The CIC gives that work a sustainable home. Our focus is education, inclusion, wellbeing and opportunity, delivered through hands-on food education, physical activity, accredited learning and local partnerships.
What guides us
Support that empowers rather than stigmatises.
Dignity
People are respected, listened to and encouraged to make choices about their own goals.
Practical learning
Participants learn by doing, building confidence through real tasks and visible progress.
Collaboration
We work with clubs, councils, schools, businesses and volunteers to create stronger outcomes.
Programmes
Food is the starting point. Confidence is the outcome.
Food education
Cooking skills, kitchen safety, food hygiene, meal planning, nutrition and reducing waste.
Accredited learning
Food safety, hospitality, employability awards and bespoke learning shaped around participants.
Sport and wellbeing
Football, team games and activity sessions that strengthen teamwork, resilience and communication.
SEND inclusion
Adapted practical sessions focused on strengths, independence, self-belief and meaningful success.
Employability
Volunteering, catering experience, supported work placements and enterprise projects.
Community food
Food-led initiatives that bring people together and support families facing disadvantage.
Pilot programme
A twelve-week model ready to grow.
The first pilot is designed for around 12-20 young people and young adults, combining cooking, nutrition, physical activity, confidence building and progression support.
- Weeks 1-3 Getting comfortable, basic cooking, kitchen confidence and team activities.
- Weeks 4-8 Food hygiene, meal planning, budget cooking, nutrition and supported challenges.
- Weeks 9-12 Community event preparation, employability reflection and next-step planning.
Impact
We measure the changes that matter in real life.
12-20
pilot participants
12
weekly sessions
4
core themes: food, skills, confidence, community
Improved confidence
Greater independence
Practical life skills
Social connection
Wellbeing
Progression routes
Volunteer portal
Find a role, register your interest and help shape the work.
Volunteers can support cooking sessions, sport and activity, events, mentoring, admin, fundraising or community outreach. Complete the form and the site will prepare a message you can send to Tinyidea Community CIC.
Session helper
Support participants during cooking, teamwork and confidence-building activities.
Food skills mentor
Share kitchen knowledge, hospitality experience or practical life skills.
Events support
Help with community events, food service, set-up, welcome and clear-down.
Partner champion
Connect the CIC with clubs, local groups, schools, funders and businesses.
Partnerships
Designed to work with the community, not around it.
Ossett United Football Club
Facilities, community reach and opportunities for collaborative programming.
Altofts Cricket Club
Exploring practical learning, events and community activity opportunities.
Wakefield Council
Early conversations around district priorities, wellbeing, education and inclusion.
Contact us
Let’s talk about programmes, volunteering, partnerships or support.
For programme, volunteer, partnership or funding enquiries, contact Tinyidea Community CIC directly.