LANGUAGE | FOOD | RECOGNITION | COMMUNITY
Bringing people together through cooking, making, sharing, eating, celebrating food & developing English language skills.
AN IMPORTANT UPDATE | JUNE 2025
A Heart & Parcel Update | June 2025
An update from Heart & Parcel | Update June 2025
Our Impact
With our work to date, we have made the following impact:
Learners attending our sessions
Learners trained with at least Food Health & Safety Level 2 and Allergen Awareness
English & Cooking Sessions
Food & Outreach events
WHAT WE DO
ALL UPCOMING EVENTS AND NEWS
These are all our events coming up, including Cooking & English classes, online writing classes, public catering events, workshops, markets and more!
The Sam Orton Fund | “Write, Eat, Share” Event | 25th April at the People’s History Museum
On Saturday 9th of September 2023, Heart & Parcel were honoured to cater for a particularly special event: SamFest. This evening took place in Levenshulme Old Library and was to celebrate the life of a wonderful, kind and vibrant woman, Sam Orton. Through this...
FOOD FOR THOUGHT BLOG | A Collection of Creative Writing
Thanks to the Sam Orton Fund, in 2024 and 2025 we ran free writing classes on the theme of nature. The aim of this project was to provide a learner-centred space for creative expression through English. During and after each class, learners shared their writing with each other.
A Heart & Parcel Update | June 2025
An update from Heart & Parcel | Update June 2025
FOOD FOR THOUGHT BLOG | A Collection of Writing BY GEORGE LEE
Thanks to the Sam Orton Fund, in 2024 and 2025 we ran free writing classes on the theme of nature. The aim of this project was to provide a learner-centred space for creative expression through English. During and after each class, learners shared their writing with each other.
The Sam Orton Fund
On Saturday 9th of September 2023, Heart & Parcel were honoured to cater for a particularly special event: SamFest. This evening took place in Levenshulme Old Library and was to celebrate the life of a wonderful, kind and vibrant woman, Sam Orton. Sam was...
BLOG WRITING & SPEAKING ESOL CLASS | FOOD FOR THOUGHT | ONLINE 2024
WHEN: Two Mondays a month at 19:00 - 20:00 (UK TIME) (more details when you register) WHERE: ONLINE COST: FREE LEVEL: ALL welcome WHAT: Blog writing project | Learn English by sharing and discussing ideas with others to write your own blog. HOW TO...
Learn English
Practice your English with us, learn new recipes and make friends! All classes are free.
English Classes
Join our popular English & Cooking classes for learners from all English language levels and all backgrounds.
Learner WhatsApp Group
Join our community space of learners who love cooking, eating, sharing recipes and learning English!
English Resources
Are you a learner of English, English teacher or English language volunteer? Access our free English resources!
fundraising Events
Online & face to face cooking class
Learn new foods! Our cooking classes involve exploring new flavours, cooking techniques, ingredients and stories.
HIRE US
As part of our fundraising, you can hire Heart & Parcel for one-off sessions, cooking workshops, projects and much more.
MARKETS
As part of our fundraising, we go to market to sell our Cookbook, totebags, pickles, jams, dumplings and more!
SUPPERCLUBS
We host supperclubs in different local restaurants and community spaces around Manchester to fundraise for our English classes.
WE HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN….
Our Supporters | 2015 – 2023
