Menu Planning & Budgeting Skills – 4 Weeks

Referral form

Before completing the form, please consider whether your client is ready to engage in the classes with the Core outcomes required on the form below and can commit to the 4 week programme (see below.)

Name:...... ……Date of Birth……………………………………

Male FemaleOther

Address:……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Post Code: ………………….. Phone Number (s) ………………………………………………………….

Minimum level of requirement before attending the programme

  • Can your client order food in a café, restaurant or takeaway? Yes  No 

If yes, please give an example ------

  • Can your client follow instructions to cook ready prepared foods? Yes  No 

If yes, please give an example ------

  • Can your clientsafely use kitchen equipment & utensils? Ie safe use of knives, potato peeler, correct cooking times & temperature, turn off ovens/hobs after use? Yes  No 

If yes, please give an example ------

  • Does your client have an understanding of basic hygiene in the kitchen?

Yes  No 

If yes, please give an example ------

  • Can your client make basic meals for the household? Yes  No 

If yes, please give an example ------

  • Can your client follow a recipe, written, oral, pictorial, instructions?Yes  No

If yes, please give an example ------

Comments (e.g. any Special Needs, Medical, Other information?):

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To which of the following ethnic groups would you describe your client as belonging?

White: Scottish

Other British

Irish

Gypsy/Traveller 

Polish

Other white ethnic group

Mixed or multiple ethnic group

African/African Scottish or British

Other

Caribbean/Caribbean Scottish or British

Black/Black Scottish or British:

Other Caribbean or Black

Asian/Asian Scottish or British:Indian

Pakistani

Bangladeshi

Other Asian

Chinese/Chinese Scottish or British:

Arab/Arab Scottish or British:

Other ethnic group:

Not Known:

Referred by: ...... ………………..

Job Title: ………………......

Organisation: ...... ………………..

Address: ...... ………………..

Post Code: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Telephone: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Email address: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Date:......

For information: The Stand – alone Menu Planning & Budgeting will run weekly for a set period of 4 weeks. The classes will take approximately 2-3 hours. One of the sessions will include microwave cooking and the 4th session will include shopping and cooking. It is important that participants will attend all the classes.A certificate and recipe book will be given to the participant at the end of the programme.

Once the form is received, we will contact you to arrange for you and your client to come in for a chat about the programme a small multiple choice questionnaire to be completed by your client and to organise a start date.

Please complete and return to: Sue O’Neill-Berest, Cookery Tutor, Cyrenians Good Food Programme, 84-86 Jane Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 5HG. OR email:

Please note Edinburgh City Council is funding this programme and the information on the form is required for their ECCO database.

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