Carib & Co Brunch are a community organisation which run a range of event based services such as poetry and comedy evenings, art shows, music gigs and shopping experience to support local businesses, educational talks and entrepreneurship. Through the Walking and Cycling Grants London (WCGL) they have successfully run a series of walking and cycling events primarily for the Black communities and families living in Harrow & Brent.
Demonstrations of how to walk, how to run, how to cycle, how to eat healthy by showing a physical example of an adapted African and Caribbean Eat Well Guide, how to talk about your problems to promote good mental health whilst fuelled with good music, good energy, good company and good food helped our black audience in a really useful way. This was a fairly unique tactic as they turned their content into learning experiences which increased participation and engagement with walking, running and cycling.
Without the support of the Walking and Cycling Grants London (WGCL), Carib & Co Brunch would not have been able to get involved in this work to the same level with particular reference to the range of panellists they were able to secure to lead these sessions and discussions. By working with the local community and WCGL it gave more credibility to their work so their community had more faith in the organisation and what they were doing.