We want our students, staff and volunteers to feel confident about coming to a class at Square Food Foundation, and safe when they’re here. We’ve spent the last few weeks reviewing our ways of working and putting in place systems and infrastructure to ensure our kitchen is a safe and welcoming space.
Before arriving at Square Food Foundation
Students, volunteers and staff will receive pre-session advice advising them:
• NOT to attend if they are experiencing Covid-19 symptoms or have been in contact with a person who has had Covid-19 symptoms in the last 14 days. If this is the case, we’ll transfer your booking to a new date.
• To limit the number of personal possessions they bring to avoid contact with cupboards/hanging areas
• To bring their own containers for taking food home
To check in by scanning the QR code displayed on posters around the kitchen.
On Arrival
Learners will be encouraged:
• To sanitise their hands before entering (hand sanitiser will be provided at the door)
• Observe social distancing wherever possible.
• Wear a face covering.
During the class
• Square Food teachers will provide a full briefing to students at the start of every class and information on hygiene will be clearly displayed and embedded in the teaching, including effective handwashing and social distancing reminders.
• Square Food staff form a ‘bubble’ and due to hygiene and social distancing measures will not be required to wear a face covering. Square Food staff will wear visors when social distancing is not possible, to ensure we can support students whenever they need advice or help.
At the end of the class, students will be asked to
• Decant any food into their own containers to take home.
• Wash their hands as they leave the kitchen, one at a time, through the garden door.
Toilets
Students are welcome to use the Park Centre toilets and sanitise their hands on their return to the kitchen.
Refreshments
• If you’d like to drink tea or coffee during the class, please bring a flask with you, to minimise contact.
• Eating together is an enjoyable and valuable way to finish a class and we’ll continue to make this part of every session. Whilst we can’t sit together around the kitchen table, students will eat together at their own workstations.
Staff & Volunteers
Staff and volunteers will be given training and support to ensure all systems and measures are correctly implemented. Staff and volunteers will be made aware that that there will be no repercussions of staying home if they are experiencing symptoms, have come into contact with someone experiencing symptoms or if needing to quarantine following a trip abroad.
What happens if a student, volunteer or staff member at Square Food Foundation tests positive for Covid-19?
Confirmed cases will be managed by referral to the South-West local Health Protection Team (SW Centre HPT (Bristol), 2 Rivergate, Temple Quay, BS1 6EH, 03003038162), and their instructions followed
2+ cases may be considered an outbreak: in this case, Square Food Foundation will follow the advice of the Health Protection Team and take any measures they consider necessary.