There are at least 400,000 people living without an oven or cooker, and nearly half of those live in social housing.
“As far as food is concerned, takeaways are much easier for me. I’m spending so much money, you know, I’m leaving myself short and then probably not eating for a couple of days.” – John, who lives without a cooker or microwave.
Living without an oven/cooker, makes it very hard to maintain a healthy, affordable lifestyle. It leaves people unable to prepare fresh, hot food from scratch, and often leaves them reliant takeaways or microwave meals and even items like slow cookers have their challenges.
“It’s very important. I have to feed them. I’m a mum, that’s my job…I was up at 3am making meatballs and it’s in the slow cooker now for their lunch.” – Julie, who lives without a cooker and has to rely on a slow cooker instead.
An oven is an integral part of living a happy, healthy life, offering the opportunity for households to provide warm, nutritious meals, as well as cost-effective techniques like batch-cooking meals that can be eaten at a later date.
