Alchemic Kitchen is proud to be a core partner in SCHOUSE (Supporting Communities in social Housing and Optimising Urban food System interventions for Equity), a major research study led by the University of Liverpool, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge and funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

What’s the Aim?

SCHOUSE is tackling the issue of dietary inequality in Liverpool, particularly among people living in social housing, where barriers to accessing affordable, healthy food are deeply rooted. The project explores how income, environment, and food availability intersect to shape diets and health outcomes.

Our Role

Alchemic Kitchen is co-designing and delivering a central part of the project: the Queen of Greens; our mobile greengrocer van, which brings fresh, affordable fruit and vegetables directly to underserved communities. We’re also supporting the distribution of fruit and vegetable vouchers to social housing tenants as part of the intervention.

Why It Matters

Poor diet is a major driver of health inequality. This project aims to test scalable, community-led solutions that could help reshape food access in cities like Liverpool—and eventually across the UK.

“We’re looking forward to working with the research team to capture and collate data that helps us demonstrate both the need for and the value of the Queen of Greens. Access to fresh food for everyone is how we change health inequalities.”
— Lucy Antal, Director, Alchemic Kitchen CIC

Working Together

This initiative brings together partners from housing, health, and food justice, including: Alexandra Rose Charity, Feeding Liverpool, Health Equalities Group, Liverpool City Council, and major social housing associations.