The Sourdough School

BALM – Proven as one of the healthiest approaches to bread in the world.

Based in the walled gardens of Dr. Vanessa Kimbell's beautiful Victorian home in rural Northamptonshire, UK, we tutor individuals and train bakers and healthcare professionals in Baking as Lifestyle Medicine (BALM). Personalising bread to your lifestyle, gut microbiome, and unique genetics for optimal health—tailoring fermentation, fibre, and diversity so that your daily bread becomes the foundation of your health.

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The Maths – explaining how 24 memberships a year amount to over £10,000 worth of memberships to your patients.

social prescription Your allocated prescriptions:

The cost for regular membership is £299 (registration fee) + £15.99 x 12 (monthly tuition fee) = £490.88 per membership. For 12 memberships, this totals £5,890.56 (£490.88 x 12).

However, the graduates are able to prescribe the Social Prescription Memberships at a cost of £9.99 (registration fee) + £1.99 x 12 (monthly tuition fee) = £33.87 per membership. For 12 memberships, this totals £406.44 (£33.87 x 12).

So, the difference in value, which can be seen as the ‘voucher’ value that the graduates are offering to their patients, is £5,890.56 – £406.44 = £5,484.12 per year.

Similarly, for the Socially Discounted Club Memberships:

The cost for regular membership is £299 (registration fee) + £15.99 x 12 (monthly tuition fee) = £490.88 per membership. For 12 memberships, this totals £5,890.56 (£490.88 x 12).

The graduates are able to prescribe Socially Discounted Club Memberships at a cost of £49.99 (registration fee) + £4.99 x 12 (monthly tuition fee) = £109.87 per membership. For 12 memberships, this totals £1,318.44 (£109.87 x 12).

So, the difference in value for the Socially Discounted Club Memberships, which can be seen as the ‘voucher’ value that the graduates offer to their patients, is £5,890.56 – £1,318.44 = £4,572.12 per year.

Therefore, each graduate, through the use of these discounted memberships, is providing a total value of £5,484.12 (from Social Prescription Memberships) + £4,584.12 (from Socially Discounted Club Memberships) = £10,068.24 in discounts to their patients each year.

This represents a substantial value that graduates can provide to their communities, which is an excellent selling point for your course. This is more than just a course – it’s an opportunity for graduates to make a tangible difference in the health of their patients through the power of sourdough baking.

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