Project Description
Building stronger, healthier communities
From Aberdeen to Cornwall, projects in 109 communities are doing good with #Greggs4Good!
The #Greggs4Good network brings together awardees from the various community programmes of the Greggs Foundation, which aim to make a difference at the heart of Greggs’ local communities. The awardees share updates and stories of their project’s progress to demonstrate impact.
To view the Greggs Foundation website, visit:
www.greggsfoundation.org.uk
Campaign updates
Here you’ll find the latest news regarding the progress of the campaign.
#Greggs4Good photo competition
We are very excited to announce that the first #Greggs4Good photo competition is [opening tbc]! It has been so inspiring reading the updates from all Greggs Foundation grant awardees or scheme beneficiaries. We love [...]
Blogs from supported projects
Generous supporters!
What generous supporters we have! This week we received 4 parcels packed with goodies for our cancer care packs, including parcels all the way from Poland! They include everything from freshly made soaps to toiletries, sweets, biscuits, nail files, nail [...]
First purchase from #Greggs4Good
Today we received our first batch of goodies purchased with our amazing donation from the Greggs Foundation! 384 pairs of bedsocks, 108 playing cards, 120 notebooks, 96 chapsticks, 72 puzzle books, 80 pocket tissues, 96 Polos, 80 Maltesers and 500 [...]
Plant A Welly
Our St Ann’s Partnership Youth Club children designed & painted ceramic wellington boots before our plant a pot day for the local communities, some fab & creative designs 😄🎨
May Half Term Funday
Our St Ann’s Partnership Youth Club children had a fab Funday in the half term holidays!! 😀
Funshack Youth Club Trip
The Willows Centre where we hold our Youth Club Sessions is used a a polling station so rather than cancel our session with the help of Greggs we took them on a little trip to our local Funshack, the children [...]
We’re all going on a Summer Holiday!
My goodness but we're getting excited! Yes, June is turning out to be miserable and rainy, but we're confident that by the time July rolls around and we're on that coach to the beach the sun will be out in [...]
Blackwood Stroke Supports Group takes over the Rhondda Heritage Centre
Blackwood Stroke Support Group became the first Stroke Group to visit the Rhondda Heritage Centre on 22nd May. After prior discussions with the Heritage Centre and an onsite risk assessment a bespoke tour was agreed that overcame all safety concerns. [...]
Edward Kemp Community Garden, Ashville Road, Birkenhead
Thanks to the grant from the Gregg Foundation the raised beds are now completed and we have started filling them ready for our disabled plot holders. Andrew Sim is coming to the garden on Friday and will be taking possession [...]
Half-Term Excitement
It's less than a week to go until the start of May Half-Term and we have lots of incredible things happening here at the project! Greggs Charity Foundation have funded some exciting activities for us, the half-term timetable is looking [...]
Welcoming the newest member of the Cae Tan team
We are really chuffed to introduce Jessie Kidd, the new member of Cae Tan’s team. She is a dynamic & enthused representative of Cae Tan. Jessie has a BSc in Environmental Science, has worked as an education warden for Manchester [...]
Thank you Greggs Foundation!
CHAT - Chat2Us would like to say a big thank you to Greggs Foundation for their wonderful support for the Gosport community! CHAT help by engaging the local community in weekly craft clubs, monthly social lunches, litter picks and those [...]
Update from the Community Gardens March 2019
The gardens seem to have survived the recent storms relatively unscathed which has meant we've been able to crack on with sowing and making the new raised beds as the weather improves! The early potatoes are chitting away and are [...]
Spring Conservation Weekend at Hazel Hill Wood
I can’t believe that spring is here. Bluebells, primroses, hellebores and wood anemones are all poking their heads through the soft, wet leaves that cover the ground at Hazel Hill Wood. I am always excited at this time of year [...]
Splashing into 2019
Well, following on from our amazing award from the Greener With Greggs fund we've been able to equip ourselves with some fantastic equipment to help us keep our river free from the litter of modern society! We now have a [...]
Greenhouse now built!
The Premises Manager has done a fabulous job erecting the flat pack greenhouse ready for our children at Barmston Village Primary School to begin sowing seeds!! Thank you Greggs. We're looking forward to seeing the children begin to sow [...]
Dormouse Day at Hazel Hill Wood
Hazel Hill Wood, 7 miles east of Salisbury, is about to embark on a survey to look for the adorable and elusive hazel dormouse – and they need your help! On Sunday 10th February a free Conservation Day is being [...]
They’re in
On a cold January morning, members of Bilbrook community gathered in the Jubilee Wood to plant an orchard. Using money donated by the Greggs Foundation, 13 fruit trees were purchased and planted. The trees included apple, plum, pear and gage, [...]
January News from Grow Chichester
Update from the Community Gardens January 2019 Building the new raised beds Update Well 2019 has started with a cold snap but nonetheless [...]
Happy Christmas from the Community Gardens
Happy Christmas from the Community Gardens December 2018 Brussels sprouts ready to be picked. Update With Christmas nearly upon us it has been a good chance to celebrate the past [...]
News from the Community Gardens November 2018
News from the Community Gardens November 2018 Pumpkin harvested from the no-dig bed. Update With winter feeling like it might arrive any day we have been enjoying the last days of autumn in the community gardens. [...]
First outing
Our first event as 'Keep Ystradfellte Tidy Community Group' was on the 28th April 2018. We were greatly assisted by Rachel Palmer, local rep for 'Keep Wales Tidy', who supplied all the the litter picking tools, bags, gloves, hi-vis jackets [...]
Greggs signage added
We've now "planted" the new Welcome to Woodcroft Wildspace sign
Thank-you to Greggs!
Thanks to Greggs, we are looking forward to replacing the gardening shed at St.Andrew's CofE Primary School! The doors don't currently shut properly and it is soon becoming part of the greenery itself?! It will be great to get some [...]
Rusty wheelbarrows
Our gardening teacher is also looking forward to replacing the rusty wheelbarrows?!
Thank you to Greggs Foundation!
The Clean up Tarbolton woods campaign are delighted to announce we have been awarded a whopping '1850 from Greggs Foundation for our project 'Wild for Life at Brownies Parlour' Thank you so much! Here's to sharing our updates and finding [...]
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New trees planted. Thank you greggs
On a cool spring day 2 trees a blue atlas cedar and a japanese cedar were planted.
Greener with Greggs – Science under the stars
There was a great response to the house at the recent 'Science under the stars' event in Heswall. The event attracts a mix of families and educators and has a strong sustainability theme The model provided a useful conversation starter [...]
Greener with Greggs – Raising the roof and house warming
Much model making and another public outing under our belts and it's time for a belated update. First a piece of board was cut to size... Then strengthened... A box of roof tiles was cut to size... The tiles were [...]
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GREGGS grant for OASIS – Flowers for Life Project
We are delighted to tell the world that we have been given a grant from GREGGS to help our Flowers for Life project. We will be able to do some fabulous work with people of all ages in the Worksop [...]
Greener with Greggs – a day at the fair
Our second outing with the energy house was to Blackberry Fair in Whitchurch. Building on the first 'live' test in West Kirby the model has been adapted and further developed. More substantial windows have been added and the front facade [...]
Greener with Greggs – Earth Fest success
Our first 'live ' outing at a public event went well. We arrived in good time but in damp conditions. Heavy rain before the event and further showers during set up were not ideal. In view of the conditions [...]
Greener with Greggs – Preparing for ‘live’ test
With an event coming up on 9th September it is all hands to the pump to get the exhibit ready for its first live test. It won't be the finished model, but hopefully one ready enough to test the basic [...]
Greener with Greggs – testing time
With some key elements in place, testing has now begun. We need to start looking at the model through the thermographic camera in order to find out how well different heat sources look. Here we have an image of the [...]
Greener with Greggs – Wrapping up
Time for another update on the model making. Alan has been working hard wrapping one of the two semis with insulation. Previous the side wall and top floor ceiling had been insulated. Now the rear wall and floor have been [...]
Greener with Greggs – A photo for the competition?
We wanted to enter the Greener with Greggs photo competition. Unfortunately because we are not quite there yet with our project, we can't post the perfect picture that we wanted to. In my mind's eye I can see the image. [...]
Greener with Greggs – A new perspective
In order to give people a new perspective on energy efficiency we are creating an exhibit they can see in different ways: 'As is' - a model showing one house with energy efficiency measures and one without. Thermally - using [...]
Greener with Greggs – The house conversion in progress
Time to share some photos of the house conversion in progress. We started with a single dolls house but need to convert it in to two semis. The idea is to contrast one with the other. The conversion is not [...]
Greener with Greggs – our project begins
Delighted to begin our #GreenerwithGreggs journey! Earlier in the year we inherited a dolls house with the hope that one day we could use it to create an interactive model to showcase the benefits of energy efficiency measures. Thanks to [...]
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