The garden works with nature to create a great place for people and wildlife to enjoy. The garden is about our community, whether in Scotswood and Benwell or the wider area, and we welcome people of all ages and backgrounds to get involved in our work. This can be as Read more [...]

A peaceful canalside community garden in Ford, Litherland. We have 2 commercial polytunnels, large apiary, dozens of raised beds and access to our own side of the canal.

Growing Communities is an award-winning social enterprise based in Hackney, east London. We run a weekly organic fruit and veg box scheme and the all-organic Growing Communities farmers’ market. We grow food on our Patchwork Farm in Hackney, made up of several small urban market gardens, and Dagenham Farm. We Read more [...]

The Lighthouse Project was established in 2017 is all the work that Hackney Church does with the homeless, marginalised and vulnerable in Hackney. In partnership with award-winning Moro Restaurant, we run a drop-in lunch on a Wednesday for 80-100 people. Our lunch is a space for all to eat a Read more [...]

Dovecote Voluntary Parent Committee is made up of local parent who came together as a constituted group in 1996 (becoming a charity in 2017) to help meet the needs of children and families living in the newly built part of the estate, Greater Leys.   We are a Community led Read more [...]

We currently run bi-weekly cooking and social activity sessions on Friday’s from 4.30pm until 6.30pm. These sessions involve cooking and eating a healthy meal from scratch as a group, learning new skills and techniques and enjoying everyone’s company. This is open to anyone who needs some additional help with cooking, Read more [...]

Our aim is to reach out to the local community by offering people who are lonely or struggling to make ends meet or vulnerable and the disabled the chance to learn how our community hub operates and offer them the chance to take part in our future activities We would Read more [...]

Tailored Yarn writes and illustrates bespoke books for families with terminal illness to preserve children’s memories in a unique literature legacy. I’vc written my first book for a really close friend with muscular dystrophy. Her niece and nephew have a lovely fictional story with personal details, memories, characters and a Read more [...]

‘Shelter and Hardware Bank Network’ (SAHBN) Launch Press Release : 17/8/19 by Paul Ridley of Cabinz CIC Cabinz CIC announces the formation of possibly the worlds’ first shelter and hardware distribution network, which aims to encourage the creative reuse of materials to build different types of shelters with a supply Read more [...]

“Buildings will also be particularly affected by the effects of climate change: storms, flooding and seepages, reduced durability of some building materials and increased risk of structure damage or collapse (e.g. from severe storms) could all decrease building lifetime, while increasing health-related risks such as deteriorating indoor climate.” (The GABC Read more [...]