Background The Saleem Foundation was founded in 2017, and will support charities and voluntary organisations across Birmingham & Black Country who undertake charitable work in the fields of health, disability, financial hardship or other, and will also support individuals and their families who are disadvantaged by their youth, age, ill-health, Read more [...]

This  “project” is a showcase for my work – as a Greenspace storyteller, outdoor educator, forest school trainer / practitioner working with schools, heritage sites and communities.   Have tapped out a bit of CV below with links to some previous or current work / partners.  

‘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 [...]

‘Creative Change Makers 2020’ conference, held in London on 5-8th Feb 2020.Built to fund raise, inspire behaviour change, to enrol creative industries as well as leading educators – focused purely on embedding social and environmental impact into society, education, the world. The conference is the first of its kind to connect the Read more [...]

Welcome to the page for Brixton People’s Kitchen! We are a social enterprise that collects food that would have otherwise been thrown away from local shops, markets, and businesses. We then make delicious meals from this surplus food for our cafe where we’ve been welcoming members of the community since Read more [...]

Maidenhead Festival is the biggest, regularly organised, free, public event in Maidenhead and has many benefits for our community, including building community spirit and goodwill. It helps to strengthen the charities and other organisations which take part by providing a platform for publicity, fund raising and recruitment. We also aim Read more [...]

Had a wicked idea for a t-shirt? Wear clothes? Want to make some yourself some nice merch? Got some old T-shirts that could do with a refresh? Ever wanted to learn how to screenprint at home? Got a powerful message to spread to the world via ur passion 4 fashun? Read more [...]

Mark Makers is a Pollokshields Trust Project  to protect and enhance community recreation and green space in East Pollokshields. Go to our website below for full details and to watch our movie https://www.markmakers.org.uk/

Edible Hexham are thrilled to have recieved funding from Greggs to allow us to continue to engage with the public on sustainability and local food production.   Using plants grown in the community garden, Edible Hexham will stock planters and beds across town with a greater variety of herb and Read more [...]

Greenpeace need your help! We are building a giant disco tree for the middle of our field at Glastonbury festival. It tells a story about the impact of plastic on our environment. It will be 20m tall, have a DJ booth in the trunk, and be covered in 15,000 flowers Read more [...]

Forest School Leader Training London 2019 JUN – AUG – OCT – NOV 2019  Ham Lands (Richmond/Kingston) – Crouch End (Haringey) – High Elms (Bromley).🌳🌳🌳 For all trainings, at least 2 of the Greenbow Trainers will be present, if not all 3  – with collective Forest School experience of 35+ Read more [...]

Cae Tân is a Community Supported Agriculture Project (CSA) based on The Gower Peninsula in South Wales. We grow and supply fresh, seasonal, biodynamic produce to our members weekly throughout the year. Our Sustainable Schools programme enables us to work with 5 schools in Swansea to raise awareness of sustainable farming Read more [...]

Inspiring children to grow From creation to relocation, the ‘Believe in Tomorrow’ garden’s mission is to encourage more children to enjoy, interact with and learn from the great outdoors. Together we can give urban schools and communities the chance to be inspired by the small pockets of time and nature Read more [...]

Forest School Leader Training in and around London JANUARY (28th Jan-1st Feb) High Elms (Bromley) MARCH (11th-15th) Ham Lands (Richmond/Kingston) For these next two trainings, all three Greenbow Trainers – with collective Forest School experience of 35+ yrs – will be present www.greenbow.co.uk/aboutus/! A real treat – 3 for the Read more [...]

We are helping the fantastic volunteers behind East Morton Community Shop to improve the environment around them! Creating a series of “Living Walls” with volunteers.   Attracting wildlife and conversation!

Vauxhall Energy is a community benefit society created to install solar panels on the Vauxhall Gardens estate. The electricity generated will be used to power communal areas on the estate with the excess exported to the national grid. The sale of this electricity will be used to repay our investors Read more [...]

We have just been awarded a Greggs Environmental grant for our ‘Flowers for Life’ project which is amazing.  We are really excited to get this grant funding which will enable us to do so much in the coming seasons with people of all ages from the Kilton and Worksop Community.  Read more [...]

Project Dirt, in collaboration with Power to Change and The Eden Project Communities, are gathering community businesses, social enterprises, community projects, socially responsible corporate partners, friends and family at the beautiful Hounslow Hall Estate, Buckinghamshire. Join us for an unconference in the countryside. A unique festival experience, Offline brings three Read more [...]

Establishing a Community Garden in our Whole Again Community Space to be able to grow the food that we cook in our workshops.  The garden will provide the space to teach and engage volunteers and students the skills needed to grow food practically and easily anywhere.   The produce from Read more [...]

Stories & Supper is a refugee supper club project which aims to challenge some of the myths surrounding the migration crisis. Refugee and non-refugee volunteers work in partnership to produce great food and inspiring stories.

We are a festival.

Sutton Community Farm is a 7-acre community-owned farm in Wallington, south London. The farm grows vegetables according to organic principles and provide a shared space for the local community to cultivate skills. The farm generates a large proposition of its income through running a local VegBox scheme, distributing fruit and Read more [...]