Slow Food Liverpool is part of the Slow Food Movement, promoting good, clean, fair food for all. Run by volunteers, we organise events and activities for everyone to attend, slow food member or not! We also support food campaigns such as Love Food Hate Waste. Follow us on twitter, or Read more [...]

Pioneering Urban Living London Community Neighbourhood Co-operative (LCNC) is an innovative urban project who are making a positive difference. With increasing climate challenges, breakdown of communities and financial insecurity, LCNC is committed to being part of the solution. LCNC plans to create a community run, low tech, flexible model for Read more [...]

Meet Float by Boat, a narrowboat retreat, where sunrise meditation, wholesome home-cooked veggie/vegan food and symphonies of birdsong all harmonise into a deeply soothing and peaceful experience. Time onboard travels slowly, cruising at a top speed of 3m.p.h, with plenty of opportunity to appreciate nature, curl up with a book or Read more [...]

Mayow Park is a public park. We are a Friends of Park group that works with Lewisham Council and the park contractors to ensure the park is a well-used, safe space for all members of the community. We are all volunteers. Our voluntary activities include food growing. We started an Read more [...]

L8 Living Sustainably is an initiative in Toxteth, Liverpool to promote local food growing, energy generation and to educate people on the impact of climate change and the measures they can take to improve their lives. The five year project is funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s ‘Communities Living Sustainably’ Read more [...]

Sharpham Outdoors Project is a joint Sharpham Trust, Ambios Ltd and Robert Owen Communities initiative that strives to build closer links between the human and natural world. It provides opportunities for reconnecting people with themselves, each other, and to the land The Sharpham Outdoors Project offers innovative, creative and practical programmes for Read more [...]

EVERY WEDNESDAY, 10 – 4pm Cody Cultivators is a weekly open community gathering to celebrate and explore existing and new possibilities for the Sensory Garden at Cody Dock, bringing these ideas to life to build a sustainable environment for all to enjoy. Cody Cultivators activities will be varied from week Read more [...]

We offer traditional and olympic style Taekwondo classes to all ages and abilities, beginners welcome! Classes are available in Keighley throughout the week and include a weekly kids and parents class. First class is free, we offer discounts for families who attend together, there are no hidden costs or joining Read more [...]

Studio 3 Arts, in collaboration with our neighbours in the Gascoigne Estate in Barking, will transform our garden at our venue, The Galleon Centre, into a creative, beautiful garden and park for local people to relax, play and be creative.  We’re working with volunteers, a visual artist and our local Read more [...]

Transition Town created in order to build community and steer Kings Langley toward a more resilient, carbon neutral future.  Last year we received £500 from Grass Roots Giving towards our local Food Growing Project.  We also have an Energy Co-operative called www.guceltd.org    

Cowden Care Farm offers adults with learning disabilities real hands on work/job experience, but at the same time “having a good day” We have a person centered approach to learning and promote health and wellbeing with our outdoor activities. Cowden Care Farm aims to support existing services by offering a Read more [...]

13 million people live below the poverty line in the UK. Our foodbank provides a minimum of 3 days emergency food and support to local people in crisis.  We are part of the foodbank network by the Trussel Trust. 

R.I.V.A Project – Recreational, Imaginative, Vocational Activities for people with disabilities. The R.I.V.A Project is a new enterprise that has evolved from a long established social provision for young people with disabilities called Riva Club that has been running for over 15 years. There is a great need in Sheffield Read more [...]

Love Outreach is a small grassroots initiative which aims to combat food poverty in the Ancoats region of Greater Manchester.  Each Sunday we run a soup kitchen for homeless and vulnerable people, providing our service users with a three-course, nutritious meal, and making up food parcels for them to take Read more [...]

The Gosford Hub is a centre for adults with multiple and profound disabilities who often find it hard to join in with community events. The Hub has a large outside area with easy access for the local primary school and the community in general which is very diverse. We are Read more [...]

The aim of the project is to provide events and activities for over 60s with the objective of preventing isolation. This is achieved by the running of fortnightly coffee mornings, lunches, games and craft afternoons. Bingo is held monthly as are excursions to Coast and country. Chair exercise classes are Read more [...]

We will be clearing an area to the rear and side of the community centre wher rubbish and garden debris has previously been dumped. Planting bulbs in smaller suitable areas and partitioning off this rea and preparing the soild to grow food and bee and butterfly-friendly flowers. We will be Read more [...]

A journal of my introduction to beekeeping and the introduction of a beehive to Landlife National Wildflower Centre. The project will encompass the Get Growing Project and the volunteers who meet on a Friday at the centre. 

Faxi is a new internet and smartphone journey sharing social network. It’s designed for people to find car sharing partners, as well as walking and cycling partners, for connected people travelling to the same destination. Every day there are millions of car journeys, many of which are regular trips to Read more [...]

Friends of Thorpe St Andrew Parks are excited to say that we are now looking for Landscape Architects to share their inspiring visions for our recreational spaces in Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich. The aim of this project is to maximise the full potential of both Laundry Lane and Dusssindale parks Read more [...]

Dorney Community Garden is the first resident-led project in a north London council tower block. We have transformed empty council land surrounding the tower into a very successful community garden.  The tower’s population is a rich mix of nationalities, cultures, families, pensioners and people with physical and mental health disabilities. Read more [...]

With abundant experience in the field, Farnham Local Food is now looking to share its food-growing skills with the wider community. Not only are we growing vegetables, we are also growing growers! We already have a consolidated team of volunteers behind us so our next step is to train our Read more [...]

We offer an Adventure play and child care facility to our local area. Adventure Playground Opening Hours: Term Time: Monday to Friday 3 – 7pm Saturday 12 – 4.30pm Holiday periods: Monday to Friday 1pm to 6pm Child Care:  Term Time: Monday to Friday 3pm to 6.30pm Holiday periods: Monday Read more [...]

Hitherfield Primary School is developing an Edible Playground (project website under development) in partnership with Trees for Cities.  This ambitious project will see the development of a 300 sq m allotment that will be an outdoor classroom at the heart of the school site and at the heart of the school curriculum. Read more [...]

Foundling Food Space is a community garden for residents of Foundling Court at the Brunswick Centre. The garden is located on the second floor podium of the estate, which forms the roof of the Bruswick shops. It’s a huge paved area, with very little green. The garden provides a place Read more [...]

Nearly Wild Camping is developing a network of camp locations across the UK, providing opportunities for people to leave the boundaries of traditional campsites behind, experiencing nature and learning from their hosts about the local countryside, heritage and wildlife. Nearly Wild Camping will be a Co-operative of campers and locations Read more [...]

The Wimbledon Guild supports older people to meet their personal aspirations. Over 500 over 50s currently access our borough wide services and over 100 volunteers offer support through befriending, travel training, trips out, and running group activities. Our aim is that older people remain independent for longer. Our community garden Read more [...]

Charlton Manor Primary School is working with Chris Collins-Blue Peter Horticulturalist, Olivier Blanc- Creator of Henri Le Worm app and Woodlands Farm Trust on a community garden project. We have been allocated land on the farm to create a growing/cooking garden with an outdoor classroom, kitchen and chill out zone. Read more [...]

The Community Energy Awards 2014 are now taking applications! The awards are the first of their kind and focus on community energy organisations across the UK. The award celebrates the exceptional achievements made by these organisations, their staff and their volunteers. These awards provide a chance for the organisations and Read more [...]

EcoACTIVE is an innovative environmental education charity with a reputation for using hands-on, practical and fun approaches to explore complex issues of sustainability. We create eye-opening experiences for children and adults alike, working with schools and the wider community to develop their understanding of the world around them and give Read more [...]

We want to grow our community through practical skills training and volunteering by actively engaging local youth, disabled people and socially excluded individuals in our diverse and vibrant local culture with a growing area featuring terraced beds, fruit and unusual vegetables that you can’t find anywhere else. What we’ll do: Read more [...]

Calling all outdoor loving Londoners! Trees for Cities are providing people the chance to start an exciting green career whilst supporting community-led horticulture projects.  Are you unemployed? Would you like to earn a professional qualification whilst working outside with nature? If so, please read on. What you will get: A Read more [...]

Welcome to Seed Grow Change. Good living that doesn’t cost the earth Seed Grow Change develops and supports initiatives designed to foster and promote health, wellbeing and sustainability. Our Mission Our aim is to help people embrace healthier, more sustainable lifestyles.  We  offer innovative  workshops, activities and events that  support Read more [...]

Cambuslang Allotment Gardens have managed to get the use of some land for community plots in Halfway. We have developed an extensive raised bed area and polytunnel where members can rent beds at a very low rate to grow their own fruit, veg & herbs . We would love to Read more [...]

Hyde Park Source aims to improve people’s health & well-being through improving the environment of local areas.We are committed to increasing the potential of individuals and communities – promoting equality of education and training. Since 1998 we have created over fifty community garden spaces and have provided on-site training for Read more [...]

Our campaign project on Project Dirt has now been promoted to Cluster so please do join this. This project will now become a forum for asking questions, sharing ideas and connecting with others. Let’s make London a National Park! We are campaigning to make London the world’s first National Park City, a Read more [...]

WHAT WE ARE FUNDRAISING FOR Soho children have almost nowhere to play outside. The closest park (St James’) has little provision for primary school children, none of the local squares have any play equipment and there are no slides within the whole parish! Consequently our children and others who use Read more [...]

Challenge Adventure Group is a youth organisation for Knowle and Dorridge that started in January 2009 and is aimed at young people aged 10 to 25. As our name suggests, the group provides challenging, adventurous and fun activities to educate young people in their leisure time. By becoming members, young Read more [...]

It has taken us 3 years to renovate an old derelict scout hut into a safe, friendly, family centre.

Keats Community Organics is an Organically Certified urban farm in South London, offering the local community easy access to ultra local organic vegetables and space to grow their own, as well as workshops, courses, apprenticeships and horticultural therapy.  At Keats Community Organics our mission is to create a more resilient Read more [...]

The Living Wandle Landscape Partnership Scheme is a Heritage Lottery Funded (HLF) Project, which aims to deliver a series of improvement projects along the whole length of the River Wandle. The over-arching aim of this scheme is to re-vitalise the Wandle as an identifiable, high quality asset to the communities Read more [...]

Squared Root works closely with communities to develop bespoke solutions, depending on their needs and aspirations. Sustainable communities are those that meet the diverse needs of existing and future residents, their children and other users, contribute to a high quality of life and provide opportunity and choice. They can achieve Read more [...]

Friends of Park Wood are a community group who help protect and increase understanding of the woodland – Park Wood in Keighley, West Yorkshire. Our Friends group consists of local residents who get involved in either monthly meetings or conservation work to help maintain and improve the wood for the Read more [...]

A project that works to build stronger relationships between the voluntary sector and partners in Battersea. It enables local charities and community groups to come together together to swap their skills, resources and equipment to meet their needs. 

An allotment project encouraging older gardeners aged 50+ to maintain and manage a site that includes a large poly-tunnel, outdoor growing areas, porta-cabin and pond area. Gardeners include those with memory problems, some learning and physical disabilities to help each other co-productively toward the aims of growing food for sharing. Read more [...]

Forest Farm Peace Garden is a unique environment and mental health project. Our garden on the edge of London has become an oasis of beauty and tranquility offering an inspiring and welcoming space for people to connect with the therapeutic value of nature. We provide nature-based ecotherapy activities for people Read more [...]

A community garden project within an Estate Garden that is part of a block of flats with a new social enterprise in the basement garages called the ‘Remakery’. The block of flats is set between Brixton and Denmark Hill in South London and is part of Lambeth Living. Working closely with Read more [...]

Join us in looking after the parks and grounds of Bishops Park and Fulham Palace through planting, maintenance and conservation activities: – Learn practical horticultural and conservation skills – Gain valuable volunteering experience – Get outside and meet new people Activities may include: Tending the rose gardens, bulb planting, weeding, Read more [...]

The group was established in June 2013 and their first project was the Jubilee Gardens, Astle Court. Following the success of this the group raised over £6,500 to provide a Community Greenhouse. Thank you to all our Sponsors which included Peaks & Plains Housing Trust, Manchester Airport, Cheshire Community Foundation, Read more [...]

A radio show every fortnight on Sunday at 8pm on Shoreditch Radio interviewing different guests each time from a pantheon of Permaculturalists – talking about what they’re up to and how this feeds into the global movement that is Permaculture today.  For more info about how to get involved in Read more [...]