Partners working together to develop a top end therapeutic garden. This will enhance the outdoor space for residents and will provide horticultural therapy support services. The garden designed with residents and staff includes a fully accessible path around the site , a quiet area with seating for relaxation, a pond, Read more [...]
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Nightingale Garden
A biodiverse community garden for everyone to enjoy. Volunteers meet every Sunday and Monday afternoon from 2 to 4pm, weather allowing, with gardeners tea at 3. Easy to join in, or just enjoy the garden with us. The garden is in the former bowling green in the corner of Nightingale Read more [...]
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Whole Again Community Garden
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 [...]
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Springwell Community Memory Garden
Springwell Community Memory Gardens lies in the heart of Springwell Estate and is the largest community asset in Gateshead. The garden is just under an acre in size and was badly neglected after being abandoned for 5 years before Silverline Memories took over the Lease in 2016. The garden has Read more [...]
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The Tooting Twirl
The Tooting Twirl Team are looking for volunteers who can help us create and build a pop-up village green in the Tooting Broadway bus turning circle in Tooting, on 16th July! Inspired by last year’s Tour de Tooting, TTT will be creating a pop-up event in the Tooting Broadway bus turning circle Read more [...]
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Summer Garden Project
Summer Programme at Bilton Hall Community Trust Williby RocÂ’s provide Eco Arts and Crafts to children, families, community groups and adults.We use environmentally friendly, recyclable, pre-loved and woodland materials to deliver events, parties, workshops, after school clubs and education sessions. Here at Williby Roc’s we aim to release children’s potential Read more [...]
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Pimp a Bus -Stop
Spacehive Pimp A Bus-Stop ByWillesden Green Town Team Brent Fundraising stage Grow a green wall on top of our bus-stops. Pledges will only be charged if the project hits its funding goal of £3,439 by 20 Sep 2017 Willesden Green Town Team We want to transform our bus-shelters into homes Read more [...]
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Forest Sensory Services
A small local project which supports those people living and coming to terms with sight and hearing loss. Our main aims are to reduce isolation, provide help advice and support through activities. These activities include computer classes, balance class, lunch club, reading group, handbell ringing, cookery class, singing and the Read more [...]
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Cemetery and War graves improvement by Friends of Blackburn Old Cemetery
Improvement, Clean up and maintenance of a neglected council owned closed cemetery, this area contains in excess of 300 war graves and represents a historical record for many families in Blackburn, due to years of neglect many areas are inaccessible to many family members both able bodied and disabled. We Read more [...]
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Our Barn
Creating a community garden with help from young people with learning or other disability such as autism.
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Uxbridge Green Gym
Uxbridge Green Gym is a weekly, free, conservation volunteering session every Wednesday 11 – 2pm. The Conservation Volunteers’ Green Gyms’ aim to improve volunteers health and wellbeing through practical tasks, time spent outdoors in nature, meeting people, giving back to the community and taking care of green spaces. Volunteers meet Read more [...]
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Ambitious About Autism: TreeHouse School – Saplings Project
TreeHouse School Saplings is a TreeHouse School project. TreeHouse School, which is next door to the Saplings site, is a happy and vibrant community where children and young people with autism learn and flourish. We have places for 90 pupils with our youngest being 4 and our oldest being 19 years old. TreeHouse School provides children Read more [...]
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Forest of Mercia CIC
Forest of Mercia CIC uses the natural environment to educate, improve health and well-being and encourage everyone to use the outdoors in a way that’s right for them. We are developing Hilton Green into an environmental facility devoted to exploring exciting and innovative ways to support people to reach their Read more [...]
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Carling & JD Wetherspoon: Your Pint Can Help The Community
In May 2017 Carling launched Your Pint Can Help The Community, a nationwide campaign in partnership with J.D. Wetherspoon to improve local communities and make a difference across the UK. The aim is to create a pot of money to which Carling and JDW consumers can nominate worthy local and Read more [...]
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Secret Garden
This project is providing the opportunity to utilise agreen community space. Having access to this space meanwe are in a position to help maintain it and promote its use to the wider community; creating further opportunities for local networking. The project will help to engage new local volunteers, to help Read more [...]
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Audacious Veg
Audacious Veg grows delicious food for London restaurants, and trains other people how to do it too. We grow edible flowers, gourmet salad mixes and micro-herbs that inspire your tastebuds with every mouthful. Not only are we environmentally responsible, but our produce is grown by local young adults who are Read more [...]
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Yorda Adventures
We are a local organisation providing play opportunities, short breaks and one to one care for children and young people with severe disabilities. We also offer a local, friendly and inclusive environment for families and their children to come and try out new things, celebrate a birthday or take part Read more [...]
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Kench Hill Residential Education Centre
A residential environmental education charity, linked to Hackney Council, working with schools, voluntary groups and others to provide a rural retreat for education and personal development in the outdoors. Holistic approach with strong focus on healthy eating, growing and sustainability. Open all year. Our 2 acre garden is a haven Read more [...]
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UK Youth Climate Coalition International Team
This vacancy is to encourage you to apply for the UK Youth Climate Coalition’s 2017 international delegation for the annual United Nations Climate Conferences. The UK Youth Climate Coalition is a volunteer-run organisation that inspires young people to act on climate change for a clean, fair future. We train up Read more [...]
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Heating System for a wide Beam Boat
The Peter Le Marchant Trust was set up in 1977 by Clare Le Marchant-Connell with an aspiration to provide canal boat experiences for the disabled and seriously ill.The Trust has achieved this and currently has two wide beam Boats and a narrowboat operating from Loughborough.The Boats carried 4300 passengers last Read more [...]
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Sensory & Wildlife garden
To create a Sensory and Wildlife garden at the Corran Dean CIC site of Smokey Farm, which will enable all of our service users, members of the public and wildlife alike to benefit from an outdoor space. The garden area will have enable access by both wheel chair users and Read more [...]
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The GREEN project
The GREEN project is a collaboration between 2 locally based social enterprises – Devenishgirl and the GLUE collective. During May and June we will be running a series of allotment workshops, cookery classes, volunteer opportunities and community days including: Build your allotment box (herbs for health) Cooking with asparagus Build your Read more [...]
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Marton Community Centre Group LED Lighting
We are a local community centre catering for all ages from nursery onwards. The centre is operated by a core group of 8 – 10 volunteers. Operating out of the centre is a nursery, educational classes and courses including guitar lessons, language classes, art, sewing etc and health & fitness Read more [...]
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Bodmin Junior parkrun
Bodmin Junior parkrun A FREE 2K run for 4-14 year olds, every Sunday at 9am, in the heart of Bodmin. Bodmin wants to bring a Junior parkrun to the start of the Camel Trail, in the heart of Bodmin, so that our 4-14 year olds have the opportunity to run 2K every Sunday, in Read more [...]
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Changing Faces of Chatham – Art and Reminiscing Project
Age UK Medway runs two specialised dementia day centres (Capstone Centre in Chatham, and Pat Warner Suite in Gillingham) Our Clients supported by staff and volunteers will create big art collage using various techniques. Collective art work will be combined with reminiscing sessions, giving opportunity to look at how Chatham has Read more [...]
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Changing Faces of Chatham – Art and Reminiscing Project
Age UK Medway runs two specialised dementia day centres (Capstone Centre in Chatham, and Pat Warner Suite in Gillingham) Our Clients supported by staff and volunteers will create big art collage using various techniques. Collective art work will be combined with reminiscing sessions, giving opportunity to look at how Chatham has Read more [...]
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Islington Green Gym
Unlike other gardening and conservation projects, our focus is as much on health and Well-being as it is on creating welcoming and healthy green space within the local community. After a few minutes warm up, we have plenty to keep us busy from cutting back overgrown foliage to increase the Read more [...]
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Grow Chichester
Grow Chichester has set up and manages two community gardens and two community orchards intended for use by members of the local community. Free weekly therapeutic horticulture sessions led by a trained horticultural therapist are held for vulnerable groups such as the elderly and people with mental health issues. At Read more [...]
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Magpie Growers
A group of local residents working with a All Saints Community Project Trust member of staff to grow fresh produce for the Project’s Community Café with any surplus being given to local residents. Cultivation of a local allotment and raised beds in the Community Café garden. Assisting with a local open Read more [...]
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The Forest Recycling Project
The Forest Recycling Project is based in Walthamstow and is running a ‘Green Jobs’ project. It is aimed at those from the East London area, who have experienced social exclusion, discrimination or mental health challenges. If you want to gain hands on skills in environmentally friendly jobs and have the Read more [...]
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Southend Radical Fair 2017
2017 looks set to be a historically turbulent, crisis-ridden year. It would be easy to give up on any attempt at changing the world for the better. Fortunately, there are a number of groups and individuals in Southend and the surrounding areas who see things differently. TheyÂ’re working at grassroots Read more [...]
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Pleasley Community Orchard Soft-Fruit Raised Bed Planters
Creation of raised bed planters for soft-fruit provision within our community orchard project. Working with schools and local volunteers, we aim to create a number of raised bed planters that will allow older people and younger people to work together and share skills and build relationships. As time passes, the Read more [...]
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Shepway Chariots Community Garden
shepway chariots have recently acquired half an acre of disused land which had become a hotspot for anti social behaviour and flytipping. Our aim is to transform the land into a fully functioning community garden. Where we will encourage local residents to learn how to grow, tend and harvest their Read more [...]
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“Social Art” at Nucleus Arts
“Social Art” at Nucleus Arts will provide a much-needed opportunity for anyone in Chatham and the surrounding areas to meet and enjoy a shared passion of creativity, regardless of where they come from, or the barriers they are facing in their lives. Weekly sessions facilitated by experienced artists will enable those who Read more [...]
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HRM GOES WiFi
Hospital Radio Medway is a non-profitable organisation which provides 24/7 radio programmes for all the patients in Medway Maritime Hospital. When we first started in 1970, the equipment was very basic and has been updated through the years. As more and more people nowadays prefer to listen to the radio on Read more [...]
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Brixton Orchard
The Brixton Orchard is a new green space with 35 fruit trees and hundreds of edible hedges, showcasing how fruit trees can be integrated into urban spaces. By growing fruit trees, we can reconnect people with food growing and spark some curiosity about the amazing diversity which cannot be found Read more [...]
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Arches Local (Big Local)
As part of the Big Local programme, an area in central Chatham which has been locally named ‘Arches Local’ was awarded £1million in the spring of 2012. The partnership was endorsed in June 2015, and is led by residents, and supported by local organisations. From the varied consultations with Arches Read more [...]
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Pollinator Paths Wandsworth
LSx are collaborating with community gardens across Wandsworth to deliver a project getting residents involved in nature and gardening, and boost biodiversity in the longterm! People with all levels of gardening experience are encouraged to take part. Throughout May we will be popping up at various community gardens in Wandsworth Read more [...]
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Devonport Work Club
The Work Club, started in 2013, is based in St Aubyn Church and library in Devonport. The Work Club serves any residents of Plymouth and the surrounding areas who are looking for employment, advice or pastoral advice. We also signpost individuals to relevant support so they are looked after in all Read more [...]
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Pendeen Partnership
Pendeen is a special place – a strong vibrant community set within stunning wild countryside. But like many rural communities, it (and its people) face challenges. Pendeen has an activity community with a number of diverse groups, organisations and committed people working to ensure it is a place people love Read more [...]
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Kids Kitchen
We run and facilitate cooking sessions for carers and toddlers. We aim to cultivate a culture of sociability, community and health through cooking and eating delicious food together. We believe cooking and eating together creates stronger, healthier families and communities. Cooking with children, however young, and supporting carers, to give Read more [...]
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Caring Hands – Project Creative Hands
Project Creative Hands will be open to any of our guests who would like to take part and will offer a fortnightly afternoon (three hours) of creative work on a range of themes, from the practical (present-making, up-cycling clothes) to the purely creative. Our goal is to get an average Read more [...]
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Stepping Stones
Stepping Stones is a small, vibrant charity for adults with learning disabilities. Our aim is to enrich lives by building skills, independence and making informed choices. We think it’s important for everyone to be able to take part in and make a contribution to the world around them, so working Read more [...]
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Community Potluck
Cranbrook Community Potluck A well being event to be held once a month in Cranbrook Exeter. A free event where people get together over a shared meal. Each family bring food to share and we facilitate the event. Run by the community for the community. An alcohol free social gathering Read more [...]
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Incredible Edible
Incredible Edible is a food growing network throughout the UK. The objective is to bring people together to grow food once a week in the new town of Cranbrook Exeter. Food grown is accessible for anyone to enjoy, foods such as herbs, salad leaves, fruit and even root vegetables and Read more [...]
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Wells Park School Farm and Garden
A primary school for children with Behavioural, Social and Emotional needs is developing a school farm and garden to support the education, social, therapeutic, health and food needs of the children.
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Woodland volunteers
Komaru outdoor adventure , are a community based outdoor/ bushcraft project . Komaru aims to involve everybody in the community in activities, shelter building, fire lighting, wood carving, primitive living. What are we are looking for? Komaru is looking community minded people who are happy to do a bit of woodland work, Read more [...]