Building a Greener Scotswood

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Funded on
10 Dec 2021

To buy a recycled commercial training kitchen and fit into a newly built community eco building. The kitchen will provide volunteering and training opportunities for young people and adults.

£13,815 Raised of £13,786

73 Backers

100%

Our Delivery Report

Funded on 10 December 2021 | Delivered on 14 January 2026

£13,815

RAISED

73

BACKERS

32

DAYS TO FUND

BIGGEST PLEDGE

£11,247

From North East Combined Authority

£10

MOST POPULAR PLEDGE AMOUNT

donated £100

65 Volunteers involved

donated £10

donated £25

Day Volunteering Opportunities

1 Day Volunteering Opportunities

donated £50

donated £20

Classes provided

2 Classes provided

1000 People involved in project delivery

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5 Days of training provided

2 Courses provided

Qualifications provided

2 Qualifications provided

More about our impact

The environment

It is a huge eco building . Everything is recycled or reused. The insulation is made out of recycled bottles. It has a air source heat pump and internal growing area .

The local economy

Local contractors employed. Local volunteers will complete backyard area

Volunteering, jobs & education

We will use the new kitchen to deliver food hygiene training and train local volunteers in jam making

Activity, health and leisure

It will be used for nature-based health interventions for adults and children in the westend of Newcastle

http://www.scotswoodgarden.org.uk

" Volunteering at the Garden is the best thing I have ever done.. it gets me out of my flat and stops me staring at 4 walls. I have made loads of new friends, grown vegetables, made juice...it's like family" - Jim aged 68

Scotswood Garden is an award winning environmental community organisation and public garden based in Scotswood, Newcastle Upon Tyne . Our stunning Garden was set up in 1995 on the site of an old school playing field and boasts wildflower meadows, a woodland, ponds, orchards and fruit and vegetable gardens designed as Forest Gardens. The Garden is a designated Local Wildlife Site and home to a number of the UK's Biodiversity Action Plan protected species. We are a Learning and Demonstration site for the UK Permaculture Association and a centre of excellence for others to visit and learn from. The ward in which the Garden is based is ranked in the highest 10% for multiple deprivation in England.

We have a 26-year track record of using nature-based interventions to improve health and wellbeing, bring people together to boost social connections and equip people with new skills and knowledge, We work with 2000- 3000 people a year delivering a range of support, training and education services for people aged 1-100.

From the Garden we deliver

1. Inclusive volunteering and training for adults 3 days a week. Our volunteers work outside on ambitious conservation projects and maintain the garden. We are a One Awards registered training centre and deliver accredited National Open College Network units.

2. Older People's Services - we run accessible outdoor volunteering sessions 3 days a week, a weekly older women's gardening group, nature based craft and activity sessions, social activities, trips and social and therapeutic horticulture for people living with Dementia including outreach in care homes.

3. Education programme working with schools across the city. Environmental education workshops linked to the national curriculum, Forest Schools for mental health and accredited Forest School leadership training .

4. Play and youth work. We deliver 5 nature based youth groups a week from the Garden plus detached youth work in our local area. We also run Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme, exciting holiday activities, camps and expeditions.

5. Outreach and Community work - 4 large community fun days at the Garden and partnership projects with Marie Curie Hospice and West End Refugee Service,

Project Owner: Scotswood Garden The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.

Contractor : Brightblue Studio The team responsible for building or installing the project.