Building a Greener Scotswood

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%

Updates

Building a Greener Scotswood published their Delivery Report!1 month ago

We did it! Thank you5 years ago

Thank you so much for donating to our crowdfunder for a new kitchen. As a result of your support, we were able to secure a large grant from the North of Tyne Combined Authority so the project is now fully funded. We are very grateful for your support to make this happen and I hope that you will be able to pay us a visit to have a cuppa in the new kitchen once it's ready. We will post updates about the progress of the new building on our Facebook page. Thanks again, Karen and the rest of the team at Scotswood Garden

69 Donations worth £1,5635 years ago

Building a Greener Scotswood hit its fundraising target!5 years ago

Brilliant news, thanks everyone!

5 years ago We've hit our target

70 backers!

70 people have backed Building a Greener Scotswood!5 years ago

Whoop, 70 people have pledged since fundraising began!

Building a Greener Scotswood has reached 90% of its target!5 years ago

THE ZERO CARBON, ZERO POVERTY FUND pledged £11,2475 years ago

60 backers!

60 people have backed Building a Greener Scotswood!5 years ago

Whoop, 60 people have pledged since fundraising began!

Anonymous pledged £3335 years ago

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.