We are GrowNotts, a Community Interest Company, dedicated to catalyzing environmental and societal transformation through the lenses of Nature-Based Regeneration and Urban Agroecological Food Growing.
Our core belief is that fostering people's connection with nature, in all its forms, is fundamental to nurturing a happier, more interconnected, and ecologically vibrant society.
We work on various green and growing projects around the city. Our goal is to bring more nature to the city in collaboration with stakeholders from the likes to NCC, businesses, educational providers and community groups etc. Alongside this we deliver programs and projects to engage people in these spaces, educate people surrounding these themes and support others in doing what we set out to do also.
Skate Nottingham are a non-profit place-making, sports development and alternative education organisation rooted in Nottingham’s globally significant skateboarding community. Our Vision is to "Transform people and places through skateboarding.”
They use skateboarding as a tool to unlock learning and creativity, aiming to raise the profile of skateboarding as a positive, healthy and creative activity that contributes to Nottingham's social, cultural and economic development.
Since incorporating as a Community Interest Company (CIC) in July 2017, they have worked with more than 3,000 people of all ages, delivering high quality beginners' skateboarding sessions alongside workshops and short courses in skate filming and photography, exhibitions, co-design and construction projects and large scale public events. They have now provided specialist advice and support for seven outdoor skatepark projects, with Nottingham City Council, Rushcliffe Borough Council, Broxtowe Borough Council & Southwell Town Council. Alongside these dedicated skateparks, we worked with Nottingham City Council and skatepark specialists Betongpark Ltd. to develop one of the UK's first 'skate friendly' mixed-use public spaces, Tram Line Spot, near the Broadmarsh site. This track record makes us the most prolific user-led skate development organisation in the country.
