RELEASE DATE 14 July 2005
TITLE GROUNDWORK OPENS ALLOTMENT ACTIVITY DAYS TO ALL THE FAMILY
 

Groundwork Greater Nottingham will be running a series of fun activites for children and their families in Netherfield. There will be the chance to visit the Stoke Lane Allotments site that the charity is working on in partnership with Sure Start Gedling, look at our beautiful fruit and vegetables, and find out about all the creepy crawlies who live there too.

We will be running supervised bug hunts, making mosaics with natural materials on the ground, and maybe making something to feed the birds with. All are welcome, and the event is free. We will be waiting at the main gates on Stoke Lane to let people in, this is opposite the sign for the Carlton Football Club.

The dates are:

Tuesday 19th July 10.30 - 12.30 and 1.30 until 3.30
Tuesday 2nd August 10.30 - 12.30 and 1.30 until 3.30
Tuesday 9th August morning only 10.30 until 12.30
Tuesday 16th August 10.30 - 12.30 and 1.30 until 3.30
We will provide all the materials you need, and lots of fun is guaranteed!

Groundwork Greater Nottingham has a great reputation for providing fun and educational sessions for children and their families, and provides an exciting and engaging way of connecting with and caring for the environment.

For more information, contact Chloe Griffiths at Groundwork Greater Nottingham on 0115 9788212 or by email at gn@groundwork.org.uk.
 
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Background Information enclosed
Please note that all our projects involve people and communities and many have to be seen to be believed. They each have very different real life stories of transformation, they are very photogenic, and in order to continually improve our communities, we will be delighted to share more of these with you, including fielding interviews and making visits available to you

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

GGN has been established for 14 years

In a typical year we Groundwork Greater Nottingham works with communities to:-
· Develop and deliver at least 100 new projects
· Deliver over 4000 person days of youth activity
· Engage with over 200 local businesses
· Work in partnership with at least 80 schools
· Deliver 40 locally significant environmental improvement schemes
· Deliver 2 regionally significant conferences a year

We are currently working on 55 live projects

Nationally, Groundwork is one of the UK’s leading social and environmental partnership organisation’s, working with people, local authorities and businesses to promote economic and social regeneration by improving the local environment. Through it’s network of around 50 Independent Trust’s around the UK, from Tyneside to South Wales, Northern Ireland to Hackney, Groundwork uses the environment to improve their quality of life. Groundwork is an independent charity, which involves 60,000 adult volunteers and over 120,000 school children each year in local environmental projects. From small community schemes to major regional and national programmes, Groundwork’s local Trust’s work in partnership with local people, local authorities and businesses to promote sustainable developments in their local area.

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Groundwork Greater Nottingham
Denman Street East
Notingham
NG7 3GX

T: 0115 9788212
F: 0115 9787496
E: gn@groundwork.org.uk