RELEASE DATE 27 October 2005
TITLE MAYOR IN APPLE LOTTERY
 

Groundwork Greater Nottingham's Windmill Garden Project will be launched today with the help of Lord Mayor of Nottingham, Councillor Mohammad Munir and the cutting of a ceremonial ribbon at the garden. The launch of the project is part of Groundwork Greater Nottingham's Apple Day celebrations, which are taking place today (27th October 2005) between 11am and 4pm. With great weather forecast for today and lots of activities planned, including apple juicing, the project launch and the celebrations should not be missed.

The project aims to restore a basic allotment in the Bobbersmill area of Nottingham into a community allotment garden, with sensory areas, a polytunnel and other exciting and interesting features and will be used by Groundwork in it's education and community projects. Judith Bagguley, Project Team Leader at Groundwork Greater Nottingham said, "A small amount of work has been done to clear the allotment, but work starts in earnest this week, when we have arranged for a group of students to come down to the allotment and paint a shed that we have acquired and also to clear the nearby stream of litter and other debris."

Windmill Community Garden is a two year project funded by Big Lottery.

For more information, contact Richard Chamberlain on 0115 9788212 or 07986 594388.

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

WINDMILL COMMUNITY GARDEN, BOBBERSMILL, NOTTINGHAM
27TH OCTOBER 2005, 11AM TO 12PM
AND
29TH OCTOBER 2005, 11.30AM

PLEASE CONTACT RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN
ON 0115 9788212 FOR MORE INFORMATION

 
 
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Further
information		 Directions to Windmill Garden
Coming along Bobbersmill Bridge / Nuthall Road turn onto Aspley Lane. Take your first left onto Ascot Road. Drive past Collins Cash and Carry (on your right) and Speedo (on your left). The Garden access is next to the entrance to the Speedo Car Park. Cars must be parked in a bay on Ascot Road or in the Speedo car park. Walk through the walkway to the allotments and follow the pathway round to the left then to the right. Just before the path narrows there is a large double gate on the left.
 
NOTES TO EDITORS
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