Fw: Allotment Growing

["Graham Burnett" <gburnett@unisonfree.net>]

Please find forwarded a request for help/info from Rochford District Council Agenda 21 Officer- can
anybody advise?

Thanks,

Graham Burnett
35 Rayleigh Avenue
Westcliff On Sea
Essex, UK
SS0 7DS

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----- Original Message -----
From: Nicola Shorten <nicola.shorten@rochford.gov.uk>
To: 'Graham Burnett' <gburnett@unisonfree.net>
Sent: 07 August 2000 16:39
Subject: Allotment Growing


> Graham
>
> I'm wondering if I can run a project by you for you comments/help. Rochford
> District Council, Essex County Council, and Rochford Primary Care Group have
> formed a partnership with local people in Rochford's Roche and St Andrews
> Wards.
>
> The partnership - called the St.AR Project is a grassroots project aimed at
> actively engaging the community to help identify problems and those in need
> of support, to develop the capacity of the community, to develop and
> introduce skills and support programmes and to provide information and
> enabling tools.
>
> The St Andrews and Roche Wards are priority areas in both the Rochford
> Primary Care Group's Locality Action Plan, and Rochford District Council's
> Crime and Disorder Strategy.  Both suffer inequalities in terms of health,
> provision of services and high incidences of crime. The project began last
> year with an extensive public consultation exercise to identify the needs of
> the community (what they call a 'Planning for Real' exercise).
>
> One of the main things identified in the Planning for Real exercise was a
> lack of fresh food outlets.  I would like to set up some sort of project
> (with the St.AR project community development worker) - like some sort of
> food growing co-operative.  At the end of the day, the produce could be sold
> through the Farmers' Market, or as a 'food box' type thing.  Obviously some
> sort of training would be a necessary part of the project.
>
> Its really just an idea at this stage, but do you have any thoughts about
> the concept, or any other places that have done similar things who we could
> learn from, or any thoughts about who we could contact re: training about
> growing food?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Nicola
>
>
>
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