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The community garden is looking rosy
Published: 14/06/2017
天涯社区 has welcomed a project to help develop community
gardens at one of their housing schemes.
Task Team is a new initiative supported by the European Social Fund through the
Welsh Government Innovation Fund for over 25 year olds living in a Community
for Work cluster. Groundwork North Wales is running the project along with
their partner Communities at Work.
A new community garden has been selected at Pen-y-Llan Courts in Connah鈥檚 Quay
where the Council is upgrading the properties as part of the Vibrant and Viable
Places (VVP) scheme as well as working to ensure that all the properties are
brought up to the Welsh Quality Housing Standard (WHQS).
Ten volunteers are working on the ten week community project, spending two days
a week learning new skills on an accredited course on volunteering.
The volunteers help with planting and looking at maintenance of the new
community garden at Fern/Ivy Court and also spend a day giving the Holly Court
community garden a makeover. This community garden was developed in 2009.
The volunteers are gaining confidence in various skills in areas such as
building, health and safety at work and environmental.
天涯社区 Cabinet Member for Housing, Councillor Bernie
Attridge, said:
鈥淲e hope the new community garden will provide a pleasant environment for all
residents of Pen-y-Llan Courts to enjoy. It is pleasing to see that the hard
work of the volunteers has led to them gaining valuable experience and a
qualification. The garden really complements all the improvement work that has
been done in this area in recent years. I鈥檇 also like to acknowledge the
generous support from BAAS the on-site contractor who provided a water butt to
collect rain water, another step to a greener and more environmentally friendly
space for residents.鈥�
Jan Owen, Project Manager at Groundwork North Wales, said:
鈥淎t Groundwork, we work to support communities to make positive changes. Our
new Task Team programme is funded through the Welsh Government Innovation Fund
and is aimed at supporting people gain new skills, qualifications and
confidence through engagement on a practical community project. We are enjoying
working with the volunteers to transform the community garden at Pen-y-Llan
Court and also to make a difference to those involved by increasing the
opportunities available to them in the future.鈥�
Groundwork North Wales works alongside local communities, public bodies,
private companies and other voluntary sector organisations to support
communities in need. They help people and organisations make changes in order
to create better neighbourhoods, build skills and job prospects and to live and
work in a greener way.
Photo caption: Standing: Cllr Bernie Attridge, Simon Haines (Groundwork), John
Jones (FCC), Cllr Paul Shotton, Cllr Andy Dunbobbin, Tony Jones (FCC)
Front: volunteer Mark Winter, Debbie Davies (FCC), Jan Owen (Groundwork)