GoodFoodNation
Cheque Presentation - 6th June 2019 represented by...
The Good Food Nation Team
- Aileen Bearhop (HOD), Pamela Blythe and Gordon Gilchrist.
Winchburgh Development Trust
- Alan Russell
Winchburgh Community Growing Group
- Vivian Maeda, Calvin McFarlane
Application Successful!
The Scottish Government a few months ago invited applications for the 2019/20 Community Growing Fund. This fund will support the Scottish Government in achieving its aim to make Scotland a Good Food Nation, where people from every walk of life take pride and pleasure in, and benefit from, the food they produce, buy, cook, serve, and eat day-by-day.
The Scottish Government wants food to be a key part of what makes the people of Scotland proud of their country - food which is tasty to eat and nutritious, fresh and environmentally sustainable.
The Community Growing Fund will provide financial support to community groups and local authorities for the establishment of community growing facilities, particularly in areas of social deprivation around Scotland, and provide practical support for people in such areas to use green space for food production.
A maximum grant of £3,000 was available - Winchburgh Community Development Trust, in collaboration with Winchburgh Community Growing Group, are thrilled to have received £1949.21.
This amount of money will ensure we can continue to grow food for everyone, share recipe ideas and make Winchburgh a place where "Food is Right Up Your Street"
£850 of this money will be spent by the group on more fruit trees and produce which can be divided up across Winchburgh over the coming years such as Rhubarb, asparagus and strawberry runners for a start.
We are on a mission to continuously deliver free, fresh food all over the village including housing areas, communal areas, churches, schools/nursery and paths used by walkers and cyclists ensuring our healthy good food growing captures the whole village and engages all groups who can benefit from free fresh food growing locally.
Environmental Sustainability – Winchburgh Community Growing Group are aiming for a zero landfill footprint in what we do by growing from seed within the community, reducing new plastic consumption and re-using/recycling where possible from seed trays to planters. Using funding to label all new plants with large wooden sticks, grow peas on wooden trellis and a using locally recycled brown bin waste compost to refill all planters. Using one coat paint on planters that are safer for the environment and won’t need another coat for up to five years. We aim to use recyclable plastic where possible to lessen the affect on the environment. Ideally we would like to see no new plastics used within any purchases from the group by 2020.
In summary, the overall objective of the project is to continue the demand for growing of free fresh food within reach of everyone of all abilities, engage other who would not know how to grow/garden, make the village a cleaner, healthier place and social inclusion for all of Winchburgh over growing.
Winchburgh is a growing village with a large new development underway building over 3,000 new homes and this project helps bring everyone together #OneWinchburgh