Growing Communities is a new project set up by The David Cock Foundation to help local communities connect with nature and the outdoors.
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Goodbye. The David Cock Foundation closed its doors today. David Cock's legacy enabled the trustees to give a total of £6.7m in grants. The trustees would like to thank all our partners for the work that they have done to help communities and places. bit.ly/3RfOtwx
Planting 'David's Copse' in memory of David Cock at Holwell Reserves @LeicsWildlife! David was a farmer, cricketer and philanthropist from Essex. #legacy #grant bit.ly/3RfOtwx
It's been an honour to follow @MellersPrimary journey in raising significant funds to create a school garden in partnership with @WildscapesCoop. Providing a nurturing green space for their inner city pupils in Nottingham. Proud sponsors of this fantastic project. #grant #nature
Great to see the NEW community garden at Lakeside Corby today. A joint social prescribing project between @GwkNhants, NHS Property Services & @LakesideHealth1. Helping patients to connect with nature to boost mental & physical wellbeing. Proud to support the gardening sessions.
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Jamie's Farm features in a wonderful piece about how Jamie and Tish set up the charity. It also reveals an insight into our methodology behind the programme leading to transformative change in young people:
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Fantastic work by @LeicsWildlife in the creation of the new Holwell Wood (13,000 trees)! Community tree planting at it's best improving biodiversity. #grant youtu.be/dk3f_HBh-wc?si=MAz6… via @YouTube
Supporting local groups to connect with nature with our Growing Communities grant scheme. Well done Natural-Ise for organising a successful community tree planting day! Kettering environmental group plants 120 native trees in Ise Valley field.#kettering northantstelegraph.co.uk/new…
Working with @Camfed to support girls to learn, thrive and become leaders and game changers in their communities and beyond.... #womeninbusiness #CAMFEDsisterhood
Good to be supporting @LeicsWildlife Community Tree Planting Day adjacent to Holwell Nature Reserves. An impressive 13,000 native trees being planted to create a significant woodland and wildlife corridor! Good for nature, good for the local community. #mentalhealth #Grant
Supporting @IncEdNetwork as they campaign hard for the right to grow on disused council land. Great coverage on SkyNews in Hull with Tom Heap.. bit.ly/48hqUdn #GreenCities #growyourown @FoodHull
Have you heard about the #RightToGrow? We're supporting Incredible Edible's campaign for a new Right to Grow law, which would radically improve the opportunities community groups have to grow food on public land. incredibleedible.org.uk #CommunityCultivation #CommunityGrowing
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Happy #worldenvironmentday ♻️ 💚 This year's theme is #solutionstoplasticpollution. our SEND environmental projects include reusing plastic bottles into bird feeders. Just one of the ways we can reuse plastic and support wildlife. #wildernessuk #reuserecyclereduce
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We are looking for additional Support Team members to help at our corporate event days in London. Ideal for anyone seeking occasional hours & keen to gain experience of working for a charity, fundraising & events: lnkd.in/eKhmkyfE #charity #event #london #environment
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It's here! Support @DoorstepLib in raising £60,000 to help 900 more children catch up on lost schooling. 94% of children using our service report increased confidence in reading. Thanks to @ChildhoodTrust all donations are doubled for one week only! bit.ly/DonateToDL_BigGive
Proud to support this fantastic charity Doorstep Library, who bring the joy of reading directly into disadvantaged homes. Help them reach a target of £60,000! For every pound you give, it will be matched for just one week. donate.biggive.org/campaign/… @DoorstepLib @ChildhoodTrust
Fantastic news! Right To Grow campaign was debated in the House of Lords! Pleased to be supporting this cause to help local people get access to public space to grow ... incredibleedible.org.uk/news…
Check out "Pasture To Plate - The Second Leicestershire Food Summit" eventbrite.co.uk/e/pasture-t… @Eventbrite
Very pleased to support Grow Live CIC as they transform a disused allotment at Rowan Gate Primary SEN school in Rushen, Northants creating an inclusive, accessible and thriving green space. #grant #nature #SEN
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Watch “The Orchard Project in Crowcroft Park, Manchester 2023” by @LondonOrchard @ProjectOrchard on vimeo.com/819541574?ref=tw-s…
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We held our KHL Big Local Partnership meeting today in the KHL Community Workshop. A great meeting. Productive and pleasant. @TimMorton2 @katewilliams138 @CarolineBarrat2 @LocalTrust Tim and Bob had a meeting about the Workshop. I met with Lilian and we did some art.
