Want to support the Moss Side Community?
A group of volunteers are working together to create a new community harden at the Millennium Powerhouse and they need your help! What better way to start the new year than giving a good deed of your time that will have a long and lasting positive impact on the Moss Side Community.
The community garden will be a sustainable and accessible space for the local community to learn how to grow edible and non-edible plants from seed and cuttings. It will be a space to enjoy all the benefits of gardening, and meet new people, improve your wellbeing all while learning new skills. All this will help people through the current and ongoing cost of living crisis and introduce them to the importance of environmental habits such as carbon capture, having bio-diversity and repurposing food waste to make free organic nutrients for plants.
One of the end goals is to give people the skills, confidence and support to take their new skills and use them in their gardens, indoor growing environment and outdoor surrounding community spaces.
How to get involved
The group need your help to kick start the programme – please consider giving us a few hours of your time to help move soil and prepare the ground, from planter building and jet washing to sorting out pots or planting our early seeds! If you can spare a few hours, half or even a full day they will really appreciate your support!
Please let Patrick know if you are interested by no later than Monday the 19th of December, you can register your interest by emailing Patrick at patina37@googlemail.com indicating the time and date you would like to attend as a volunteer and type of work you are able/ unable to do.
Dates for Volunteering: Friday 13th and Friday 20th of January 2023
Times: Shifts 10-12:30 or 1.30 to 3pm
Level of work: Please do let Patrick know they type of work you are interested in (some of our jobs require heavy lifting, and they will be shared between people who are physically able to do them). There are lots of other less demanding jobs too like keeping the volunteers fed and watered – just let Patrick know
All equipment will be provided on the day and we ask that you bring gardening appropriate clothing with you.
Thank you, and looking forward to hearing from you all!
