Grow Organic - Manningham and Girlington

Aim:Working with Manningham Healthy Living Initiative and it's partner organisations, the programme will support local food growing, gardening and healthy eating by schools and youth groups in the Manningham and Girlington area.

We do this via:

1) Regular schools/youth group sessions, growing food and taking part in outdoor, physical and associated activities (on own site or on our allotment plots). A year round programme to share skills in horticulture and the growing of food crops led by experienced and trained staff who offer practical help and support with resources.

2) Stimulating interest and responding to requests from schools/young people to offer taster/occasional sessions in physical, outdoor food growing and associated activities. Taster sessions are an effective method to engage schools and demonstrate to them the value of a gardening club. BCEP can offer a complete package to help schools establish year round gardening club facilities.

3) Provision of fresh organic produce for regular groups to take home, with information on its healthy preparation.

4) Cook and eat/tasting sessions using seasonally available produce and own produce when available, supporting the 5-a-day message. Trained and experienced nutrition education staff will deliver on site sessions teaching children to take produce from the ground and preparing it ready for the plate.

5) Providing activities for children and young people at community events to promote growing crops, taking exercise and healthy eating .

 

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