How can Capital Growth help?
In the pilot phase, running up to March 2009, we had 50,000 available via a grant from the London Development Agency, to help set up 50 new community food growing spaces. In the longer term, we will be offering all types of in-kind support to assist people in setting up a project and to support them in the longrun. If the next stage of fundraising is successful, we will also support horticultural and enterprise training, and approach other organisations for equipment/services to donate to the new community food growing spaces.
• We have just closed our most recent round of small grants and are planning a further round very soon. • We are approaching organisations for equipment/services to donate to the new community food growing spaces. For example, we are delighted to have teamed up with Duchy Originals, who are providing free organic seeds to all new Capital Growth projects, as well as a further 1/3 discount on their seed range. We are also very pleased to have teamed up with tool supplier Fiskars, who are offering Capital Growth spaces a limited supply of free gardening tools for their projects. • We are developing opportunities to support spaces with horticultural and enterprise training. • We run network events for the spaces we support, giving you the opportunity to meet, and learn from, other projects and community food growing experts in London • We have a number of project support volunteers on hand to assist you with your projects. 6. What is the definition of a new food growing space? This project
