The garden fence to natter over
Programme 4 from the Grassroots Channel tells the story of Neville Lilly and how he turned his childhood passion for gardening into a project which has already helped more than a thousand Birmingham children.Not content with that, he has now built a social enterprise selling recycled timber and a huge range of new products. Also in this programme, more feedback from our fab listeners.
Links:
Neville’s story as a pdf
New Environmental Ventures Ltd
Social Enterprise Coalition
Uplands Allotments in Birmingham
Citizen Lab in Toronto
North West Staffordshire Rural Community Forum
Generous
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January 18th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
[...] If you enjoyed this story you might also like an earlier programme, The Garden Fence to Natter Over, which tells the story of how Neville Lilly has used allotments in handsworth to revivie parts of his community technorati tags: farmers market farmers market social enterprise cic community interest company kings norton organic food miles farma del.icio.us tags: farmers market farmers market social enterprise cic community interest company kings norton organic food miles farma icerocket tags: farmers market farmers market social enterprise cic community interest company kings norton organic food miles farma Listen Now: [...]
November 13th, 2007 at 11:13 am
[...] It’s also potentially a much better take on active young people than the toddlerobics I recently read about. See also the podcast below for a good listen on allotments and young people. Neville Lilley on Allotments [7:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download [...]
October 19th, 2008 at 8:59 am
[...] One of these involved a project in Handsworth where allotments have been used to engage young people in the area in a positive and educational manner. [...]
October 19th, 2008 at 9:26 am
[...] In a matter of minutes of the site being up Nick Booth was giving great advice and soothing my somewhat fevered brow. He also pointed me in the direction of an allotment project in Handsworth, Birmingham where the “social” in social media was really evident and demonstrated that allotments are not just about elderly men in sheds complaining about the lack of growth in their marrows. [...]