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'Sowing Seeds Birmingham'
- Organisation: British Refugee Council
- Contact the project: Janet Lambert on Jlambert@rswt.org
- Award level: Small Award
- Theme: Growing food locally, Celebrating cultural diversity, Social enterprise, Skills and learning, Healthy eating, healthy living
- Region: West Midlands
About the project
As a human rights charity, independent of government, we work to ensure that refugees are given the protection they need, that they are treated with respect and understanding, and that they have the same rights, opportunities and responsibilities as other members of our society. We aim to provide high quality advice, support and services to refugees and their families, where we are best placed to do so. Supported by over 500 volunteers, we provide services within London, the East of England, West Midlands and Yorkshire and Humberside. Sowing Seeds is an allotment project which improves the mental and physical well-being of destitute refugees living in Hounslow, many of whom are at the end of a lenghty asylum process, receive limited or no financial support and face significant barriers to eating healthily.
Local Food is part of the Big Lottery Fund's Changing Spaces programme which was launched in November 2005 to help communities enjoy and improve their local environments.
The programme funds a range of activities from local food schemes and farmers markets, to education projects teaching people about the local environment.
Changing Spaces Advice Line
Tel: 0845 3 671 671