Sherwood Centre awarded £5000 in funds for new greenhouse
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February 19, 2025
Our Sherwood Centre day services have recently been awarded £5000 from the B&Q Foundation for a brand new greenhouse that service users can enjoy.
When our Sherwood Centre staff heard about the B&Q Foundation, who were looking to award grants that made a positive difference in our local communities, they began looking towards the service's garden.
Many service users at the Sherwood Centre enjoy spending time in the garden, including growing their own vegetables and plants. That was when Jo Brown, Service Manager at the Sherwood Centre, came up with the perfect outdoor project for the centre.
Looking at the polytunnel that the people we support used for gardening, the staff realised that this was ten years old, and opted to replace this with a new greenhouse to enable more space and a better environment for their users.
The greenhouse that they selected was 17ft wide and 8ft tall.
After one unsuccessful round of bidding for funding, the second bid was approved and the Sherwood Centre were awarded a grant of £5000.
Service users even got involved, assisting staff in building a base for the greenhouse out of decking boards. The installation team said it was one of the best bases they had built a greenhouse on.
The greenhouse was finally installed on Friday 31st January and service users were thrilled and happy to enjoy this brand new space for all their gardening ventures.
Huge thank you to all who assisted in this project including Lindsey Myers, Lisa Currie (Gardening Lead), Hayley Dickins (Woodwork Lead) and all the service users in the horticulture and woodwork groups: Ben Vickers, James Conlon, Sarah Williams, Jordan Edwards, Ethan Patchett, Jordan Linnington and Matthew Buckland.
Just in time for spring and the start of the growing season!
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