tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59284365725669837592024-02-19T14:06:54.017+00:00Moulsecoomb Forest Garden & Wildlife ProjectMFGWPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09567102528213597418noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5928436572566983759.post-52210093907188631432019-08-21T07:58:00.003+01:002019-08-21T09:20:10.852+01:00AN UNEQUAL PARTNERSHIP <div align="JUSTIFY" class="western" style="margin-left: -0.05cm; margin-top: 0cm; orphans: 0; widows: 0;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: normal;">A
recent article <a href="https://timetospare.com/blog?id=grants-cost-more-than-they-are-worth">'Understanding the hidden costs of grant making'</a>
really got to the heart of the charitable sector problem. Its
shocking revelations concluded that it often costs more to apply for
a grant than the money you receive! That is of course if you are
successful; with most applications it seems you've got more chance of
winning the lottery than being given the cash. </span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So
much work goes into even small grant applications; reading the
guidelines, understanding the questions, making up another budget,
getting three quotes for small amounts of work, speaking to funders.
Then you are rejected but with no explanation as to why.
<span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Understandably many
charities don't want to bite the hand that feeds them and an unequal
partnership has developed where you tip your hat for any crumbs you
can get. </span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
stark reality is, like so many small charities we will always need
grants to keep going. Despite cutting our budget to the bone, it
still costs £6,700 a month to keep our head above water. It's a
tedious hand to mouth struggle which makes planning for the future
impossible. That's why its so frustrating when you get someone telling us what we need to do to make us sustainable like tapping up business. Like we haven't tried! Many businesses are
happy to give you a team building day but no cash for organising it.
We’ve been hunting for years in totally wired Brighton for someone
to revamp our website but with no luck. School funding has been shot
to pieces, disabled people's services have been slashed, with new
people being sent to us with the expectation that we can provide a
free service. If we charged our true costs the people we set up to
support wouldn't be able to access our services.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">We've been busy in the summer holidays with visits by Moulsecoomb Primary
youngsters, children from the carers centre and Into University. It's
income, the sort grant funders love, but it doesn't really touch the
sides. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">That's
not to say they are not important. It's why we exist! At our busy
open day, parents from Moulsecoomb Primary booked up our free summer
scheme course before we'd even advertised it. These are exactly the
children we want to support, those who often miss out on these
experiences for whatever reason. We organised a fishing trip for
older ones that unfortunately had to be cancelled because of the
weather. Getting parents to fill in
consent forms was a logistical nightmare, so once again those that
really need a break and the chance to do something different, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extra-curricular-activities-soft-skills-and-social-mobility">miss out</a>. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So while I’m
filling in another monitoring report for another small pot of money I
wonder why our annual report and accounts won’t do. I know the
people on trusts means well, but they need to put themselves in our
shoes and realise that they are often contributing to small charities
drowning in paperwork and stopping them doing what they are meant to
be doing in the first place. Just ask yourself, why so many questions
and what do you really need all those monitoring reports for?<span lang="en"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en">As
one young lad excitedly scoffed the raspberries, a fruit he said he
had never tried before and hunted for newts, a pond creature he had
never seen, we know that our work is needed more than ever. Funders
need to rip up those forms and start again, go visit projects to see
what they really get up too before there's no small charities left to
support. </span></span></span>
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</span><span lang="en">Like what we do? One easy way to support our
work is to b</span><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: normal;">ecome
a <a href="http://seedybusiness.org/documents/mfgwp-giftaid2014.pdf">Friend of the Forest Garden</a>. Currently we earn </span></span><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: normal;">over
£400 </span></span><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: normal;">a
month this way </span></span><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: normal;">and
it really helps with budgeting. </span></span></span></span></div>
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Don't believe us? Pop up one Friday to see what we get up to, share a
meal with everyone and see how our little charity tackles some of the
big issues head on - like loneliness, food poverty, education and
feeling part of a community. We might even let you dig for some
spuds. </span></span></div>
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MFGWPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09567102528213597418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5928436572566983759.post-512126460903155802019-07-08T18:41:00.000+01:002019-07-08T18:45:47.305+01:00GETTING READY FOR OUR OPEN DAY <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
event is free thanks to sponsorship from <a href="http://www.homity.co.uk/">Homity Trust</a> and
<a href="https://bhfood.org.uk/"> Brighton & Hove Food Partnership</a> but please be generous
on the
gate. We are fed up of looking behind the sofa for pennies. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">We have
lots of raffle prizes. Who doesn't want cream tea at The
Grand, a
trip on the i360, a </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">remote
controlled car, </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">duvet
covers
and much more. </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">How
about making a small <a href="http://seedybusiness.org/documents/mfgwp-giftaid2014.pdf">monthly standing order</a> ? And if you have
made a
standing order, check with us that you have ticked the gift aid so we
can
claim more on your donation.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Please
ask for a tour at the gate and one of our volunteers will show
you
round. And don't worry, we won't then send you an email asking
how you
rate your experience. You can make your own pizza, enjoy homemade cakes and a cuppa, try out some primitive technology, check out our wildlife and our bees, even spend a penny in our compost loo. You might even get a selfie with the Mayor if you arrive at 2pm</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">See you all Friday.The welcoming committee awaits! </span></span></span></div>
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MFGWPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09567102528213597418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5928436572566983759.post-1047153189948167902019-05-23T17:22:00.000+01:002019-05-23T17:28:14.352+01:00MOULSECOOMB PRIMARY : AN OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SCHOOL <div align="JUSTIFY" class="western">
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other week a </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">woman
who ran a puppet show </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">at</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Moulsecoomb Primary </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">said
the school</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
ha</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">d</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
a 'big heart.' The show was about children's mental health and</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">
one of the activities was getting children to write a list of things
that help them with their well-being. At most other schools pupils
said - X-box, toys, theme parks etc - but she noticed at Moulsecoomb
it was ‘playing with my brother’ ‘going outside with my
friends’ ‘time with my family.’ </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">She
got that the school is the beating heart of the community and really
is a 'compassionate, learning community.' You can read the <a href="http://www.moulsecoomb.brighton-hove.sch.uk/about-us/prospectus">school prospectus here </a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Over
40 organisations work in the school, all of them helping to enrich
the pupils lives and support the children’s learning. Just look at what was <a href="http://www.moulsecoomb.brighton-hove.sch.uk/news-events/guest-blog">happening in one week</a> alone! </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Brighton
and Hove's</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Reading Centre is based here, the library </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">has
been </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
turned into a jungle, its a bike hub of excellence and pupils from
across Sussex are taught the <a href="http://www.moulsecoomb.brighton-hove.sch.uk/pre-history-workshops">pre-history curriculum</a> in the stunning
school grounds. We are home to <a href="https://www.littlegreenpig.org.uk/blog/watch-a-transmission-from-brightstar/">Little Green Pigs</a> space station,
bringing literacy and storytelling to life while <a href="https://www.albioninthecommunity.org.uk/school-celebrate-year-working-albion-community/">Albion in the Community</a> use the power of sport to </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">provide
high quality interventions improving children’s English, maths,
communication skills, teamwork, resilience and physical literacy.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
<a href="http://moulsecoombforestgarden.blogspot.com/2018/12/looking-back-2018.html">M</a></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://moulsecoombforestgarden.blogspot.com/2018/12/looking-back-2018.html">oulsecoomb Forest Garden</a> uses</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
outdoor learning and the power of nature to teach all children, but
especially those that struggle in the classroom. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Finding
a </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">leech
</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">in
the pond led to conversations about it and maggots </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">healing
powers! Outdoor learning might be the new flavour of the month, but
the school has been ahead of that game for over a decade. </span></span></span></div>
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are the only primary school in the city where our brightest pupils
have the opportunity to go to <a href="https://www.christs-hospital.org.uk/">Christ Hospital Independent School</a> while <a href="https://intouniversity.org/">Into University</a> provide after school homework clubs.</span></span></div>
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University will be moving one of its student teaching modules into
the school, that will help us evaluate these interventions, along
with <a href="http://brightontabletennisclub.com/">Brighton Table Tennis Club</a> moving into the back buildings using
sport and Ping Maths to teach pupils. </span></span>
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many schools would show the front door to some of our more
challenging pupils, the school bends over backwards to be inclusive
going above and beyond to find a way of reaching and teaching them.
There's opportunities for parents to learn as well as regularly be in
the classroom finding out how they can support their children at
home. When the Bridge Community Centre suddenly closed, it was the
school that hosted an emergency meeting to find a way to keep
activities going and now hosts some of the adult education facilities
that would have been lost.</span></span></div>
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a parent now community governor I work hard with others to make sure
the school has the ability to keep this level of community support
going. This is despite losing a staggering £388,000 since 2015. We have found
funding from organisations like <a href="https://www.eastbrightontrust.com/blog/read_181035/enrichment-activities-for-moulsecoomb-primary-school.html">East Brighton Trust</a> and the <a href="https://fonthill-foundation.org.uk/community-grants">Fonthill Foundation</a> so we can continue with school trips and are working with
the <a href="https://www.yha.org.uk/">Youth Hostel Association</a> to give Year 6 'transition' holidays as
well as looking at giving families who never get the chance to have a
break a chance to go away with their children. </span></span>
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haven't got the data skills or numbing crunching that OFSTED obsess about, but being in the school so often I
see how hard the teachers work and care, and how often governors are
in the school observing, supporting, questioning and challenging to
make it a better place - and what's often left out in the measurements - seeing how happy the children are. </span></span>
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understand OFSTED are changing; looking for schools that offer a rich
and varied curriculum. Moulsecoomb Primary has this richness in
bucketfuls and on this measurement is outstanding and a school where
I am proud to say my children attended.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Black Russian and Italian Heart (Heritage) Alicante, garden delight, moneymaker, stripie, red alert.<br /><b>Herbs</b>: Parsley, chives, sorrel, basil</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Flowers: </b>Morning Glory, red toadflax, mallow, geranium, sweet william, montbresia, pink cosmo, acanthus, French marigolds, calendua, echium, chrysanthemuns,, nasturtiums, pansy, lobelia - blue upright and trailing dolly mixture, carnation, asters, daliah, busy lizzie, antirrhinum, alyssum, Californian peppers, sweet peas, passion flower, pinks, coleus, petunia. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Over
30 people came to the forest garden last Friday – a melting pot that included people with
learning difficulties, students and a youngster in care who we are
working with to achieve an <a href="http://www.moulsecoombforestgarden.org./outdoor-education.shtml">Open College Network qualification</a>.</span></span></div>
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winter sun shone, people worked hard, had a laugh and tucked into a
home made pie cooked over the fire. </span></span>
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was perfect, and this happens week after week (just not always in the
sunshine). You can see from our <a href="http://moulsecoombforestgarden.blogspot.com/2018/">annual report</a> how much of a punch our
small charity packs on a shoestring. And you can see the positive
impact our work has to all involved.</span></span></div>
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yet the night before at our trustees meeting we scratched our heads
and asked just how are we meant to function on thin air. </span></span><br />
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to school budget cuts, the education work we had built up for years,
collapsed and now we have to fundraise to offer subsidised places.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Disability
services are decimated, so more people are being sent to the project
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want fun, excitement, something new – not boring old core costs. No
one wants to pay for the essentials like insurance, rent, wages that
support the charity’s continuity and longer term sustainability.</span></span></div>
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is nothing new, but it’s the perfect storm that so many small
charities are facing. Increasing demand, with fewer funds available -
and greater competition between charities for each funding
opportunity. No wonder so many are going to the wall.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">But
there is a very simple way you can help. Become a Friend of the Forest Garden for as little as £2 a month. Currently we earn £330 a
month this way and would love to get it to £500. This would cover
the boring stuff and stop us having sleepless nights. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you need convincing, come up one Friday to see what we get up to,
share a meal with everyone and see how our little charity tackles
some of the big issues head on - like loneliness, food poverty,
education and feeling part of a community. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">* Details of how to become a Friend of the Forest Garden are <a href="http://www.moulsecoombforestgarden.org./donations.shtml">here</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Another
year at the garden where we went from a very wet winter to a boiling
hot summer. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">While
we can never predict the weather, one</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
thing that is constant is the number of visitors that come and see
what we get up to</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">o.
This year </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">one
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">welcome
development was that more and more potential funders have been coming
up – <a href="https://sussexgiving.org.uk/about-sussex-community-foundation/">Sussex Community Foundation</a>, <a href="https://fonthill-foundation.org.uk/uk-projects">Fonthill Foundation</a>, <a href="http://ekct.org.uk/">Ernest Kleinwort</a>, <a href="https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/">Big Lottery</a>, <a href="http://www.homity.co.uk/">Homity Trust</a> and <a href="https://www.postcodelottery.co.uk/">Peoples Postcode Lottery</a>
along with companies who are our near neighbours such as UK Power
Networks and Paxtons. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Local
councillor Tracey Hill also generously awarded part of her ward
budget to support </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">our</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Our
workdays continue to bristle with activity fuelled by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/389518761159159/?fref=ts">lunch cooked</a> by Carly and Jo. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">We
encouraged long term volunteer Andrew to start working in <a href="http://www.thebevy.co.uk/">The Bevy Pub</a> and he is now the omelette as well as <a href="http://brightontabletennisclub.co.uk/about">table tennis king</a> – just not
at the same time. We continue to wor</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">k
</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">with
<a href="https://www.st-johns.co.uk/about/history/">St. John's</a> and the council to make sure we support any </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">adults
with learning disabilities</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">
who want to move on to more training and paid work. </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">Once
again the weather was kind at our <a href="https://moulsecoombforestgarden.blogspot.com/2018/07/open-day-2018_25.html">Open Day</a> where volunteers and
pupils showed people what we get up to</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">o</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">We
put up a new polytunnel thanks to <a href="https://www.firsttunnels.co.uk/">First Tunnels</a> (where an ash tree
branch duly </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">fell
through</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">
it) which helpe</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">d,</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">
along with the sun and the hotbox at Moulsecoomb Primary to produce
our best tomato crop ever – with hardly a blighted leaf in sight.
Above the new poly we have been busy working on a new sensory garden
that will be somewhere quiet to pot up plants and have your lunch in
peace. This is also where we are building Matthe</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">w's</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;"> Corner, a permanent reminder of one of our most loved volunteers who
sadly passed away at the beginning of the year. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">We
welcomed <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=243075489880593&id=100025344305095&__xts__[0]=68.ARBGxBc6PRQZzauHRGlwPUOgFuPJyCX6dm1xwnb7Y-Y4ZLzhpdRogie_ZT3T0L04xoxIRYI45xtqftOL5D3jM4klyzo-Ocx6MEgyDcFPcZiZAN4f3xNmt6Nw11wflZusBQ5b8SVLeOjcYOFWmsEqA7PGfMTvcH7XRPdWO5KEHrRojQUJSAde_KdXk-tndd5xxp02f0vsYyHuiNwhjThwgdgKyHlla1RaqHFV7adBpxdP1daWLnk6oM_Wujs6BqAoTRVtVa-AeKfMp1cl_CxoMogZValhm0fAzxQwtXFeueetVn4uut25O8_kwycSkgW3HV2MYhmPfJ_f---i6_VHam68tg&__tn__=-R">Moulsecoomb Chomp</a> and <a href="http://www.concordiavolunteers.org.uk/uk-projects/">Concordia</a> while hosting <a href="https://www.mindcharity.co.uk/">MIND</a> eco-therapy workshops, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/brighthelmstonewoodchips/">Woodchips</a>, <a href="https://www.thewildnetwork.com/">The Wild Network</a> and some mental health first aid training.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Sensingfriends/"> Sensing Friends,</a>
an organisation for blind and partially sighted youngsters now hold
regular activities at the garden. We continue to offer placements to
Universities for students as part of their community partnership
module </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">and
</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">Paige
gained work experience with us through her course at the Brighton
MET. We have been working with Paige since she was 5 and she now
works at Spiral Sussex. </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">Thanks
to Peoples Postcode Lottery funding <a href="https://brightonenergy.org.uk/">Brighton Energy Co-op</a> put solar
panels on our cabi</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">n.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Pat
and Carly continue to work at <a href="https://www.baca-uk.org.uk/default.asp">Brighton Aldridge Community Academy</a>
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">(BACA)</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">every
week</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
delivering gardening, woodcraft and cooking sessions as well as their
pupils coming to the project, all part of the schools
alternative provision strategy. We are building up our educational
work again thanks to funding from The </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Fonthill
Foundation enabling us to act quickl</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;">y,
</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;">rather
than a lack of finance being a barrier to pupils accessing our
services. Already we have been able to offer a </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;">BACA
</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;">pupil
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to one</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
sessions at the </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Forest
Garden</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
enabling him to pass his OCN Level one in Woodland Skills. We showed
the new Head of BACA around the project and he has introduced better
systems for </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;">pupils
to be able to access</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
the type of</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
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intervention we can offer. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;">T</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">hanks
to <a href="http://www.thepebbletrust.org/">The Pebble Trust</a> we </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;">ran
another summer scheme for Moulsecoomb children to have fun learning
about bushcraft, playing games in the woods and of course, make
pizzas in our clay oven. However, we do need to change the format
for older ones as i</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;">t's</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
getting harder to compete against computer games! </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Daisy
is now working with Warren a day a week at <a href="http://www.moulsecoomb.brighton-hove.sch.uk/">Moulsecoomb Primary</a> to
help maintain their award</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;">-</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">winning
school grounds, helping with the lunch time environment club and
working 1</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;">:</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1
with 3 girls who are really benefiting from the extra support.
Pupils from the school regularly visit us – planting garlic, camp
building, storytelling, hunting for treasure in the woods. A few also helped with a
plant sale at the Bevy selling plants grown at the school and at the
garden, raising funds for the Friday Friends seniors lunch club. Our
runner beans and rhubarb helped feed the seniors club. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">This
year we </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">adopted
Moulsecoomb train station </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">as part of the <a href="http://www.sussexcrp.org/discover-the-lines/seaford-to-brighton/">Sussex Community Rail Partnership</a> programme with
the school </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">and
have started planting up a bee and butterfly bank. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">At
our recent strategy meeting <a href="https://plus.google.com/107232906067286418822">Rachel Bicker </a>a </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">biodiversity
officer at Gatwick</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;"> presented her draft wildlife plan</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">.
Rachel is responsible for the reptile mats at the garden helping us
to increase the number </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">of
slow worms</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">,
and to make it easier to find and identify them. </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">We
are really pleased that Rachel is now one of our trustees. Beth from
<a href="https://www.teampollinate.co.uk/">Team Pollinate </a>at Sussex University has also been busy recording
pollinating insects. In</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">
</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">fact
you could see them both having a Bug Off at our open day. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">We
like our volunteers to be fully involved and in the past year we have
held two user group meetings where we listen to how we can
improve what we do </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">as
well as an AGM at The Bevy which featured light show accounts, curry, karaoke and dinosaurs!</span></span></span></span></div>
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finally its always nice to be acknowledged for your work and we came
first in Brighton and Hove <a href="http://brightonandhovecityinbloom.co.uk/">City in Bloom</a> Best Community Charity Garden. So what
better way to celebrate the end of the year with over 50 people
enjoying what former Mayor Pete West described as 'the best alfresco Christmas dinner in Brighton.' </span></span></span></span></div>
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Support what we do? Then why not become a Friend of the Forest Garden
with a </span><a href="http://www.moulsecoombforestgarden.org./donations.shtml"><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><span style="color: black;">monthly standing order.</span></u></span></span></a><span style="color: black;">
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<span lang="en-GB">Any trustee worth their runner
beans should always ask the question '<i>why are we doing this?'</i> And so Forest
Garden secretary and regular volunteer Duncan quite rightly asked –
what is it we want from our annual open day?</span></div>
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<span lang="en-GB">It's not to make money, if it
wasn't for the generous grant from <a href="http://www.homity.co.uk/moulsecoomb-forest-garden-the-bevy/">Homity Trust </a>it would cost us to
put on the event but we do hope new visitors will see the value in
our work and support us financially.</span></div>
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It's not just about numbers, although 150 came
through the gates and about the same number of pizzas flew out of our
clay oven.</div>
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<span lang="en-GB">For those with learning
disabilities that volunteer regularly it is a chance to show their
friends and families what they get up too. For some it is tinged with
sadness. The Cheesman family have always been massive supporters of
the project and <a href="http://moulsecoombforestgarden.blogspot.com/2018/01/matthew-cheesman_30.html">Matthew Cheesman</a> was a much loved regular volunteer
who died suddenly a few months back. It affected everyone at the
garden and we are busy working on 'Matthew's Corner' to remember him.</span></div>
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Another volunteer brought up his family. Since
working with us, he's lost weight, been able to cut down on his
medication and most importantly make new friends.
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<span lang="en-GB">We also had seven students from
<a href="http://www.baca-uk.org.uk/Welcome/">Brighton Aldridge Community Academy </a>(BACA) who come to the project on
Thursdays while Pat and Carly work with them and other pupils at BACA
other days of the week. They showed off the skills they had learnt,
some put on the bee suits and checked out the hives, and of all of
them made pizzas – and while people hunted for wildlife one used
his </span><span lang="en-GB">camouflage</span><span lang="en-GB">
skills to hide in a big apple tree and dangle a giant rubber beetle
down to startled passers by! A group of adults who were failing to
light a fire using natural techniques were shown how too by a Year 7
pupil in one strike. These pupils struggle at school and yet are
thriving in an outdoor classroom environment. One lad in particular
has benefited from funding we have received from the <a href="https://fonthill-foundation.org.uk/uk-projects">Fonthill Foundation</a> which has enabled us to offer 1-1 booster sessions. Working a couple of hours extra with Pat each week has enabled him to pass his level one in <a href="http://www.moulsecoombforestgarden.org./outdoor-education.shtml">Woodland Skills</a>. We also had lots of families
with younger children at <a href="http://www.moulsecoomb.brighton-hove.sch.uk/about-us/prospectus">Moulsecoomb Primary</a>, familiar with us from
our work at the school and the visits to the garden. </span></div>
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<span lang="en-GB">Another former pupil is now
working for <a href="http://www.spiralsussex.co.uk/">Spiral Sussex</a>. We have been working with her
family for years at Moulsecoomb Primary and BACA and she has helped
Carly cooking crew food at festivals but it has been her work at the
garden where she realised she has real rapport working with adults
with learning disabilities which has led her to paid work. </span>
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<span lang="en-GB">We also had our first Bug Off
with <a href="https://plus.google.com/107232906067286418822">Rachel Bicker</a>, the biodiversity consultant at Gatwick and Beth
Nicholls from <a href="https://www.teampollinate.co.uk/">Team Pollinate</a> a Sussex University project collecting
data on pollinators in the city. They worked with visitors and
scoured the garden and ponds finding 96 different species all entered
into <a href="https://www.brc.ac.uk/irecord/">iRecord</a> website. Both Rachel and Beth are regular visitors to
the project and have tapped into our volunteers passion for wildlife.
We will be using their expertise to see how we can increase wildlife
habitats including a new bee and butterfly bank we will create with
Moulsecoomb Primary school as part of our <a href="http://www.sussexcrp.org/">partnership</a> with
Moulsecoomb train station. </span></div>
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<span lang="en-GB">While Carly's pizzas are always
popular Jo's cafe was doing a roaring trade of home made sweet and
savoury snacks made and served by our volunteers. We also held our
first raffle thanks to support from The </span>Grand, <a href="http://www.brightonopenairtheatre.co.uk/">Brighton Open Air Theatre</a>, <a href="http://bhfood.org.uk/">Brighton and Hove Food Partnership</a>, M&S, a nail
manicure, an amazing home-made vegetable themed cake and Brighton and Hove Buses, with access officer Victoria Garcia and instructor Kim
popping up to the garden.</div>
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<span lang="en-GB">So what is the open day for?
Well it's not just a window into our work but an opportunity for the
wide variety of people who come to the garden to feel part of a community and proud of the work they do.</span><br />
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<span lang="en-GB"></span>* Why not become a <a href="http://www.moulsecoombforestgarden.org./donations.shtml">Friend of the Forest Garden </a>and
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MFGWPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09567102528213597418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5928436572566983759.post-41204273927098666522018-05-30T08:03:00.002+01:002018-05-30T08:03:28.910+01:00OPEN DAY FRIDAY 20TH JULY Come and see what we get up at our next open day<br />
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<br />MFGWPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09567102528213597418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5928436572566983759.post-75696552298201541852018-01-30T16:36:00.001+00:002018-01-30T16:38:40.259+00:00MATTHEW CHEESMAN <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Matthew Cheesman 1968-2018 </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">We are sorry to announce the passing of Matthew Cheesman. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Matthew had been coming to the garden every Friday for seven years. With his big smile and cheerful disposition, Matthew was a joy to have around. He was a very good gardener and he loved to cook – as was also partial to the odd biscuit that we have with our endless cups of tea,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rushing excitedly up the hill asking what jobs we had to do today he was also very canny. The other month he said he wasn't feeling very well – this of course had nothing to do with the massive pile of woodchips that had just been delivered, ready to be pushed up the hill! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">We like to socialise at the garden and Matthew was really content when after an event we would all sit round the fire with a beer or when we all went to the Bevy Pub for a pint. Him and Pat once got a sharing platter at the Bevy, unfortunately for Pat the only thing Matthew wanted to share was one onion ring. He also had grand plans for turning our cabin into a bachelor pad, with a comfy sofa, stereo and TV. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Matthew loved to cook with Carly and Jo but could come back with some interesting cooking impliments. One time when he was asked to go and get a bowl but he came back half hour later with a golf club ! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">He got on really well with people, and was a great ambassador for the project often helping show visitors around. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Everyone at the garden has been saying that its not the same without him so later this year we will be creating 'Matthews corner' with his own bench and a fruit tree. We are working on finding a chocolate biscuit bush to grow next to it </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So thank you Matthew for everything you brought to the garden – it just isn't the same without you. </span></span></div>
MFGWPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09567102528213597418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5928436572566983759.post-47026337481144240342017-12-28T12:08:00.001+00:002017-12-31T11:43:21.304+00:00LOOKING BACK 2017 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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who has visited the garden this year has commented on how great it is looking, and that's thanks to all our volunteers. Infact, we are often
so busy with volunteers on our workdays that its hard to find enough jobs for everyone to
do! It no doubt helps that Carly and Jo cook up such <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/389518761159159/?fref=ts">fantastic food at lunchtimes</a> so many of our guests leave with a full belly and a
great impression. From councillors and MPs to chief executives and
funders to one woman who saw an <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jun/10/me-and-my-garden-warren-carter-moulsecoomb-forest-garden-brighton?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Tweet">article in The Guardian</a> about us and
came down from Edinburgh to see what we get up to.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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work with a host of disability charities and have really strengthened
our work with <a href="https://www.st-johns.co.uk/">St.Johns College</a> and are looking to move students onto further training and work placements. One mum whose son regularly attends told us " L loves going and his longest sentences
are all about Moulsecoomb - we've seen so much development and growth
in him since he's been able to come and spend time with you, it's
brilliant.' We also continue to offer <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq9jOWZSSyA&feature=youtu.be">placements to university students</a> as part
of their community module. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: navy; font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">We
like our volunteers to be fully involved and in the past year we have
held two user group meetings where we listen to how we could improve what we do. One ended up with a fish n chip
supper at <a href="http://www.buddies24hour.net/">Buddies</a>, our AGM included curry and karaoke and our Christmas Party had the usual feast around the fire! We have
improved access, rebuilt our cooking area thanks to funding from <a href="http://www.eastbrightontrust.org.uk/">East Brighton Trust</a>, and put in a water harvesting
system while Daisy got everyone working on a stunning new herb garden
and drought resistant wildflower bed. Thanks to Peoples Postcode
Lottery we now have funds to provide off-grid heat and lighting
for the cabin and a new seating, while the Co-op have funded a new polytunnel and Awards for All funding will enable us to build a
sensory garden. <a href="http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/community-and-life-events/community-and-voluntary-sector-support/grants-community-and">Brighton and Hove City Council</a> meanwhile helped us with our core costs and <a href="http://www.bailythomas.org.uk/">Baily Thomas</a> and <a href="https://sussexgiving.org.uk/">Sussex Community Foundation</a> help fund the cooking, while <a href="http://bhfood.org.uk/">Brighton and Hove Food Partnership </a>continue to support our work. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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was great to be chosen as one of the Mayors 27 charities. Brighton
and Hove Mayor Pete West broke records for the number of events he
attended and the amount of money he raised. He even joined the
litter-pick we organised with Brighton University and Santander and
came along to the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch we held in January, where
we spotted a record 15 different species</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> with
the help of local ecologist <a href="http://biodiversitygatwick.blogspot.co.uk/">Rachel Bicker</a>.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: navy; font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> We also worked with <a href="https://www.teampollinate.co.uk/">Team Pollinate</a> from the University of Sussex to record pollinating insects that use the
garden.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">While
our workdays continue to thrive </span><span style="color: navy; font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">it's
not all been good news.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: navy; font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Unfortunately
the increasing pressure on school budgets has meant we have lost around 70%
of our school work with pupils. This is not only frustrating for all the work built up by Pat and Phil but also
extremely worrying when it is needed more than ever for an
increasing number of pupils. As one school head teacher told us
"Patcham House has used the Moulsecoomb Forest Garden Project
for the past 7 years. The nurturing and adaptable approach of the
whole project team have improved the outcomes of some of our most
vulnerable and challenging pupils, giving them a space to grow and
discover new skills<span style="color: navy;">. </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: navy; font-size: small;">Two
of our pupils who attended the project to undertake extended work
experience, both learnt and developed construction skills, which
ensured they secured an appropriate post 16 pathway at college. A
more recent pupil, who is terrified of failure and refuses to sit any
tests or exams, has managed to complete their Bushcraft
qualification, and has been able to view this as a stepping stone to
further accreditation and experiencing success. Having worked in
special education for the last 20 years, the Forest Garden project is
exactly the sort of project that is needed to support young people as
part of their curriculum.”<span lang="zxx"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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of the pupils who recently completed his <a href="http://www.moulsecoombforestgarden.org./outdoor-education.shtml">OCN Level 1</a> with us said
'I've learnt life skills to take into jobs, and learnt about trees,
fruits and what is edible. It's been fun getting to know people and
what it's like working together as a group. I enjoyed being treated
as an adult and Pat suggests ideas and asks us to make grown up
choices which shows trust. We have proper intelligent conversations.'</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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are now looking for alternative funding for this vital work </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: navy; font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">with
pupils to not just continue but expand. If you can help please let
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to funding from <a href="https://www.pebbletrust.org/">The Pebble Trust</a> we o</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">nce
again ran a summer scheme for Moulsecoomb children to have fun
learning about bushcraft, play games in the woods and of course make
pizzas in our clay oven. We continue to run the lunchtime gardening
club at <a href="http://www.moulsecoomb.brighton-hove.sch.uk/news-events/eco-schools">Moulsecoomb Primary </a>and have helped build a new garden space
for pupils needing respite, which has a heated greenhouse and hotbox
where we grew so many plants we sold them in the playground and at <a href="http://www.thebevy.co.uk/">The Bevy</a> to raise funds for seed compost. Pupils from the school also
regularly visit us - as part of a <a href="https://www.littlegreenpig.org.uk/blog/going-wild-moulsecoomb/">Little Green Pig literacy project</a> while Hijack Children Festival organised a <a href="http://www.quietdownthere.co.uk/new-page-1/?platform=hootsuite">Halloween event </a>using
materials from the garden to help explain the origins of the
festival. Reception and Year 1 planted garlic and learnt about animal skins and fire while Pat went foraging in
the schools award winning grounds with children to find plants
that could be <a href="http://www.hocc.org.uk/botanical-bubbles.html">made into shampoo</a> as part of the Science Festival.</span></span></div>
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Beach and Carly North continue to work at <a href="http://www.baca-uk.org.uk/Welcome/">Brighton Aldridge Community Academy </a>one day a week delivering gardening, woodcraft and cooking
sessions and pupils come to the project on Thursdays, all part of the schools alternative provision strategy.</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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well as hosting groups on our workdays like <a href="https://www.concordia.org.uk/">Concordia International Volunteers</a>, Youth Employability Team, <a href="https://www.mindcharity.co.uk/">Brighton MIND </a>eco-therapy,
and BEDES, lots happens when we are not open to
the public. <a href="https://gladragscostumes.wordpress.com/">Gladrags</a> held their AGM, Woodchips, a young Woodcraft
group came up after school in the summer,<a href="https://sensingfriends.org/"> Sensing Friends</a>, an
organisation for blind and partially sighted youngsters hold regular
activities at the garden, and we recently hosted <a href="https://www.thewildnetwork.com/inspiration/fieldtripbrighton">The Wild Network</a> a group that want to
encourage youngsters to get out and enjoy nature more. We've also
been to the Theatre Royal</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> for
their summer ‘Forest!’ festival, the</span> Mayors Parlour and i360 to promote our
work while our bumper rhubarb crop fed the old folk at the Bevy's
seniors club. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Our annual <a href="http://moulsecoombforestgarden.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/open-day-2017.html">open day</a> run by volunteers and pupils was another roaring success with over
150 coming to see what we get up to.</span></span></span> </span></span><br />
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if you've never been to the garden why not pop up one Friday
lunchtime for a tour and some food, or come to our open day in July.
And if you want to support us financially why not use us as a venue
for your event or make a <a href="http://www.moulsecoombforestgarden.org./donations.shtml">monthly donation</a> and become a Friend of the Forest Garden,
so we can continue to meet the needs of some of the most vulnerable
and disadvantaged in our society. </span></span></b></div>
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doesn't stop at the allotment gates but carries on every day of
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Last
week we helped forage for ingredients to make home made shampoo at
Moulsecoomb Primary and the <a href="http://www.thebevy.co.uk/">Bevy community pub </a>for an event run by
<a href="http://www.hocc.org.uk/botanical-bubbles.html">House of Cultural Curiosity</a> as part of the British Science Festival. </span></span></span></span></div>
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cooked a Harvest Feast at <a href="http://www.moulsecoomb.brighton-hove.sch.uk/news-events/eco-schools">Moulsecoomb Primary</a> while Stephan from
<a href="https://brightonpermaculture.org.uk/">Brighton Permaculture Trust </a>got children to squash the apples and
pears grown and harvested by the children at the school to turn into
juice.</span></span></span></span></div>
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year, the Harvest Feast has become part of the school calendar with
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">We
ran our first lunchtime gardening club of the new academic year with
Year 4 discovering a newt, </span></span><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">a
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some </span></span><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">anemic</span></span><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
carrots, coriander seed and slug eggs which the children fed to
grateful chickens – </span></span><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">all
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harvesting a bed of garlic. The chickens eggs go to the breakfast
club (but not the slug eggs).</span></span></span></span></div>
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after school club made a pasta dish using yellow courgettes from the
school and our giant tomatoes – or zombie tomatoes as th</span></span><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">e
children named </span></span><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">them
- which were grown by </span></span><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">pupils</span></span><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
in the heated greenhouse. Carly also uses the veg for the family
cooking club she runs.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">At
the Bevy we help look after the edible pub garden and a lot of the
fruit and veg was used by Friday Friends to make jams and pickles to
raise money for their seniors Christmas party – as well winning
lots of prizes in the garden show. Apples from the school also went
to the Friday Friends for their puddings while the rest where taken
by the Permaculture Trust to their juicing shed at Stanmer Park.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">While Carly was teaching pupils to cook at <a href="http://www.baca-uk.org.uk/">Brighton Aldridge Community Academy</a> Pat was delivering lessons that
included tool safety and techniques, microcosm of wood land ecology
using magnification and microscopes, horticulture and the hidden
language of trees! </span></span></span></span></div>
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the weekend Pat also ran another session at the garden and in the
woods with <a href="http://sensingfriends.org/">Sensing Friends</a> – a group that works on building stronger
more meaningful friendships between blind, partially sighted and
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is on top of welcoming over 60 people a week to our workdays
including organisations that work with adults with learning
disabilities such as <a href="https://www.st-johns.co.uk/">St.Johns College</a>, </span></span><a href="http://www.autismsussex.org.uk/"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Autism</span></span></a><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.autismsussex.org.uk/"> Sussex</a>, <a href="http://www.outlookfoundation.co.uk/">Outlook House</a> and <a href="https://www.mencap.org.uk/advice-and-support/our-services?q=our-services">Brighton Mencap</a>. </span></span></span></span>
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always good to sit round the table with everyone and eat some of the amazing food that
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Support what we do? Then why not become a Friend of the Forest Garden
with a </span><a href="http://www.moulsecoombforestgarden.org./donations.shtml"><span style="color: navy; font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><span style="color: black;">monthly standing order.</span></u></span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">
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The sun shone, the bees buzzed, the pizzas flew out of the oven and the cakes into people<span style="color: windowtext;">’</span>s grateful mouths<span style="color: windowtext;">!</span> What a fantastic open day with nearly 200 people visiting; old friends and new from all walks of li<span style="color: windowtext;">fe including </span><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Kayla Ente from <a href="http://bhesco.co.uk/">Bhesco</a>, Rich Haworth from <a href="http://www.thelivingcoast.org.uk/">The Living Coast</a> and <a href="https://ianchisnall.wordpress.com/2017/07/15/the-hidden-gems-in-our-communities/">blogger Ian Chisnall</a> from <a href="http://www.ashdownav.com/home-page/">Ashdown Audio Visual</a></span></div>
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Pupils from Patcham House, Varndean and Brighton Aldridge Community Academy showed off the skills they've learnt. One lad who<span style="color: windowtext;">’</span>s been excluded from mainstream school worked his socks off helping Carly with the pizza oven. His brilliant attitude<span style="color: windowtext;"> reinforcing </span>our view that not everyone learns best in a classroom environment. </div>
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<a href="http://biodiversitygatwick.blogspot.co.uk/">Ecologist Rachel Bicker </a>hunted for bees and pond-dipped with children – and even let past Mayor Pete West have a go with her butterfly <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"></span>nets. Sonny showed people our beehives<span style="color: windowtext;">,</span> while <a href="http://www.moulsecoomb.brighton-hove.sch.uk/news-events/eco-schools">Moulsecoomb Prima<span style="color: windowtext;">r</span>y's</a> smoothie bike swirled into action making healthy fruit drinks for everyone. </div>
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Thanks to <a href="http://bhfood.org.uk/">Brighton and Hove Food Partnership</a> for funding the open day.<br />
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* Support what we do? Then why not become a Friend of the Forest Garden with a <a href="http://www.moulsecoombforestgarden.org./donations.shtml">monthly standing order.</a> We'll make sure you get extra toppings on your pizza. MFGWPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09567102528213597418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5928436572566983759.post-52805040308953980272017-03-25T09:17:00.000+00:002017-03-27T10:44:16.192+01:00EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITY <div class="western" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">As
a governor at <a href="http://www.moulsecoomb.brighton-hove.sch.uk/">Moulsecoomb Primary School<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></a>for over a decade I’ve seen the
chipping away of school budgets. It's got to the point where it is
national news; with all headteachers complaining that they haven't
got enough money to deliver the education that all our children
deserve. At our school we have lost </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">nearly</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
£</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">200,000
</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">in
the last </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">four
</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">years
– with another £210,000 to follow. </span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I
</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">was
invited to help out at</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Moulsecoomb </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Primary
</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">when
former head, Mr Davies, was <a href="http://www.moulsecoomb.brighton-hove.sch.uk/about-us/awards-and-acheivements">transforming the school grounds</a>. He
strongly believed that the outdoor environment was as powerful a way
of teaching children as inside the classroom. </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
school have</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
won countless awards whilst giving Moulsecoomb pupils an amazing
space to learn and have fun. His legacy continues and thanks to a
change in the history curriculum, primary schools from all over
Sussex are now paying to <a href="http://www.moulsecoomb.brighton-hove.sch.uk/pre-history-workshops">come to the school for the day to learn about pre-history. </a></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">But
these grounds and ageing school buildings cost money. We are also in
an area where thousands of students reside in what were once family
homes, which means less pupils for our school and so less money. So
what do we get rid of? Community worker who is worth her weight in
gold finding grants for all the extras that happen in the school, the
family worker and support staff who <span style="font-family: inherit;">help </span>children in and out of
the classroom. Teachers? After school clubs? </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">T</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">rips?</span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">For the past couple of years governors and staff
have been working on ways to not just shout about the school's work
to encourage more parents to choose Moulsecoomb Primary, but also to
help plug some of these funding gaps. Recently <a href="http://eastbrightontrust.org.uk/">East Brighton Trust</a> agreed to give £10,000 to the school every year for three years.
This 'enrichment' grant will help support activities like the
breakfast club, after school club, trips and paying for organisations
to visit us. These are some of the activities that enrich our pupils
education and give them a better start in life. Last week building
firm <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MoulsecoombPrimarySchool/posts/1322961711129015">Rivers Birtwell </a>came in for a week and transformed our tired old
computer room. <a href="https://www.littlegreenpig.org.uk/">Little Green Pig</a> have run free story telling workshops, <a href="http://bhfood.org.uk/Blog/no-poultry-matter">B</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://bhfood.org.uk/Blog/no-poultry-matter">righton and Hove Food </a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://bhfood.org.uk/Blog/no-poultry-matter"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Partnershi<span style="font-family: inherit;">p</span></span></a> <span style="font-family: inherit;">run cooking demonstrations</span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">R<span style="font-family: inherit;">ivers Birtwell, Mr.Sutton and children <span style="font-family: inherit;">in our freshly decorated computer room</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our parents group PAGE continue to fundraise and
in the past few years have bought books for the whole school, outside
play equipment, drums for the Samba band, had the hall painted and
decked out with new curtains and had an outside building put up to
remember Mr.Davies. Parents also help with everything from fixing the
flat tyres on the wheelbarrows to taking <a href="http://www.tundehundeyin.com/">professional photos</a> for our
website. We had an anonymous donation so a year six class could go
ice-skating, while the other year six class were treated to the i360
and free lunch - thanks to a generous offer from <a href="http://thenewclubbrighton.com/">The New Club</a>
restaurant along the seafront. We've had grants from British Science
Association to run Science Week events, National Lottery Awards for
All to run cooking clubs for children and parents and to buy new
computer equipment, and Heritage Lottery Funding to help maintain our
unique houses as well as free rail tickets for art week winners to
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">We're lucky to be so close to the AMEX stadium and
<a href="http://www.albioninthecommunity.org.uk/">Albion in the Community</a> seem to be in the school everyday. Promotion
to the Premier League will be even better! We are also lucky to have
become one of <a href="http://www.sustrans.org.uk/">Sustrans</a> flagship bike schools with children learning
to fix bikes, cycle and of course making fruity drinks from our very
own smoothie bike. It was parents, staff and some pupils who built
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look for companies to sign up to Team Building days to help with
painting or maintaining the garden and every year Brighton College
students come and do a days volunteering while <a href="http://www.concordiavolunteers.org.uk/">Concordia volunteers</a> spend two weeks in the school every summer voluntering. </span></span></span></span>
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been slowly transforming the old tarmac playground behind the
Learning Mentors building. It now has a pond, raised beds and a
heated greenhouse and hotbox where we have just sown what surely
must be the first ever melons grown in the school as well as
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So as you can see, we work hard to bring in money
and resources that the school can't afford – and that don't come
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I don't want the school leadership team worrying
about broken toilets and not being able to afford the best teachers
but concentrating on making sure pupils get the education they
deserve. So if you think you have something to offer pop in and see
Lucy or Lana or me – with more cuts around the corner our school
needs parents to get involved more than ever.</span></span></div>
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governor/parent</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight: normal;">* Save our Schools have organised a meeting <span style="font-family: inherit;">this</span> Thursday 30th March to organise against these <span style="font-family: inherit;">education cuts</span> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/save-our-schools-launch-party-tickets-33044491965"><span style="font-family: inherit;">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/save-our-schools-launch-party-tickets-33044491965</span></a> </span></span></span></span></div>
MFGWPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09567102528213597418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5928436572566983759.post-35022259880693388122017-01-02T07:12:00.000+00:002017-01-23T11:06:47.334+00:00KEEPING FIT ON MAYORAL DUTIES <div align="JUSTIFY" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's hard to keep up with Mayor of Brighton and Hove Pete West as he
flies past on his tandem, off to <a href="http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/14843775.Hard_working_mayor_is_one_of_the_best/">yet another event</a>, hoping not to
catch the mayoral chains in his bike chains.</span></span></div>
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It put a few peoples noses out when he decided to break with protocol
and <a href="http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/council-and-democracy/councillors-and-committees/mayors-charities-and-events">support 27 different charities</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, but f</span>or small groups like ours
to be chosen was<span style="font-family: inherit;"> a we<span style="font-family: inherit;">lcome </span></span>shot in the arm needed in this
climate of never ending cut backs and being asked to do a hell of a
lot more with a hell of a lot less. Working with so many different<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>organisations has been fantastic although with so many opportunities sometimes a little overwhelming!
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Pete popped along to our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BHMayor/photos/pcb.1164942036859794/1164941753526489/?type=3&theater">open day in July</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>and joined us for Christmas dinner. <span style="font-family: inherit;">W</span>as the guest of honor at
the <a href="http://www.runforestrun.org.uk/">Run Forest Run</a> fundraiser, has <span style="font-family: inherit;">encouraged <a href="http://www.everyclick.com/johnoconnorhalfmarathon?utm_campaign=225937_Everyclick%20Fundraising%20Page%20Create&utm_content=162461&utm_source=transactionalEmail&utm_medium=Email&dm_i=2EQZ,4UC1,6X3RKZ,AAUY,1">John </a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.everyclick.com/johnoconnorhalfmarathon?utm_campaign=225937_Everyclick%20Fundraising%20Page%20Create&utm_content=162461&utm_source=transactionalEmail&utm_medium=Email&dm_i=2EQZ,4UC1,6X3RKZ,AAUY,1">O</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.everyclick.com/johnoconnorhalfmarathon?utm_campaign=225937_Everyclick%20Fundraising%20Page%20Create&utm_content=162461&utm_source=transactionalEmail&utm_medium=Email&dm_i=2EQZ,4UC1,6X3RKZ,AAUY,1">'Conn<span style="font-family: inherit;">o</span>r</a> to </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">run</span> in the
Brighton Half Marathon for us<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"> </a>and given us so many other opportunities to
raise our profile and our bank balance.
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On 23<sup>rd</sup> April there is going to be <span style="font-family: inherit;">two</span> fundraising Cycle Ride</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>where you can either go for </span>an <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mayoral-charities-charity-bike-ride-tickets-31254152010?aff=es2">epic 50 mile cycle ride around the Biosphere boundary</a> <span style="font-family: inherit;">star<span style="font-family: inherit;">ting and</span></span> finishing at Hove Lawns<span style="font-family: inherit;">, or a </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/family-charity-bike-ride-tickets-31254309481?aff=es2">family friendly 12 mile ride</a> <span style="font-family: inherit;">from Hove<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Law<span style="font-family: inherit;">ns to </span></span></span>Saltdean<span style="font-family: inherit;"> and back. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">On the 30th April there's going to be fundraising <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mayors-brighton-hove-boundary-walk-tickets-28143485924"><b>Health Walk</b></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"> </a>along Brighton's
boundaries starting at Saltdean Lido</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span> So if you looking for
some New Years Resolutions these are the perfect opportunities for
you to enjoy yourself, keep fit and raise funds for the forest
garden. What more could you want?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">* Please <a href="http://seedybusiness.org/contact.shtml">contact us</a> if you are interested in fundraising for us at these events </span></span></div>
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* Help support our work by becoming a Friend of the Forest Garden and making a <a href="http://seedybusiness.org/documents/mfgwp-giftaid2014.pdf">monthly standing order</a></span></span></div>
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No this isn't the Mayors office but our eco-cabin, which <span style="font-size: small;">Pete paid a visit to in July</span> <br />
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The Mayor with long term volunteer Michael <br />
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MFGWPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09567102528213597418noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5928436572566983759.post-17086851986918670072016-12-19T09:09:00.001+00:002016-12-23T10:44:15.845+00:00LOOKING BACK 2016<div align="JUSTIFY" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Eco-cabin
finally complete, first pupil to get a qualification in Creative
Craft, being picked as one of the Mayors charities – its been
another great year for Moulsecoomb Forest Garden. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">However,
the background is that life is becoming increasingly difficult for
small charities.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
recently attended a meeting held by <a href="http://www.sussexgiving.org.uk/">Sussex Community Foundation</a> with
Vanessa, one of our trustees. Sussex Community Foundation, who have
been long-term supporters of our work, were launching their new
report '<a href="http://www.sussexgiving.org.uk/child-poverty-still-major-issue-sussex/">Sussex Uncovered</a>'. In just 10 years the foundation has become
massive players supporting the local charity sector by dishing out a
staggering ten million!</span></span></div>
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don't need to be a rocket scientist to know why the room was packed –
as they pointed out, we have a perfect storm. Thanks to government
cuts, charities are needed more than ever, while funding is harder to
come by and the media is full of stories that question charities’
work. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">As
many of our volunteers know only too well, disability services are
being cut, centres shut, benefit forms getting more complicated and
general support ebbing away. Anything that isn't statutory will go.
That's why I welcome Mick Ardron as our newest trustee. Mick has been
working with the council’s disability team for a number of years
and will help make sure that we continue to shape our work around
some of our most vulnerable volunteers needs. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">We
run a nimble forest garden ship but I can’t tell you how depressing
it is to be on the constant hunt for small pots of money. I recently
made an application to Comic Relief for core funding – you know the
boring stuff that keeps us ticking over like wages, insurance and
rent. They turned us down saying they had received 1,541 applications
and could only fund 100. Not that we know why we didn't get it as we
just received a bog standard rejection letter. </span></span>
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you read the Brighton Argus you will see that half the paper is full
of stories of people fundraising or charities looking for ways to
fundraise; and social media is no different with endless calls for
sponsorship. Our trustees do <a href="http://www.runforestrun.org.uk/">sponsored runs</a>, chat up rich people,
make deals with companies while I spend Monday and Wednesdays at my
computer wearily looking at grant tip-offs and trying not to <a href="http://moulsecoombforestgarden.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/lastweek-seventy-people-came-to-our.html">bang my head against the nearby wall.</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So
if you have a good fundraising idea let us know. One of volunteers
grandad convinced the Co-op Funeral Service to buy us nearly £300 of
equipment while Santander gave us £250 for us hosting a team
building day meaning not only did they clear around the bee area, but
meant we could buy new tools for the garden. Secretary Duncan's
father in law bought us a couple of new if slightly squeaky
wheelbarrows. We've had wood donated from <a href="http://www.kingdomlandscapes.net/">Kingdom Landscapes</a> and <a href="http://www.woodrecycling.org.uk/">Wood Recycling Project</a>; and got deals on <a href="http://www.puckamuck.co.uk/">manure</a> and woodchip. And if you
know someone who might want to become a <a href="http://seedybusiness.org/donations.shtml">Friend of the Forest Garden</a> and make a monthly standing order, no matter how small, then please
give them a nudge. It makes a big difference.</span></span></div>
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also helps that we became one of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BHMayor/">Mayors chosen 27 charities</a> and I
like to thank the Mayor Pete West not just for choosing us, but for
his ongoing support for the forest garden for many years and all the
hard work he's put in supporting charities across the city since May.
That's not to say we aren't continually looking at ways to wean
ourselves off grants with </span><span style="font-size: small;">49</span><span style="font-size: small;">%
of our income self-generat</span><span style="font-size: small;">ed
and 6% from donations.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">We
hit the ground running with our work with schools at the beginning of
this academic year, and have a full timetable - which says something
as school budgets are themselves being squeezed. Our instructors Pat
and Phil are well-respected across the city, not just in schools but
</span><span style="font-size: small;">social services,
</span><span style="font-size: small;">support agencies and
the council. We now work with 11 different schools, and 5 pupils
managed to get qualifications with us this academic year including
one lad who came up during the summer holidays to make sure he passed
his NCFE Level 2 in Creative Art (Heritage and Traditional Crafts) As
well as at the forest garden Pat works a day a week at <a href="http://www.baca-uk.org.uk/">Brighton Aldridge Community Academy</a>, whose
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space is finally </span><span style="font-size: small;">maturing</span><span style="font-size: small;">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">As
anyone who has ever visited the garden at lunchtime will know, the
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/389518761159159/?fref=ts">food being dished up</a> just gets better and better thanks to Carly, Daisy
and Jo. Carly also works at BACA and <a href="http://www.moulsecoomb.brighton-hove.sch.uk/">Moulsecoomb Primary </a>where the
continuity between us and students is key to our work. I run a
lunchtime gardening club at Moulsecoomb Primary and we have helped
build a new garden space for pupils needing respite from the
classroom. As we're talking about cooking, I must also say thanks to
Andrew and Will who often cook up a storm on a Tuesday; and who both
attended a food hygiene course, along with Lianne, a bubbly volunteer
whose been coming up since April when <a href="http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/14438819.Councillors_vote_to_shut_down_a__beloved__day_centre_despite_pleas_from_users/">Tower House, a day centre for people with learning disabilities, was closed</a>. I'd also like to thank
Pilchard for eating all the biscuits.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks
to the tenacity of our chair Susie Howells<span style="font-family: inherit;"> and funding from the <a href="https://www.postcodelottery.co.uk/">Peoples Postcode Lottery</a></span> our eco cabin is finally
finished, fully compl<span style="font-family: inherit;">i<span style="font-family: inherit;">a</span></span>nt with retrospective planning permission </span><span style="font-size: small;">and
we can now look at options how to use it to generate income.</span><span style="font-size: small;">
Susie spent endless hours on the planning application, and persuading
people to work for us for free or at cost, including incredible
support from <a href="http://www.rtpi.org.uk/">R</a></span><a href="http://www.rtpi.org.uk/">oyal Town Planning Institute</a><span style="font-size: small;">
volunteer Emma, local architects <a href="http://www.zsta.co.uk/news/2016/7/19/moulsecoomb-forest-garden-community-building-planning-approved">ZSTa</a>, brilliant local builder Pat
Plumstead and many others who wrote to support the planning
application. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Infact
after finishing work on the building Pat wrote 'I wanted you to know
that we have all very much enjoyed working on your lovely project. We
have also been genuinely touched by what we have experienced during
our time at the allotments. The effort you guys all make to bring
some enlightment too, and enthusiasm out, of the people that attend
has been both humbling and very inspiring in equal measure.' </span></span></div>
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held our first user group meeting, where we listened to peoples ideas
on how to improve the garden, and we've been busy putting in
handrails to make it easier to get around. We continue to clean up
Queensdown Woods and surrounding area, and talk to students and the
university about their inconsiderate parking. Thanks to funding from the<a href="http://www.pebbletrust.org/"> The Pebble Tru</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.pebbletrust.org/">st</a> w</span>e also ran another
summer scheme for Moulsecoomb children to have fun learning about
bushcraft, playing games in the woods – and of course, making
pizzas in our clay oven. </span></span></div>
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have welcomed the usual wide variety of groups such Moulsecoomb
Primary School Year 1 planting garlic, Bedes College, Brighton
Housing Trust, <a href="http://www.concordia.org.uk/">Concordia</a> and ongoing placements for University
students as part of their <a href="http://about.brighton.ac.uk/cupp/whatwedo/student-community-engagement.html">community module</a>. Our annual open day was
the most successful yet with the most pupil engagement and lots of
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came joint second for best wildlife garden in the Brighton and Hove
<a href="http://brightonandhovecityinbloom.co.uk/">City in Bloom</a> awards, and 2</span><span style="font-size: small;"><sup>nd</sup>
for best community allotment. Carly even wore a dress to the awards.</span></span></div>
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thank you to everyone who helps<span style="font-family: inherit;">. I</span>n the scheme of things, we might
be a small charity but I reckon we pack a very big punch. And as the
Chief Executive of Sussex Community Foundation said – 'you might
not be able to change the world, but you can change somebodies
world.' </span></span><br />
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MFGWPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09567102528213597418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5928436572566983759.post-89874234735976618872016-11-02T09:23:00.000+00:002017-01-23T11:04:41.081+00:00VOTE FOR US <div style="text-align: justify;">
WE CAME SECOND IN BAGS OF HELP SCHEME WINNING £10,000 AND RECEIVED £500 FROM AVIVIA <br />
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Can you spare a few minutes of your time and help <span style="font-weight: normal;">support our work
teaching <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/389518761159159/?fref=ts">people with disabilities how to cook</a>. Vote ten times so we can win £5,000 (voting ends 17th November)</span>
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The money will make a real difference to us, and will go towards improving our eco-cabin and cooking area. If we get the full £12,000 we will be able to install solar panels and a heating system so we can <br />
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Tesco has teamed up with Groundwork on its ‘Bags of Help’ initiative. The scheme will see three community groups and projects in our area awarded grants of £12,000, £10,000 and £8,000 – all raised from the 5p bag charge.</div>
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Voting takes place in the following stores until 13th November: <br />
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MFGWPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09567102528213597418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5928436572566983759.post-29990616495657274302016-08-22T12:19:00.000+01:002016-08-22T12:24:07.532+01:00VOLUNTEERING AT THE FOREST GARDEN<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Guest post by Stuart Bullen</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">As someone who’d done some
volunteering in the dim and distant past I had been feeling that I
should get involved in something similar for a while. I wanted to
use my background and interest in all things environmental and
geographical, so I made the initial step of contacting the excellent
‘Active Student’ volunteering team here at the University of
Brighton, to enquire about their <a href="http://about.brighton.ac.uk/careers/volunteer/staff-volunteering-scheme/">Staff Volunteering Scheme</a>. This
allows staff the opportunity to undertake up to five days </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">volunteering per year at a suitable
local<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>community group. I asked them to
highlight possible eco opportunities for me.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was after a bit of a different
experience from my role as an SSGT (or <a href="https://www.brighton.ac.uk/current-students/my-student-life/student-support-and-guidance-tutors/index.aspx">Student Support &<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>Guidance<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>Tutor</a>) in the Brighton Business School. This student focused job,
although wonderful, is primarily office based so I wanted to get my
hands dirty, quite literally smell the roses and perhaps ‘give
something back’, as the saying goes, to the local area and
community.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Of the many local possibilities I was
most tempted by the Moulsecoomb Forest Garden & Wildlife Project.
It’s website and history did a good job of convincing me this was
the place to head for my earthly delights ! A quick form completed,
a few formalities at the university and all was set. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I volunteered for a total of three days
(one each in April, June and July) at this project, which is based
just behind the Moulsecoomb railway station and University of
Brighton campus. You wouldn’t believe, once you’re there and
immersed in your restorative outdoor work, that you’re near such a
hubbub of life and action, such is the tranquil nature of the site.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">There is something calming, Zen-like
and, indeed, good for the soul about being in such an environment.
The site is a large one which is set into quite a hill, so the view
from the amazing, genuinely eco-building at the top is a great one.
It is a place of peace, solitude, communal working and, (vitally) it
has to be said, good food<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>Yes, this wasn’t uppermost in my
thoughts - for once ! - but this has been a real bonus of the days.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>Jo, Daisy and their able helpers have
churned out <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/389518761159159/?fref=ts">amazing, nutritious and tasty food</a> (much of it grown and
harvested from the allotments at the site), which they provide for
the hordes of workers who’ve toiled that day at the Project.
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few days there included turning over soil and preparing areas for
planting seeds, herbs and squashes and clearing path areas of
troublesome weeds, in addition to helping out with serving food and
clearing up after delicious lunches!</span></span></div>
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positive from the three days was working with a real diversity of
other volunteers and service users. These included a group of
foreign students who’d volunteered via a local organisation named
<a href="http://www.concordia.org.uk/">Concordia</a> and many local people with varying additional needs, who
use the project regularly with their key workers as a place to meet
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I hope that it has helped the project
to have some extra hands and someone to muck in whilst I have been
there and I also feel that it is positive for the University of
Brighton, to have current links with such a close by and valuable
organisation as the Forest Garden Project. It is a community based
model, with links to schools and other groups – such as the
<a href="http://bhfood.org.uk/">Brighton & Hove Food Partnership</a>, a very worthwhile local
organisation. This seems to be a fine example of excellent
partnership work, much of which occurs under the radar of most of our
daily lives.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In terms of my own role and practise,
it certainly has been beneficial to me to meet and work collectively
with a diversity of other people in the local community, and I’ve
returned energised and with a real sense of context and perspective
to my SSGT post. I have made some useful contacts and further
developed my knowledge of local service provision. Similarly, a
number of students from the university undertaken voluntary work or
participate in community based placements at the Project, and no
doubt reflect upon similar personal development and skills growth as
a result of this.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Project has been on Radio 4, won
awards and been nominated as a mayoral charity locally. It is
clearly a successful and well-loved resource, which has been covered
in many articles (see below). I have nothing but admiration for the
dedication, compassion and energy shown by the myriad groups and
people involved in the work on the hill behind the station, go and
see the magic for yourselves !</span></span></div>
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just about gardening. It plays an important part of the social glue
that binds communities together, with all types of people, young and
old, pupils having problems at school, people with learning
difficulties, working together in a safe, pleasant, genuinely
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MFGWPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09567102528213597418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5928436572566983759.post-7100713638212766362016-06-08T09:02:00.000+01:002016-06-08T09:15:47.759+01:00CUT TO THE BONE <div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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week seventy people came to our regular <a href="http://www.seedybusiness.org/volunteer.shtml">community garden drop in days</a> which are open to everyone two days a week for 50 weeks of the year.
Some were local residents, students on placements and one refugee but
the majority were people with learning disabilities. And all of them
have talked about services being cut, centres being shut, benefit
forms getting more complicated and general support ebbing away. One
of our volunteers works for the council finding placements for people
with disabilities and mental health issues. This service is also
being scaled back, but if people are left to stew at home, then
bigger more expensive problems will surface down the line. </span></span>
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are only a small charity and our primary aim is to offer pupils
struggling in the classroom an <a href="http://www.seedybusiness.org/bushcraft-info.shtml">alternative education</a>. The work with
people with disabilities has evolved and we pride
ourselves on being a place where anyone can come and volunteer for a
hot meal, a cup of tea and a biscuit but most importantly a sense of
being part of something. As well as the workdays, we organise socials
and a user group meeting to find out how we can improve. Many of the
people with disabilities want paid jobs but they are very hard to
come by.</span></span></div>
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are finding more need for their services and less money to pay for
them. A look at the Brighton Argus one day last week, and half the
paper was full of stories of people fundraising or charities looking
for ways to fundraise. Grant funding is getting more competitive and
is really tough if you want <a href="http://moulsecoombforestgarden.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/my-new-year-wish-to-charitable-trusts.html">funding for the stuff you do every day</a>
while the media is full of stories that question charities work.
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us, this spike in use, might increase costs in a small way like
buying more tea and coffee to keep everyone warm on a cold winters
day or bigger things like employing an extra person to show people
how to cook - but we never want to turn people away because of a
lack of resources. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So
when we ask you to stick your hands in your pockets to support us we
can understand donor fatigue. But a <a href="http://seedybusiness.org/documents/mfgwp-giftaid2014.pdf">small monthly standing order</a>
really will make a difference. </span><span style="font-size: small;">It
wont go on a shiny new office because we haven't got one. Or an
advertising budget because we haven't got one. It will go on wages,
because people have bills to pay and boring stuff like
insurance, because without it we can't open. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">If
you want to see what your financial support could do, then come up to
one of our workdays or our open day on Friday 8<sup>th</sup> July. We
might even make you a cup of tea. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Worst Christmas jumper competition (Michael <span style="font-family: inherit;">won;</span> his lit up)</span></span><br />
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MFGWPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09567102528213597418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5928436572566983759.post-43405130630534517782015-12-21T15:29:00.002+00:002016-03-01T14:44:39.758+00:00LOOKING BACK 2015<div align="JUSTIFY" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's
been another jam packed year with the most important development
being the forest garden becoming an <a href="http://www.seedybusiness.org/bushcraft-info.shtml">open college</a>. Two pupils from BACA are the first students to
take <span style="font-family: inherit;">our </span>GCSE equivalent course and more schools are
contacting us asking about our work and in particular these
qualifications. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">But
this isn't about being an exam factory but about the quality of the
intervention for pupils, many of whom struggle in a conventional
classroom. Much of our work is one-to-one so we can tailor their</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">
education to their specific needs with a high degree of mentoring.
Our intervention not only helps </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">with
pupils schoolwork but the qualifications will help move these young
people into employment, work experience, apprenticeships or further
training. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">However,
not every pupil will be able to reach the required standard and we
are working on qualifications to cover that. </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">We
have also been working with travellers through Friends & Families
of Travellers in particular two lads who are making their own archery
bow<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">. We also </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">welcomed Lily<span style="font-family: inherit;"> on a </span>six month in<span style="font-family: inherit;">ter<span style="font-family: inherit;">nship</span></span></span> t<span style="font-family: inherit;">hrough Brighton and Hove Food Parternship/Brighton Hou<span style="font-family: inherit;">sing Trust. </span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Becoming
an open college and offering qualifications is even more important as
school budgets are cut and schools are <span style="font-family: inherit;">penalised</span> by government if
pupils don't reach a required standard. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">It
has also meant continually knocking the place into shape with the
green woodworking area becoming the new classroom for these pupils,
the pond made bigger and better, the bee hive area and bee garden
expanded and improved, the woodstore currently being revamped.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our
workdays continue to thrive, our compost bins turn and ooze –
thanks mainly to Juice Revolutions waste – which in turn feeds the
crops. And we had a pretty good one this year thanks to all the
labour and compost. Special mention to our best ever strawberries and
a tonne of potatoes. Thanks to a new half price polytunnel we also
had our best crop of nearly blight free tomatoes in years. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">We
continue to have a wide range of groups visiting for one offs –
student volunteer days, staff from Waitrose, Sussex Recovery
College, Bedes College, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brighton-Belles-WI/97555872966">Brighton Belles WI</a> (learning bushcraft and
cooking pizza during a thunderstorm<span style="font-family: inherit;">!),</span> a Low Impact course, and our annual
two week visit from <a href="http://www.concordiavolunteers.org.uk/">Concordia international volunteers</a>. We also offer
placements for University students <span style="font-family: inherit;">as part of</span> their <a href="http://about.brighton.ac.uk/cupp/"><span style="font-family: inherit;">c</span>ommunity engagement module</a>. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our
annual open day was the most successful yet with the most pupil
engagement and lots of families from Moulsecoomb. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Behind
the scenes our trustees work hard to make sure we are compliant with
<a href="http://www.seedybusiness.org/about.shtml">policies and procedures</a>, while Duncan makes sure invoices are paid
and Julie keeps an eye on our accounts while Susie roams round
Brighton getting support for our work. We also welcome back Vanessa
after a few years <span style="font-family: inherit;">away</span>. The trustees and staff meet regularly and
from next year we will be holding forest garden forums where everyone
will be invited. Along with our website, you can also keep in touch
with our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/389518761159159/?fref=ts">facebook cooking page</a>, twitter and occasional mail-outs<span style="font-family: inherit;"> (contac<span style="font-family: inherit;">t us to go on the list).</span></span> </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">As
cuts really begin to bite for people with learning difficulties, we
are seeing even more demand. On Tuesday Daisy not only <span style="font-family: inherit;">looks </span>after the gardens and volunteers but also manages to feed us all. On Friday we have
Carly and Jo offering cooking as well as gardening as an
activity, where the food becomes more outlandish and the washing up
ever greater. With the cabin 90% finished, we managed to use the
storage as a space for all the cooking utensils and food. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">We
continue to run gardening and cooking clubs at <a href="http://www.moulsecoomb.brighton-hove.sch.uk/">Moulsecoomb Primary </a>and help look after their school grounds and work on ways to tie that
work into the curriculum. We now have a heated greenhouse at the
school where we can get our crops of peppers and tomatoes off to an
early start.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">We
continue to work at <a href="https://bacacommunityblog.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/student-garden-community-action-day/">BACA</a> and be present at major events. We once
again run a summer holiday scheme for Moulsecoomb Primary school
pupils and Carly ran a 10 week adult cooking for beginners course at
the beginning of the year. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">We
won third prize in Brighton's annual <a href="http://brightonandhovecityinbloom.co.uk/2012-winners/">City In Bloom</a> awards</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">for
best wildlife garden and best community charity garden (Moulsecoomb
Primary won Gold for best school grounds).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And
we won a gold award for education and lots of free food and drink at the <a href="http://www.mygreenpod.com/articles/p-e-a-award-winners-2015/">People, Environment and Achievement award </a>which focused on our on-going work
in Queensdown Woods which we fought to be included in the South
Downs National Park. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">The
judges said ‘</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><i>Queensdown
Woods is a great example of how pioneering education projects –
such as Moulsecoomb Forest Garden and Wildlife Project – are
giving birth to new offshoots that have real impact on the area and
the people who live there</i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">.’
The woods have become an essential part of our outdoor classroom and
part of our open college.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Our
cabin is nearly finished, and we are just looking for the final
funding to finish all outstanding works. </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">There
will be financial challenges as ever as funding continues to get
squeezed but as long as we continue to be able to offer a wide range
of qualifications, look for other ways of raising funds rather than
endless grant applications, be frugal, while keeping the ethos of the project as
opening and welcoming to all, then hopefully we can continue to
offer services to some of societ<span style="font-family: inherit;">y's</span> most marginalise<span style="font-family: inherit;">d <span style="font-family: inherit;">people.</span></span> </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Finally, its always nice to receive positive feedback. This is from Andrew Cheeseman whose brother volunteers with us </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><i><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">'In
today's world of Austerity, it's particularly wrong to keep ignoring
and cutting the finances of special needs children, special needs
adults and the elderly and vulnerable, by closing their schools,
colleges and day centres and schemes, restricting their travel needs
and in some cases taking away their one hot meal per day, we are
failing them. </span></i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Fortunately
there are some great schemes run by dedicated people who do care.</i></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> One
such project is Moulsecoomb garden project which looks after an
array of people with special needs to troubled children and young
adults. My brother Matthew goes to the Gardens and enjoys every
minute, from digging the gardens to planting then eating his
rewards, through this process </i></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Matthew
has learnt to handle food and integrate into a group, which he has
not always managed to do, with other like-minded friends and
colleagues.</i></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>If
it wasn't for genuine people like Warren and his small team, Matthew
would be at home forgotten by the local and national politicians in
the care of my parents who are themselves are not well and in their
mid seventies, but through their love give great care to their son</i></span><span style="font-size: small;">.'</span></span><br />
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Best photo of the year. Paul cooling himself down <br />
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Winners of the Christmas Party jumper awards <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ch<span style="font-family: inherit;">e</span>ers, see you all next year </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It's
been a</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">n </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">award-winning</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">
couple of weeks for the garden culminating in national </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">acclaim</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">
for our educational work.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">We
</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">won third prize in
Brighton's annual <a href="http://www.brightonandhovecityinbloom.co.uk/">City in Bloom </a>for best wildlife garden and best
community charity garden (Moulsecoomb Primary were we run gardening
clubs won Gold for best school grounds) winning a national award was
the icing on the King Alfreds cake. </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
<a href="http://www.mygreenpod.com/articles/p-e-a-award-winners-2015/">People, Environment and Achievement award</a> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">(PEA)
</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">focused on our on-going work
in Queensdown Woods </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">backing
onto our gardens</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> (turn left
at the compost loo, just before the bee hives) </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">w</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">hich
we fought to be included in the South Downs National Park. The judges
said </span>‘Queensdown Woods is a great example of how pioneering
education projects – such as Moulsecoomb Forest Garden and Wildlife
Project – are giving birth to new offshoots that have real impact
on the area and the people who live there.’</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
woods have become an essential part of our outdoor classroom and part
of our open college. </span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">But
this isn't about being an exam factory but about the quality of the
intervention for pupils, many of whom struggle in a conventional
classroom. Much of our work is one-to-one so we can tailor their</span></span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">
education to their specific needs with a high degree of mentoring.
Our intervention not only helps </span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">with
pupils schoolwork but the qualifications will help move these young
people into employment, work experience, apprenticeships or further
training. Two pupils from Brighton Al</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">d</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">ridge
Community Academy who have passed their woodland studies exam with us
will now start their NCFE in Level 3 in creative crafts. This is an
equivalent to an A level and will take them a year to complete. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">The
once unloved Queensdown Woods is now a fantastic place to have on so
many people</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">'</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">s
doorstep – without the need to drive anywhere – introducing so
many young people to the joys and magic of woodlands. </span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">* Find out what we can offer pupils <a href="http://www.seedybusiness.org/education.shtml">http://www.seedybusiness.org/education.shtml </a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">* The <a href="http://www.southdownssociety.org.uk/">South Downs Society</a> have funded us so we can update the current <a href="http://www.seedybusiness.org/documents/queensdown-wood-09.pdf">Queensdown Woods management plan </a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">It
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busy </span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">end
of year </span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">as
staff and volunteers attend</span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">ed</span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
various award ceremonies. We were nominated for best Green Project in
the <a href="http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11574968.Night_of_the_shining_Stars/">Argus Achievement Awards</a>, Small Group – Big Achiever in the
<a href="http://bhcommunityworks.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Winners-of-the-Sector-Star-Awards-2014.pdf">Voluntary Sector Star Awards</a> received a commendation from <a href="http://brightonandhovecityinbloom.co.uk/">City in Bloom </a>and we won a <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p017tht6">BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey Community Heroes Award</a> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">for
'Outstanding Contribution to Education.'</span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Now
the garden is </span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">twenty</span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
it's funny to think back to a few mates working on a half derelict
allotment to a project that now boasts an amazing eco-cabin built
almost entirely out of locally sourced wood and recycled materials. A
place where </span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">over
</span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">50
pupils a week visit from seven different schools and which will soon
become an outdoor college. We</span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">'re
we've built up great partnerships with </span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><a href="https://twitter.com/Homewoodinform/status/451782353736982528">Homewood College</a>,<a href="http://www.moulsecoomb.brighton-hove.sch.uk/TL/Contents/Contents.html"> Moulsecoomb Primary</a>, <a href="https://bacacommunityblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/10/a-growing-culture/">Brighton Aldridge Community Academy</a> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">and
the Cedar Centre.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Our
work with pupils is highly regarded. Recently a senior social worker
was telling someone how helpful our work has been with a pupil we’ve
been working with. People don't see all the work that happens behind
the scenes; the reports to enable pupils to get their qualifications
and all the meetings staff attend with schools and other outside
agencies to discuss the progress of the pupils we work with. </span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Our
work also gives pupils the space to talk as well as giving them
opportunities for work experience and too <a href="http://moulsecoombforestgarden.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/unmeasurable.html">broaden their horizons</a> taking
them to award ceremonies, festivals, camping trips, museums and swimming. </span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">We
continue to have a fantastic mix of volunteers with referrals from
many different agencies which sometimes brings its own unique
problems – </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">including
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enough work for everyone to do in the winter. We have increased the
number of students who come as part of their University community
module and now have Plumpton College pupils working with us. We
particularly liked the Eastbourne physiotherapists, the strongman was
especially helpful when we got a massive delivery of compost.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Carly
North continues to cook up a storm on a Friday and is now working at
Moulsecoomb Primary as well as Brighton Aldridge Community Academy.
We received a two year grant to build a new community garden in
Moulsecoomb Primary on a disused playground, and to fund Carly’s
cooking with parents and pupils.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Our
immense compost bins are now producing endless black gold, with more
organisations dropping off waste to get the bins all hot and
bothered, and our crops are really benefiting from this.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">The
bees flourished this year thanks to Sonny and his assistant Daisy and
we will be improving that area in the future to make build its
educational value.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">We
ran very successful Easter and summer schemes for Moulsecoomb
children with about 70 youngsters coming along </span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">and
3 very </span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">successful
team building days with <a href="http://moulsecoombforestgarden.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/mucking-in.html">Southern Water, the Carers Centre and Santander.</a></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">We
now produce a regular </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">(</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">ish</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">)</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
newsletter for our supporters as well as organising local talks,
including <a href="http://www.greendrinks.org/brighton">Brighton Green Drinks</a> and a packed </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><a href="http://brighton.sundayassembly.com/"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Godless <span style="font-family: inherit;">Churchless Chu<span style="font-family: inherit;">rch </span></span></span></a>one Sunday morning, who were moved by the <a href="http://seedybusiness.org/">short clips</a> of some
of our pupils that our on our website. These are always good places
to get more people to become Friends of the Forest Garden and
increase our monthly standing orders. Susie is one of our trustees
who along with Duncan, Julie and Nick work</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">ed</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
behind the scenes to make sure the garden can carry out all this work
and comply with the all the legal requirements. </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Email
us if </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">you’d
like to sign up to the newsletter.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">We
are developing great links wit</span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">h
<a href="http://www.gardenhousebrighton.co.uk/">The Garden House</a></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en"><span style="text-decoration: none;">who
raised nearly £3,500 for the </span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en"><span style="text-decoration: none;">cabin</span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
at their open day. They invited us for tea and cakes recently - and
Paul had a fight with a chicken. Thanks Bridgette and Deborah!</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">We've
had to say goodbye to quite a few people. Russell Kingston who turned
up unemployed and left as a qualified carpenter. Nancy Walker has
now got a job at a city farm in Bristol, while the two Adams – </span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Beer
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our <a href="http://moulsecoombforestgarden.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/on-beautiful-autumn-day-we-celebrated.html">20</a></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://moulsecoombforestgarden.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/on-beautiful-autumn-day-we-celebrated.html"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><sup><span lang="en"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">th </span></span></span></sup></span></span></a><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><a href="http://moulsecoombforestgarden.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/on-beautiful-autumn-day-we-celebrated.html">birthday party </a>open day summed up all that is brilliant about the
project as 300 people from all over Brighton and beyond came to see
our work, and the Argus and Latest TV fought over the best pictures
of the cabin.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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On a beautiful autumn day we celebrated our 20th birthday party. 300 people came along to see our new <a href="http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11516416.Hands_and_feet_mould_new_eco_classroom/">eco-building</a>, have a nose at our vegetables, make a hat, see the bees, eat some cake, drink a smoothie, even use the compost loo and enjoy the <a href="http://blog.scrapperduncan.com/2014/10/05/happy-birthday-moulescoomb-forest-garden-project/">last of the sunshine</a>. </div>
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Phil and Pat getting the <a href="http://seedybusiness.org/education.shtml">outdoor classroom</a> ready for business</div>
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MFGWPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09567102528213597418noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5928436572566983759.post-20635346721604568442014-09-11T11:18:00.000+01:002014-09-12T15:52:19.437+01:00CELEBRATE 20 YEARS OF THE FOREST GARDEN <br />
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Well, can you believe it. We are <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/306547366161711/">20 years old </a>and will be celebrating with a party and the grand opening of our 'shed' on <a href="http://www.seedybusiness.org/documents/mfgwp-birthday-party-2014.pdf">Sunday 5th October </a>12 noon till 5pm. <br />
There will be tours of the garden and a chance to chat to the people who have built one of <a href="http://moulsecoombforestgarden.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/eco-building-begins-to-rise-at-garden.html">Brighton's greenest ever buildings. </a><br />
You will also be able to find out about bushcraft, bees, make party hats and go on a treasure hunt (the last two are probably more for children but we understand if you like looking for woodlice and old bits of flint).<br />
Food and drink will also be for sale. <br />
Entry is free, but all profits will go towards finishing off the building. <a href="http://moulsecoombforestgarden.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/timber-framed-building-awaits-its.html">Santander</a> have also said they will double the money we make on the day, so please be generous!<br />
There might even be a few of our <a href="http://www.seedysunday.org.uk/">outlawed tomatoes</a> still growing!<br />
RSVP hello@seedybusiness.org <br />
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Thank you to all the people and organisations that have contributed time and funds to our new building.<br />
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way the forest garden works is also hard to measure. Yes 4 pupils who
struggle academically are the latest to receive accreditation from us
in the form of OCN level one in woodland skills. </span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One
of these pupils spent a lot of time making a handmade hawthorn Harry
Potter wand. This gave him a basic understanding of plant and tree
growth, eco systems and sustainabilitywhile learning about safe use
of sharp tools and green woodworking techniques. Making the wand also
encouraged him to read all the Harry Potter books!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One
of the lads has one to one mentoring every Thursday. He has visited
museums for the first time and can now swim!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks
to funding from Eleanor Hamilton two lads have been taken fishing and
then out for lunch as a thank you for all their hard work throughout
the academic year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That
might not be a big deal for pupils whose parents can afford these
treats, but they are a big deal for those that can't.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How
do we measure lunch times or workdays with our eclectic mix of
people, when our pupils muck around with our young lads with learning
difficulties. When one told us that he no longer would make fun of
people with disabilities. How do we quantify that? Surely just eating
lunch together isn't educational is it?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Carly
North, our chef on a Friday, runs a youth community cooking group.
Her work with Brighton Aldridge Community Academy meant that two
pupils who had done her food hygiene course went to Strawberry Fayre
for 4 days cooking for festival crew of up to 450 people! Two of her
pupils also helped with some of our summer scheme, help her with a
primary school cooking club and thanks to a burgeoning portfolio now
has a job in a cafe at the weekends. One young lad with Downs has
also been helping cook pizzas for a shed team-building day and our
summer scheme.</span></span></div>
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This
immeasurableness doesn't mean that they don't learn, that it isn't
worthwhile, but these extras are what we feel makes our project
really work. Still, don't listen to us, listen to what some of our
<a href="http://www.seedybusiness.org/">young adults think. </a></span></span></div>
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Thanks to everyone who supported our Buzzbank crowdfunding campaign and came to the amazing secret <a href="http://www.gardenhousebrighton.co.uk/lost-the-plot/another-lovely-and-sunny-open-garden-day/">Garden House</a>, gave us cash donations, got messy during our <a href="http://moulsecoombforestgarden.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/mucking-in.html">team-building</a> and volunteer days or <a href="https://direct.ilovefreegle.org/main.php?action=look&groupid=21">donated materials</a> We are very close to being able to complete our outdoor classroom.<br />
We still need a few thousand to finish and you can help us by <a href="http://www.seedybusiness.org/donations.shtml">donating</a> in a number of ways. <br />
Our young apprentice Russell is now a qualified carpenter and will be leaving us soon.<br />
So one last final push for funds. Sunday 5th October will be our grand opening and where we will also be celebrating <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/306547366161711/">20 years of Moulsecoomb Forest Garden Project!</a> Email us at hello@seedybusiness.org if you'd like to go on the invitation list.<br />
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Our storage space looks more like a place of worship!<i><br /></i>MFGWPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09567102528213597418noreply@blogger.com0