Allendale Diary blog

Well hello winter! This cold spell has seen frosty, icy days on site, the ground being frozen solid and being able to see our breath even inside our building! We can’t function using the massive, industrial storage heaters left over from the building’s former life as a school classroom, they’re Read more…

Happy New Year!

Happy new year to you all! What an amazing year 2018 has been for the project, from the first spade in the ground last February to completion of the Medway renovations in November, so much has happened and we’ve been bowled over by everyone’s support.  It’s hard for us to Read more…

A whole lot of garlic

I know that this doesn’t look like a very exciting photo, but what it IS, is a delivery 5kg of Solent Wight and Carcassonne Wight garlic bulbs (which smelled a bit fruity when I opened the door to our sunny porch) that we had delivered last week. We didn’t make Read more…

Help from Accenture

We’d like to say a massive thank you to Accenture Newcastle who sent a fantastic team of volunteers to help us clear the tangle of shrubs from in front of the Medway. The sun shone, they worked really hard and we had a proper giggle throughout the day. They also Read more…

Recent events

Once again I’ve left the blog until there’s just too much to talk about. We’ve had a really busy month with our celebration event, decorating day , various training events and meetings, and with moving the project into the next stage. The celebration event was brilliant! It was the first Read more…

Medway makeover

What a fantastic couple of days we’ve had painting the Medway building this weekend. Over Saturday and Sunday our team of ten brilliant volunteers have worked their socks off and started transforming the raggedy old building so it now looks smart as a carrot and a lot more loved. So Read more…