Last year we were lucky enough to get funding from Tesco Bags of Help to develop the growing space and sensory garden. So thanks to everyone who put a green token in the box for us because it has helped us develop this lovely area at the top of the Read more
Fancy pitting yourself against your family and many others in a contest to grow the tallest sunflower? Cash prizes to be won! Entry packs cost £2 and you have until 1st September to grow your yellow giant. Email us your details and get involved!
Allendale Mayfair Committee have kindly added us to the list of potential beneficiaries from the proceeds of their raffle, in amongst other brilliant causes. If you could take a minute to add a vote for us we would really appreciate it, thank you https://fans.vote/vote/ACvv8UTfCMg/allendale-may-fair-2018/who-should-benefit-from-this-years-raffle-proceeds
Well this is frustrating. After the excitement of getting started on site we’ve now been brought to a complete standstill. It took a week for the snow from the beast from the east to melt and then another week of waiting for the melt- water to subside, and now we’ve been Read more
We couldn’t decide whether to run the wet felting workshop on Sunday or not, some roads were still blocked with snow meaning a few people who had booked couldn’t get here. However, the few ladies who managed to make it made some really lovely creations and were chuffed to bits Read more
http://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/Grants-support-work-of-community-groups-86d5c041-4f1b-4828-a65c-e6125434dad3-ds Big thanks to the NCC Community Chest for their grant which will allow us to decorate the Medway block when that gets transferred over to us. This is a two roomed block which used to be classrooms and has stood empty for quite a few years so it needs Read more
Stuck in the house like most of the country….this is the view from my living room, such a difference from last week! So Admin it is for me.
We are now the proud owners of 105 tonnes of compost. Delivered and spread around the site last Thursday, it seemed at points like such an insurmountable task, but now the field is starting to look less like the Somme and more like a fertile site. Thanks to our Read more
Want to find out more about our plans? Pop along to the old Allendale First School field 3pm-4.30pm Thursday 15th Feb to and find out about the Growing Together projects including; • Higher Ground • Plugging the Gaps (an AONB project) • Learn about the community spaces • Volunteering opportunities Read more
Oooh look we’re in Hexham Waitrose for a share of £1,000. Which is lovely. And here’s a thing, today I asked for two and got three. Shhh don’t tell anyone…