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Growing Local Produce Activities with support from Argyll and Islands Leader

Growing Local Produce Activities with support from Argyll and Islands Leader Ailsa Clark - Inspiralba. Islay House Community Garden received WHELK Leader Support in 2005/06 for infrastructure costs. Local Produce Feasibility.

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Growing Local Produce Activities with support from Argyll and Islands Leader

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  1. Growing Local Produce Activities with support from Argyll and Islands Leader Ailsa Clark - Inspiralba

  2. Islay House Community Garden received WHELK Leader Support in 2005/06 for infrastructure costs.

  3. Local Produce Feasibility • Supported by Wider Role funding and Bute Charitable Trust • detailed feasibility and business plan identifying scope for development of a community garden, producing a range of seasonal fruit and vegetables, complimenting and filling gaps from produce currently available locally.

  4. Survey of Householders to determine potential market. • Survey of small businesses to determine market as well as identifying existing local produce and gaps in provision. • Outlining infrastructure requirements. • Identifying potential sites.

  5. Learning from other community based projects Able to draw on experience from Bridgend Kitchen Garden to highlight potential problems and identify good practice.

  6. Bute Produce Aims • To develop a sustainable social enterprise: • Provide affordable healthy produce reducing food miles and supporting the local economy. • Raise awareness and understanding of local produce and provide training, volunteering, employment and educational opportunities for the wider community.

  7. Business plan developed to: • Operate a community garden, producing a range of seasonal fruit and vegetables, complimenting and filling gaps from produce currently available locally. The community garden will provide employment, training, education and volunteering opportunities.

  8. Funding secured for phase one: • To establish initial infrastructure • Support staff costs (2 x 20 hr staff) • Support Trainee costs (5 x employed trainees) • To undertake feasibility work in South Kintyre

  9. Bute Produce Phase 2 • Renewables element increased • Change to staffing structure • Employment placements and employment progression

  10. Funding secured for phase one: • To establish initial infrastructure • Support staff costs (2 x 20 hr staff) • Support Trainee costs (5 x employed trainees) • To undertake feasibility work in South Kintyre

  11. Networking and sharing of Good practice • Networking event held in Islay to enable representatives from community garden projects to share ideas and good practice and learn lessons from one another.

  12. South Kintyre Feasibility Kintyre Environmental Group undertook feasibility work in South Kintyre, enabling them to develop their community garden project to increase the amount of produce available locally.

  13. Kintyre Food and Health • To co-ordinate and develop volunteer activity in the garden. • To provide training and support (tools, advice, garden plots, seeds etc.) to sow, plant, manage and harvest organically grown fruit, vegetables and herbs. • To support employment and training opportunities via employability, Get Ready for Work and Prison Release Scheme. To provide outdoor classroom activities, building on work with Primary Schools and Campbeltown Grammar School.

  14. Sustainability • To develop an income stream and be able to offer garden produce for sale within our community, working with catering establishments, volunteers, Traders Association and Argyll Country Market.

  15. Issues and Opportunities • Opportunities to learn from other projects • Assistance from Leader Staff • Delivering community projects with a range of beneficiaries • Claims process is wieldy • Cash flow can be a problem

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