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The notes form part of these financial statements
The directors have chosen not to file a copy of the company's profit and loss account.
This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
for the Period Ended 31 May 2023
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We are community market gardeners who are looking to create a food system change in Manchester by providing hyper local, organically grown fresh produce to the local community whom many are currently experiencing food poverty in Manchester. Our goal is to create a network of small food producing gardens around GM which we hope will help alleviate these problems. At the same time & equally as important is our involvement with the community. We offer the space to the local community to host workshops, events, volunteer sessions, social prescribing sessions (horticultural therapy), with benefits including improving community cohesiveness, improving mental health, decreasing social isolation & community upskilling & education. We aim to make each garden we create self-sustainable - any money made goes back into the garden to help it grow and flourish.We have already been successful with this model. For the past 7 years we have been developing Platt Fields Market Garden (PFMG), a garden based on Platt Fields Park in Fallowfield. PFMG is a grassroots green infrastructure project that developed slowly with the help of dedicated volunteers. Over the 7 years we transformed an old disused bowling green (that otherwise would be costing the council to maintain) to a thriving market garden which hosts community events, fresh cooked food, a cafe, and various community initiatives such as a mushroom growing cooperative (Myco), Queer Roots Collective (QRC) who provide space for queer nature loving folk to gather, and a refugee and friends programme ‘Stronger Roots’ as well as 2 forest schools and the local NHS Recovery Pathways service.We :- maintain over an acre of park land that would otherwise be disused and costly to maintain for the council;- log over 400 hours per week in volunteer hours;- attract many additional people to the park to buy loose veg - fresh local produce which has been organically grown;- run a monthly Farmer’s Market with local food producers which attracts many people from the community;- get comments every week telling us how lovely the garden is and how proud they are of us and to live in an area which has a community garden like ours;- are a welcome and safe space for people from all backgrounds - we aim to improve community cohesion with the commonality of food which includes our Stronger Roots programme where every Thursday local refugees and asylum seekers socialise with other members of our communities in a wholesome green space;- run workshops to educate people about growing food, making compost, the benefits of growing etc.;- offer a space for people in the community to come and experiment with their ideas such as brewing beer from hops & fruit, creating pickles, chutneys, growing flowers etc.;- run wellbeing gardening sessions in collaboration with the NHS and housing associations with people who suffer from mental health problems such as social isolation, anxiety & depression;We have also developed our MUD Kitchen to deliver an on site hot food offering to feed all of our volunteers and the public and have a sustainable eco friendly catering service so local organisations have an environmentally conscious option for catering events.Our design and build offering has also developed and we now deliver workshops, design and build services and consultation to other community groups looking to develop their own food growing projects. This has resulted in multiple new growing spaces developing in Manchester with our help.We are also working in partnership with the Manchester Education Trust at The East Manchester Academy to create a new community garden and have been successful in securing a Green Spaces grant from Greater Manchester Environment Fund to replicate the amazing work done at Platt Fields Market Garden in an educational setting.
We held our yearly AGM with community members, volunteers and partner organisations. Feedback from stakeholders requested longer opening hours, a cafe offer, increased programmes for local asylum seekers and refugees which we have all carried out and implemented.We are part of a partnership governance board with Manchester City Council to regularly discuss the development of our Platt Fields Market Garden site. We talk regularly to the Platt Field Park team to update them on any major works we plan to carry out and any events we plan to host. We also talk regularly to other Manchester City Council staff such as the Parks Programming manager.We have talked to local councillors & updated them on our projects.We frequently consult the Friends of Platt Field Park group to update them on our progress over the past year, attend AGMs and regularly partner with them and other park partners such as Platt Hall and Incredible Edible.
There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which require to be disclosed.
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration has been made.
This report was approved by the board of directors on
8 March 2024
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Samuel Payne
Status: Director