Good to Grow week takes place from 22 - 29 April 2024, and is a national week of action for local gardens to celebrate the new growing season by welcoming visitors and volunteers, putting their nature-friendly gardens on the map, and join the movement for community growing.
Action Together's Oldham Volunteering team took Good to Grow week as an opportunity to volunteer their time to help support the Alexandra Park Hub. The Hub is a food-growing hub, community allotment and is part of the Get Oldham Growing programme. It’s a resource for green fingered enthusiasts who want to learn more about growing healthy food.
The Oldham Volunteering team met with Hannah Williams who gave them a tour around the Hub and shared with them how the Hub operates and the many benefits it provides to the community, such as; providing volunteer opportunities, donating veg to local food banks, encouraging involvement from the community and educating young students.
After the tour, the Volunteer team got stuck in and spent the morning removing weeds from the onion beds, in order for them to grow and be harvested in a few weeks.
Josie, Volunteering Development Coordinator at Action Together, said "Our team had a great time learning more about the Hub's projects and having the opportunity to do some volunteering ourselves! It was so rewarding to meet some of the volunteers who had been supported by our team, and to see first-hand how much they enjoy their volunteering roles."
If you are interested in opportunities for Community Food Growing Projects, please click here.
If your organisation is interested in knowing more about workplace volunteering, contact our Volunteer team at volunteering@actiontogether.org.uk and make a difference in your community.