Opportunities

Funding available for Community Events

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Would you like to run an event and engage more volunteers at your Lambeth food growing site?

As part of our Growing From the Root project, IEL can provide mentoring, funding and support for twelve Garden Gatherings on Lambeth housing estates between July 2024 and June 2025

Events must:

  • Happen between July 2024 and June 2025 (one per month)
  • Be held at housing estate food growing sites
  • Aim to bring people together, and engage local residents with food growing and composting
  • Support food growing: equip your group and local people with resources needed for food growing eg plants, seeds, compost, skills, knowledge, volunteers
  • Be held throughout the borough – we want to see a good spread of events to cover all neighbourhoods

We can provide: 

£650 per event to cover costs. This can include:  

  • Food
  • Food growing resources eg seeds, plants, skill sharing
  • Workshop costs
  • Printing and publicity 
  • Capital costs eg installing raised beds

Mentoring support to:

  • Design your event
  • Deliver it safely
  • Publicise your event and engage local people
  • Recruit volunteers to help at your event
  • Secure free resources

Some ideas for events (but we want to hear your ideas):

  • Children’s workshops
  • Planting workshop with food
  • Showing a film
  • Seasonal celebrations
  • Skill sharing event

Apply to take part by completing this form:

We will allocate the support according to the criteria above, and then on a first come, first served basis. After you apply, we will get in touch to talk through your ideas.

Growing from the root is funded by Awards for All.