Events Capital Growth

Age-friendly Volunteering in Community Food Gardens

Webinar Monday 21 September 2020 10:30 00:00

Capital Growth and Ageing Better led a webinar to discuss the importance of age-friendly and inclusive volunteering in the context of their recently-launched Growing Connections guide.

You can hear the coversation that took place on Monday 21st September with Capital Growth, Ageing Better, Hackney Herbal and Whestone Community Garden.

The speakers introduced the recently-launched Growing Connections guide and toolkit which promotes inclusive and age-friendly volunteering in community food gardens.

The gardens shared their experiences of their involvement in the project and why an inclusive approach to community food growing and volunteering is so important and now in particular in the context of Covid-19.

Listen to the recording

Published Monday 21 September 2020

Capital Growth: We believe everyone should have the opportunity to grow food as part of a healthy, resilient food system and we are working with our network of growers in London to make this happen.

Support our work

Your donation will help communities grow more food in gardens across London.

Donate

Sustain
The Green House
244-254 Cambridge Heath Road
London E2 9DA

020 3559 6777
sustain@sustainweb.org

Sustain advocates food and agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, improve the working and living environment, promote equity and enrich society and culture.

© Sustain 2024
Registered charity (no. 1018643)
Data privacy & cookies

Sustain