Supporting Disabled People
Horticultural Project
Employment Related Projects
The Trust is directly involved in the following schemes
Furniture Wanted
To donate good quality furniture please contact our Depot on 01268 414100Horticultural Services
Please contact Ricky on 07833 241205 or e-mail RootsandShoots@hamelintrust.org.uk if you want to purchase services, donate plants and/or tools or equipmentRevitalise
Please donate all your unwanted computer equipment (exlcuding CRT Monitors). Contact Revitalise on 01621 853333 or see full details at www.revitalise.org.uk
Roots & Shoots
The five acre grounds at Sutton Bridge Farm provide an ideal training environment for a work experience project in gardening and maintenance for people with learning disabilities, which has been improved with ESF funding. Approximately 40 programme members gain horticultural training and work experience on the project. All work towards an accredited qualification. Conservation methods are adopted in the training to maintain the natural development of the land at Sutton Bridge Farm.
Work by the members on the project has developed a large sensory garden for Gowlands. The project team has also purchased 2 new vehicles thanks to the Big Lottery funding and use of these vehicles enables the Project Team to maintain the grounds of the Trust’s other services. The project has also been successful in gaining some external contracts with other organisations and local people in the area.
