More accessible community growing spaces (garden/farm/allotment)

From "Environmental Improvement Programme 2023-24: New bidding round"

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Bringing in more accessible areas for people to grow food and flowers, is a useful way to turn mowed grassland into a bio diverse, wildlife rich area. Also helping to offset carbon emissions in the city. There are plenty of mown grassland spaces, where this project could be held: Jesus green, midsummer common, christs peice, coldhams common, Parker’s peice. Community growing spaces are very important for the communities health, giving access to healthy, local produce, where there may have not been access before. I think there are many people who’d be interested in taking part in such a project, as you see with the year long waiting lists at allotment sites. As people just want to grow! There just isn’t the access to plots of land where people can grow food themselves.

Official updates

Last update: 21 August 2023

Dear Cameron Stewart, We regret we are unable to consider this request as it doesn’t fit within the scope of the Environmental Improvement funding programme (EIP), as it does not specify a defined area and is not quantifiable as a project. However, Cambridge is fortunate in that it does have a number of existing allotment sites, some of which are managed by the City Council while others are managed by our partners. Allotment and community garden provision are also a core part of new developments in the city. However as a consequence we will therefore be changing the status of the project to rejected. Though we would like to thank you for putting in the time to put forward this project idea, and would welcome ideas in any future EIP round. If you would like more details on why we have taken this course of action please contact me at james.ogle@cambridge.gov.uk, and I will endeavour to get back to you. Kind Regards James Ogle

James Ogle (Cambridge City Council - Project Officer)Posted on 21 August 2023