Larkhall Community Growers

Constitutional objectives

To advance education through the development of skills and individual capabilities by providing opportunities for training for work, vocational training and personal development, specifically but not exclusively targeting unemployed and disadvantaged. To advance health through physical exercise and improved diet by the cultivation and preparation of freshly grown produce. To advance citizenship and community development through the encouragement of voluntary activity and increasing individuals involvement in community activities. Regenerating the community by improving the social, physical and economic infrastructure through personal growth, the advancement, responsibility and privilege of citizenship, particularly to those disadvantaged because of social and economic circumstances. To provide recreational facilities and organised leisure activities which are inclusive of all members of the community through access to community garden, tools, materials, workshops and resources to cultivate fresh produce and associated activities. Using the gardens as a place where the community can come together to work and socialise. To improve the local environment by developing areas of unused or waste ground through cultivating and planting thus helping to eliminate dumping of rubbish and vandalism and improving the quality of the surroundings for local residents.