Michael French's Contact Details

Michael French's Company Details

Grounded Community

N/A, N/A, gb • 5 - 9 Employees
Non-Profit

We're a charity based in Boscombe, Bournemouth. We work with others to give our community access to healthy, nutritious food. Our mission is to educate, share and grow, so we can connect members of our community with nature, with food and with each other.Our StoryIn 2012 a walled Victorian 'Secret Garden' was uncovered and replanted into a food growing haven. It is our areas worst kept secret. It is set in one of the most deprived wards in the country where there is 47% of children in poverty. In 2014 our project was born. We have been food growing with sustainable no chemical methods, supplying food to our community and learning skills since then. Many of our community struggle with isolation, poor mental and physical health. People want to improve their situation and we are together in that challenge. What do we do?EDUCATION: Provide people with the skills and resources needed to grow their own food using organic techniques, and create a model of community sufficiency which can be replicated in other urban areas.COMMUNITY: Build a resilient, collaborative, thriving community based around growing, learning, sharing and eating food together. ACCESS TO FOOD: Improve health and well-being in our area through the sharing and eating of nutritious, locally grown food, as well as surplus from gardens and businesses.4. Environment: To heal natural ecosystems and increase biodiversity by using organic regenerative gardening techniques. To promote lifestyles that are in harmony with nature.