The MEP Community Garden is a well-established community project that has been supporting asylum seekers, refugees and other migrants living in Sussex since 2003. It hosts group-based activities and teach gardening skills while providing a space where students can learn about growing and cooking healthy food and produces organic vegetables – either to eat collectively at MEP or for students to take home. The project helps people learn new vocabulary and builds confidence in new skills, and the space provides a critical site of mental wellbeing through fresh air, exercise and socialising.