Helping at a community allotment!
These tasks will help us create a beautiful space for people to grow food, learn English and relax in!
Tuesday 16th June
6:15pm - 8:00pm
Led by STEFANIA ROSSO (she/her)
Empowering my passions for a circular good while being active sustainably!
Who's going?
About the task
The MEP Multiculture English Project Garden Project has been teaching gardening, horticultural and English language skills to asylum seekers since 2010, by providing a space to put this knowledge into action.
âť“ What is the Task?
We will be:
- Landscaping (building raised beds and retaining walls),
- Moving compost up to the garden (wheelbarrow),
- Doing other gardening tasks digging, levelling soil, weeding
- Have fun together :-)
đź“Ť Where?
- If running/walking, meet at 6:15pm @ Queens Victoria Statue (1 Marlborough Pl, Brighton BN1 1UB) to leave soon after ;
- If biking, meet me at from 6:15pm @ Queens Victoria Statue (1 Marlborough Pl, Brighton BN1 1UB) to leave soon after and ride alongside the runners;
- Regardless where you come from, it would be fun you join us at the task from 18:45 for volunteering together at the Roedale Valley Allotments, in Golf Drive, Brighton, BN1 7AA.
🧤 Anything Else I Need to Know?
- Bring garden gloves - I will bring some :-),
- Tools and spare gloves will be provided by our task owner Will.
Happy GoodGym-ing
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Davina McCall, TV Presenter
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Professor Lord Richard Layard 
This session supports the organisation The Migrant English Project Community Garden
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.
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Make sure you've read our general guidelines for safety for taking part in a GoodGym session.
This is a GoodGym group run. You'll meet other GoodGymers at the start location and run to the task together. If you can't run for more than 15 minutes without stopping or you're worried about any aspect of the session, contact your area activator STEFANIA ROSSO (she/her) by email at stefania@goodgym.org.
About GoodGym
GoodGym is a community of people that get fit by doing good. We run, walk and cycle to do practical tasks for community organisations and isolated older people.