Supporting The Community

ActivGardens

ActivGardens is a local charity which helps young people and adults learn practical skills, gain confidence, develop friendships and improve health & well being through local gardening projects. They also work with schools, colleges and other organisations to encourage young people to garden and to take responsibility for the environment.

Their location is in Bell Vue Park, Sudbury as well as other sites around the town and in Ipswich.

Perrywood will be supporting this charity with seeds, plants and compost for their projects in Sudbury as well as funding for staff costs and training.

Abberton Rural Training

Abberton Rural Training is an educational charity providing practical and skills training alongside therapeutic support and mentoring to the residents of Suffolk, Essex and surrounding areas.

The courses have a particular focus on rural skills, including countryside & environment, horticulture, woodlands & land management. The courses provide life skills and employability skills alongside accredited learning, to help participants to access jobs, help them become self-employed, move into further education and training, or become involved in the local community by volunteering.

Perrywood will be supporting this charity with a wellbeing planting scheme at their training locations (Halstead, Worminford and Abberton), funding for new garden tools and money for laptops or tablets to assist with online learning.

Greenfingers Charity

Greenfingers Charity is a small national charity dedicated to supporting the children who use hospices around the UK, along with their families, by creating inspiring gardens for them to relax in and enjoy.

Perrywood will be raising money for Garden Re-Leaf day in March. The charity also need help to build a new garden at Haven House in Woodford, Essex.