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The Women’s Environmental Network (WEN) Local Food campaign offers training and support to groups of women growing food in urban areas.

Roam around our Local Food pages for everything you need to know about WEN’s work on contemporary food issues. Find out what you can do – along with others, to get involved.

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1 Local work
  

2 Network building

 

 3 Policy development
     
We are actively working with women’s groups in Tower Hamlets. We facilitate a national network of local growers and host an on-line directory. Our projects with local women inform our advocacy work with national organisations.
     
Women and children at the Toc-H community garden, East London

 

  
Cuture Kitchen 2005
WEN workshop at WEN's 2003 food gathering
Click for information for schools

Free food growing training
Thursday 25 June 2009, 9.30am – 4pm
John Scurr Community Centre, Limehouse E14 7JQ
WEN is offering a food growing taster day to women in Tower Hamlets. Click title for leaflet. Further details and booking: Caroline Fernandez, carofood@gmail.com T 020 7481 9004

Free composting training
Wednesday 1 July 2009, 9.30am – 4pm
John Scurr Community Centre, Limehouse E14 7JQ
For women with some knowledge of composting who want to learn how to teach others. Click for programme. Further details and booking: Caroline Fernandez, carofood@gmail.com T 020 7481 9004

Evaluation of volunteer training programme Getting to the Roots 2008 (171k pdf)

Working Across Languages
WEN has produced some guidance notes for working with groups from different languages and cultures. Visit our Resources page for this and other useful information.
 


 

WEN local food project
is currently supported by:

London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Olive Tree Trust, Wakefield Trust and Tedworth Trust.

The best way to support our campaigns is to become a member or make a regular donation. If you like this site, say thanks by joining now.
PO Box 30626, London E1 1TZ Tel 020 7481 9004 Email food@wen.org.uk