Spice it Up Training

Do you want to grow herbs, salads, fruits and vegetables?

Women in Tower Hamlets and beyond are invited to join WEN’s exciting new Spice It Up programme. Our first year has now finished and proved very popular with participants! Everyone bonded, shared tips and is kept  in touch through the peer support network, which arranges regular free outings.

Further classes will take place from summer and autumn 2011 in different locations around Tower Hamlets borough. Participants will receive:

• Four weeks training (six hours per week) in organic food growing skills, including an induction to Women’s Environmental Network, and visits to local gardening projects.
• A certificate of achievement, and a reference for future employers or training schemes once you have completed the programme.
• An opportunity to volunteer at local community gardens to put your new skills into practice, and a chance to become a Local Food Ambassador.
• A food growing starter kit, including hand trowel and hand fork, seeds, gardening gloves, potting compost, and a container/window  box.
• Free lunch at the training sessions, and travel expenses for attendance of the training sessions/placements.

Childcare can be provided or reasonable expenses reimbursed if arranged before hand. Call 020 7481 9004 or email: Kate Metcalf at spiceitup@wen.org.uk

You don’t need to have experience of food growing to join the programme:  the only requirements are an interest in food growing, and regular attendance at the training sessions and your volunteer placements.

Participants must contact WEN before hand to arrange booking as spaces are limited: Call the Local Food Team on 020 7481 9004 or email Kate Metcalf on spiceitup@wen.org.uk.

Newsletters

Stay notified about training sessions, field trips, picnics, local Tower Hamlets events, and volunteering opportunities at community food-growing projects in East London.

Read it online:

Issue 1 (September-October 2010) Spice It Up Newsletter

Issue 2 December/January 2011 Winter Spice It Up Newsletter

Issue 3 March 2011 Spice It Up Spring Newsletter

Issue 4 August 2011 Spice It Up Summer Newsletter

Please email food@wen.org.uk to hop on the email list, or call our Local Food team on 0207 481 9004. We can also print and post copies if you don’t have email. Please let us know which you would prefer.