Town hands allotment to community volunteers

Ferndown Community Support CIC, founders of Ferndown Community Larder and Food Bank, are delighted with their new community allotment awarded by the town council.

The group’s Hannah Hobbs-Chell said: “What a brilliant asset to the group, and to the Food Bank+, enabling us to not only provide fresh fruit and veg, but also a teaching and learning space for growing your own. Thank you Ferndown Town Council for the opportunity to further benefit the community in so many ways”.

The plot, intended for community use and benefit, will be a rich asset and volunteers are being sought to get the ground growing.

Ferndown mayor Lawrence Wilson said: “Ferndown Town Council are delighted to have been able to provide this allotment. The group have done so much to help those in need in our community and it’s great to be able to offer them our support.

“We look forward to seeing the fruits of their labour.”
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If you are interested in the work of FCS, volunteering, sponsoring, or needing support, visit ferndowncommunitysupport.org.uk, telephone 01202 936121 or email [email protected].