Roots In The City
Our usual group activity is currently reduced due to Covid 19. As of Spring 2021 we are beginning to run small groups and our courses with Myerscough College again in line with restrictions. We continue to maintain the garden to provide fresh food for Micah's foodbank.
About Roots In The City
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Working closely with the local community, we have grown our work at St Michael in the City over the past three years. The project centres around developing a garden that cares for the environment, increases biodiversity and grows the community around St Michael in the City.
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Roots In The City activity includes:
Clearing, developing and growing garden space
Offering gentle, therapeutic outdoor activity for participants that increases physical and mental wellbeing
Offering City & Guilds horticulture qualifications through Myerscough college
Running a Community Social Food Market with support from Micah foodbank
Cooking nutritious and tasty lunches
Creating community space with art and mindfulness activities
Across Roots In the City activity, and across all Faiths4Change projects, we work to create welcoming, safe spaces where people can learn, share and connect with others and with the environment around them.
Clearing, developing and growing garden space
Offering gentle, therapeutic outdoor activity for participants that increases physical and mental wellbeing
Offering City & Guilds horticulture qualifications through Myerscough college
Running a Community Social Food Market with support from Micah foodbank
Cooking nutritious and tasty lunches
Creating community space with art and mindfulness activities
Across Roots In the City activity, and across all Faiths4Change projects, we work to create welcoming, safe spaces where people can learn, share and connect with others and with the environment around them.
Gill Reeve volunteered with us as part of her William Temple scholar studies. Gill wrote a wonderful blog post about the community growing at St.Michael's In The City that you can find here:
Do not despise the day of small things
Our community garden has been featured in the Liverpool Echo, read the article here.
Do not despise the day of small things
Our community garden has been featured in the Liverpool Echo, read the article here.
“What I get out in the garden it's better than any tablets a doctor can give you – it’s organic therapy.”
“I honestly do think the garden has been a positive thing for me, it’s let me contribute to something meaningful and given me something to focus on outside of my own head.”
“I honestly do think the garden has been a positive thing for me, it’s let me contribute to something meaningful and given me something to focus on outside of my own head.”
How the garden developed..
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Events & Classes
Please note, as lockdown lifts and as restrictions allow we are welcoming very small groups to take part in gardening with Faiths4Change as well as accredited learning with Myerscough College. This will be in line with restrictions and guidance.
Our Holiday at Home and Cook Together programmes have been postponed for now and we'll update as soon as we're able to.
If you would like to speak to us about anything Roots In The City related then get in touch with Rachel at rachel@faiths4change.org.uk or phone the office on 0151 705 2108 (please note we are not able to be back in the office full time still due to restrictions)
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Our Holiday at Home and Cook Together programmes have been postponed for now and we'll update as soon as we're able to.
If you would like to speak to us about anything Roots In The City related then get in touch with Rachel at rachel@faiths4change.org.uk or phone the office on 0151 705 2108 (please note we are not able to be back in the office full time still due to restrictions)
Previous events:
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Staff and volunteers holding the weekly harvest to be donated to the Micah foodbank.
