Deadline: 1-May-22
Supported by the Tomar Trust, Grow it Yourself (GIY) is seeking appliocations for its Community Classrooms Programme to establish, support and fund a network of 30 community gardens around Ireland over the next three years (2020-2023) that directly engage with primary schools and provide outdoor, living classrooms for pupils, staff and community members.
Funding Information
- Development fund of €3,500 to build and run a Community Classroom as a partnership between a community group and a primary school
- School garden growing plan and associated curriculum resources
Eligibility Criteria
- The Community Classrooms campaign is open to partnerships between local community groups and local primary schools who have access to a new, developing or established community/school garden. The community group/primary school partnership must meet the following criteria:
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If You Are A Community Group:
- Have a community garden, or allocated space for a new community garden, located less than a 10 minute walk from a primary school
- Agree to allocate a minimum of four 1m x 1m raised beds for school use within the community garden
- Agree to host a monthly school gardening club at the community garden (run by a teacher, parent or community member)
- Agree to fundraise (with the help of the primary school) at least 25% of the funding (€900)
- Have suitable Public Liability Insurance
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If You Are A Primary School:
- Have a school garden, or allocated space for a new school garden, that you agree to share with a local community group
- Agree to host a monthly school gardening club at the community garden (run by a teacher, parent or community member)
- Agree to fundraise (with the help of the community group) at least 25% of the funding (€900)
- Have suitable Public Liability Insurance
- They also ask that the community/school garden has, or will use the allocated funding to develop, the following facilities to create a suitable Community Classroom:
- A secure storage space to store equipment
- Easy access to a toilet (compost or otherwise)
- Access to running water
- A wildlife pond and/or a secure area to keep hens
- Access to a covered space (shed, prefab, etc.) that can be used as a classroom in bad weather
- If you plan to use the allocated funding to develop facilities, please outline details in your application form
For more information, visit GIY.
For more information, visit https://giy.ie/programmes/community-classroom/#:~:text=Supported%20by%20the%20Tomar%20Trust,pupils%2C%20staff%20and%20community%20members.