EXCITING NEW PROJECT FOR WALES!

As one of the partners in this collaborative new project, DTA Wales are delighted to announce the launch of the Resilient Green Spaces partnership. This collaboratively designed project led by Social Farms & Gardens is piloting alternative, re-localised food systems using communities and their green spaces as the driving force for change across Wales until June 2023.

This project has received funding through the Welsh Government Rural Communities – Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Welsh Government.

Resilient Green Spaces is a £1.27m partnership project being led by Social Farms & Gardens to pilot alternative re-localised food systems using communities and their green spaces as the driving force for change across Wales until June 2023.

Six collaborative workstreams delivered by partners, are testing what communities can achieve, given the right support, access to land and freedom to do what they do best.

1. Building a National Allotment Development Team
2. Innovative Food Hubs
3. Productive Community Orchards
4. Greener Corridors and Spaces
5. Exploring Community Access to Farms and Land
6. Building Horticultural Future Farming Skills

The project is being delivered by Cae Tan CSA, Cardiff University (Sustainable Places Research Institute), Development Trusts Association Wales, the Ecological Land Cooperative, Gwynedd County Council, Lantra/Tyfu Cymru, Open Food Network, Shared Assets and The Landworkers Alliance.

This project has received funding through the Welsh Government Rural Communities – Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Welsh Government.

You can find more information on the project on our website here: https://www.farmgarden.org.uk/resilient-green-spaces