Published on 2021-10-15
HOPE is a community gardening project in Firth Park. We offer a supportive and safe outdoor space where people of all ages can learn how to grow organic vegetables and fruit. As well as growing produce and learning new skills, our users benefit from getting exercise in the open air, access to fresh, healthy produce and making new friends.
HOPE is open to people of all ages. Children are welcome provided they are accompanied by a parent or other adult. Gardening is an activity that promotes healthy living and particularly benefits people with learning disabilities and restricted physical or mental health. Our project has many years’ experience working with people who face these challenges.
We are keen to encourage new volunteers to join our project. Our volunteers provide valuable support to our users, working alongside them and showing them how to do various tasks. Volunteers are also vital in undertaking some tasks that cannot be done easily by our users.
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19
The spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) is a concern for all of us and we are taking the situation seriously.
We keep up to date with guidance from NHS England and the Department of Health and Social and Care and follow the advice provided by Sheffield City Council’s allotments team.
All our gardening activities take place in the open air and therefore the risk of spreading Coronavirus is very low. We have an outdoor shelter that people can use when it rains.
We also take the following precautions to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus:
- encourage users and volunteers to wash their hands regularly using our hands-free ‘Tippy Tap’
- have hand sanitiser available and encourage people to use it regularly
- observe “social distancing” with each other (2 to 3 metres)
- provide gardening gloves which are washed between sessions
- ensure that only one person at a time works in any indoor spaces such as sheds and polytunnels.
