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Welcome to the 'Digging for Health' blog, a record of the development of a social enterprise project supported by Engage UnLtd and Age Concern, Dorchester, UK. We have been allocated a community allotment (thanks to the Volunteer Centre, Dorset), which is very overgrown and run down. This blog will provide a history of the development of the allotment, as we return it to a fully functioning and productive resource that aims to not only produce vegetables but also raise social capital (what's social capital?...read the blog!). This blog belongs to Fran Biley. This views expressed here are his, and he takes full responsibility for them. They may not represent the views of the organisations that are mentioned here.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Slowly, the publicity machine....

...is grinding into action. A notice and link has been placed on the local Bournemouth University's website, advertising the project and the study day. If you are interested in having a look, and seeing more about the very relevant work of Bournemouth University's Centre for Wellbeing and Quality of Life and the 'Healthier Communities' work group, then pay a visit by clicking here.

In addition, we are about to be interviewed and photographed for a well known Dorset-wide magazine (scrub yourself up Bob!). More details will be posted here as soon as we have them.

Finally, through our flyers, we seem to be attracting interest from those who would like to engage with the project for therapeutic reasons. Again, at this stage I can't say too much, partly for reasons of confidentiality, but we had our first therapeutic participant working on the allotment last week, and another has expressed great interest.

Clearly, word about the project is spreading, and it seems to be generating great interest. Isn't that wonderful!

2 comments:

  1. Edwin van TeijlingenFebruary 10, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    Reminds me of the words in a song called World Turned Upside Down:
    "A ragged band they called the Diggers
    Came to show the people' s will ..."

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  2. Looking really good. It's lovely when you plant all your seeds and bulbs and you can watch them grow. It's going to be a real sense of achievement when you can eat your own produce. This is all such a good idea. Great for the old folk and good for the carbon foot print!

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