Capital Growth is a partnership initiative between London Food Link, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson, and the Big Lottery's Local Food Fund.
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Benefits to Capital Growth Spaces
By joining Capital Growth you will be able to access a range of support and benefits. The support available is developing all the time and joining is free.
See below for a list of support that we currently offer you up to the end of 2012.
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| Space 2: The SOAS University Good Food Society have transformed an unused, overgrown area of their campus in to a thriving food growing space |
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Capital Growth offers community food growing spaces the following:
A London-wide support network
- Access to a secure area of the Capital Growth website containing lots of helpful information for your space.
- The chance to attend/participate in network meetings and events, providing you the opportunity to meet people running similar projects elsewhere in the capital and benefit from face-to-face expert advice.
- The opportunity to advertise for volunteer help.
- The opportunity to take part in a Capital Growth team day
- The opportunity to communicate with other similar projects across London, sharing good practice.
- Receive monthly newsletters offering lost of help and advice.
- Access to advice on land use issues.
- Local support from Capital Growth Local Lead groups. Click here for more info about the Local Lead group in your area.
Discounts
We continue to work with suppliers in order to offer deals to Capital Growth supported projects. Click on the link below for a full breakdown of the discounts we can currently offer:
Capital Growth discounts sheet (Word doc.)
All Capital Growth spaces receive codes and instructions to access these discounts.
Capital Growth also receives regular information about low cost or free equipment, including tool give-aways run by the Conservation Foundation. All spaces are notified in a monthly newsletter.
Recognition
Being able to say that your project is part of the Capital Growth network can help as part of funding bids and can result in promotional opportunities that might not otherwise be on offer.
Access to lots of expertise
The Capital Growth project is run by London Food Link (http://www.sustainweb.org/londonfoodlink), part of Sustain, the alliance for better food and farming. Both London Food Link and Sustain have many years experience of helping its members achieve their goals. Click here for a rundown of the success of London Food Link and Sustain.
Access to funding
We occassionally run funding rounds and offer small grants to groups who want to start a food growing space. These rounds are advertised on our home page and if you want to make sure that you don't miss the next one please enter your email address on our home page to be added to our mailing list.