health projects

We have a number of projects but for general enquiries please contact one of the people below:

Nicola Hinton 01773 535 232
Jo Stanistreet 01773 841 566
Maria Desborough 01773 535 232

ACTIVE PROJECTS LISTING:

Find out more about our Community Food programmes.

Find out more about the new FREE LOCAL HEALTH WALKS programmes.

Find out more about the now independent Walking for Health programmes that Groundwork have helped establish.

Find out more about Autumn Footprints, Walk Festival 2008

PROJECT CASE STUDIES:

In this section we highlight the scope and benefits of completed (or entering new phase) projects with contacts if any aspect of the project is relevant to your current thoughts or needs.

In all cases, clicking the "More" target at the end of the brief project description will take you to a downloadable version of the full Case Study report.

Local fruit and veg schemes. Posted 14 August 2007.
Groundwork Derby and Derbyshire currently have a number of
community veg schemes running in with numerous small ‘satellite’
schemes planned to develop from these. All the schemes are
providing top quality fresh fruit and vegetables (including some
local grown produce) in areas experiencing higher levels of health
inequalities, where affordability and access are also major issues....More

Grow Great Grub. Posted 14 August 2007.
Grow Great Grub provides accredited OCN entry and level 1 - 2 training courses in the basics of food growing. The unique selling point of the project is that learners are trained to succeed in vegetable growing rather than try turning them into committed gardeners!...More

PACE. Posted 6 August 2007.
PACE – which stands for Physically Active Children in Erewash – is an after school club for primary school children and aims to help the youngsters and their families pursue a healthier lifestyle...More

Harvest Moon. Posted 6 August 2007.
Between July and September 2006 the community of Kirk Hallam in Ilkeston, Derbyshire held its first festival of art, rhythm, food and light called ‘Harvest Moon'...More