Penrose Roots - Community Recovery Garden (360G-tnlcomfund-0045227823)

The funding will support the organisation's “Roots to Recovery” (R2R) project which provides locally based activities that utilise a one-acre therapy garden and workshop space. Their project area is currently Luton with a catchment area of Luton and Bedfordshire. The activities will support vulnerable adults who are socially isolated or on the fringe of isolation by building their skills and resilience and breaking down community engagement barriers. The organisation will also test a social enterprise approach to see if it could open-up a range of possibilities for R2R their members and service users. Additionally it will build twenty more raised beds in various neglected and unused Luton locations to increase community free fresh food production.