Ashok's Vision received half the funding for our ' Youth Led Planting Project' from Newham Council 1 month ago Jan 2022. The 5 month delay in receiving the payment disrupted the time - line for the progress of the planting project. Due to the delay in the project start date, we lost some of our volunteers and young people moved onto other projects. We are now working hard on our social media and web presence in order to raise awareness of the work we are doing. Despite the setback we were consistent with our presence in Woodgrange Market Place up until now raising awareness of Youth Mental Health.
In the last 3 weeks, we have worked incredibly hard and have managed to purchase materials and resources to commence the planting at our weekly market stall. We have collaborated with Newham Community Gardens who have kindly offered us storage space and we are now working hard outreaching and drumming up interest from local Young People to come and engage with the onsite planting and market stall. After researching and interviewing young people, we have also decided to set up a new incentive as part of the project - to give free stationary packs to young people who take part in our project.
We welcome everyone to see the work we are doing and the progress we have made so far - we are in Woodgrange market place every Saturday 11am - 3pm. Please visit us! Thank you to everyone who voted for us, we are grateful for the opportunity we have been given. To also find out we got the highest number of votes , was a humbling moment for all of us in the team. We are incredibly proud of the work so far and we are demonstrating how resilient and hard working young people in Newham are. We are super excited and optimistic about the next couple of months, where the planting will be evident and look forward to coming back with more positive updates. Thank you from Team AVI!
Youth Led - Forest Gate Planting Project- £8000
From "Forest Gate Community Assemblies"
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Youth Led - Forest Gate Planting Project
Improving Community spaces, Nature, Biodiversity & Green spaces.
Led by Newham based Youth Mental Health Charity – Ashok’s Vision International (1193446)
We will use our permanent Woodgrange Market platform, as a weekly pop up workshop for creating handmade planters. Partnership with local experts to make planters created from recycled wood and then plant them in Forest Gate spaces. Creating an aesthetically pleasing spaces for ALL residents to benefit from. The planters will be distributed from our market stall– Creating a mini enterprise in line with our charity Vision (providing resources and engaging young people in the community)
The aims of the project will be to support young people to learn about the importance of green spaces and empower and enable them to create a cleaner and greener borough where everyone has access to nature, clean air and pleasant spaces to rest, relax and enjoy.
Forest Gate Planting Project – Will highlight Newham Youth in a positive light. Our Youth Volunteers have already managed to do some extraordinary work in the last 2 years with minimum funding – The reason for this was our passion, local knowledge, clever use of resources, spaces and opportunities around us. We hope In the future other boroughs, locally, nationally and international - Will learn and aspire to be like Forest Gate. Youth are often highlighted in a negative light in Newham, we oversee the talented and hard- working individuals who are doing progressive work. The pandemic has also been a cause of concern – but we have demonstrated that if young people are given the Vision, guidance, tools and adults around them are supportive - They strive to do the best for themselves, their community and wider society.
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Last update: February 22, 2022
Posted on February 22, 2022
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