Gardening

Family Gateway volunteers make a vital contribution to our aims. We recognise the added value that volunteers bring to our organisation and those who use our services. Our volunteers inform our work and help us to develop, and we can support volunteers to learn skills and achieve personal development during their time with us. We recruit volunteers using our “Barefoot Professional Model” which means we recruit people from our local community who have a range of life experiences that they can use to support other people who come to Family Gateway for support. A description of the Gardening volunteer role is below.

Gardening Volunteer

Howden Community Hub has some beautiful Garden areas and we would like some help from the local community to look after this area and help it come to its full potential.

Duties would include:

• Planting and weeding 8 raised beds with a variety of produce e.g., vegetables, herbs, flowers, etc
• Using the poly tunnel to its fullest potential
• Making things to sell e.g., hanging baskets, pots, bird feeders, bird houses
• Caring for fruit trees
• Weeding and general maintenance
• Lawn care

Skills

• green fingers
• team player
• weekly
• understanding of plants and gardens