About the project
PROJECT TITLE: Cheetham Park Community Orchard
LOCATION: Manchester
FUNDING: Awarded £11,500 in Round Four of the Greater Manchester Green Spaces Fund
DELIVERED BY: Friends of Cheetham Park
The idea
This project will create a community orchard in a public park, in an area of multiple deprivation. The group will plant fruit trees, fruit bushes and flowers to improve the quality of this green space, and provide habitat and forage for wildlife.
The orchard will provide training and volunteering opportunities for local residents and create a focal point for people to come together to work in the orchard, grow and harvest fruit, and celebrate as a community.
This will provide opportunities to address social isolation and promote physical and mental health.