First Steps Bath community nursery has received £1,000 grant funding from The Quartet Community Foundation to fund early years practitioner time to grow vegetables with children and their families in the outdoor education areas and purchase tools, seeds and planters.
“This project links with the outdoor learning we are doing alongside families and our ethos of ‘childhoodnature’, the idea that children are natural and that human health and well-being is linked to the environment,” explained Roz Lambert, Chief Executive at First Steps.
“Supported by an enthusiastic volunteer gardening team from TimeBank Plus, we are growing tomatoes, beans, lettuce, radishes and potatoes, to name a few. A celebration event is planned to share the fruits of our labours.
“This project is one of the many ways that First Steps delivers an ambitious vision of universal, inclusive child care and education. We are most grateful to all our funders and to local charities in the Twerton and Southdown area who work with us to empower families and reverse cycles of poverty.”
To find out more about First Steps Bath, call 01225 444791 or visit www.firststepsbath.org.uk