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Trust staff volunteer
at Roots & Shoots
On 13 September, the Trust's staff left the office for the
day to go and volunteer at Roots & Shoots near Waterloo.
The City of London encourages its staff to participate in
volunteering activities and the day at Roots & Shoots was the
third such occasion for the Trust.
Roots & Shoots is an environmental and educational charity
based amongst the housing estates of north Lambeth in a green oasis
of just under two acres. It was established in 1982 and is
principally concerned with providing vocational training for young
people with learning difficulties and/or social problems. Training
encompasses horticulture and woodwork, often as a mechanism for
teaching basic skills in literacy and numeracy.
In addition to its horticultural training the organisation
operates an impressive wildlife garden (used by around 2000
schoolchildren annually) and is also home to the London Beekeepers
Association. After a tour of their state of the
art training building (which incorporates solar
panels and other ecological features) and gardens, the Trust's
staff were put to work weeding, pruning overgrown bushes and
painting the honey shed. Roots & Shoots' compost heap had
grown considerably by the end of the day! Everyone
enjoyed themselves and the garden looked much tidier as a result of
all the hard work done. Many staff went home with pots of
honey and other natural products from the on-site shop.
Read
more about Roots & Shoots by visiting their website.