Target: Wellbeing project, Offshoots, nominated for International Green Awards
Offshoots, part of the Target: Wellbeing programme in Burnley, is up against nominees from Canada, South Africa and Nort
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Offshoots, delivered by Groundwork Pennine Lancashire, has been nominated for an International Green Award in the Best Green Educational and Sustainability Awareness Award category.
Offshoots, housed in the old walled garden of Towneley Park, Burnley, is a thriving one acre organic fruit and vegetable garden boasting five different forms of eco-friendly buildings that are renewably powered and used daily. Target: Wellbeing’s project there initiative encourages local communities and targeted groups to take advantage of the mental wellbeing benefits offered through contact with the natural environment and involvement in horticulture and traditional countryside and craft skills.
The International Green Awards is an initiative enlightening the world through showcasing the best in class examples of creativity in business, citizen and government initiatives leading to sustainable outcomes.
Winners will be recognised on 24th November 2011 at a glittering green gala ceremony and dinner.
More about the awards: http://www.greenawards.com/
More about our project: http://www.targetwellbeing.org.uk/profile/offshoots_permaculture_project
Offshoots own website: http://www.offshoots.org.uk/
Groundwork Pennine Lancs’ website: http://www.northwest.groundwork.org.uk/pennine-lancashire.aspx
