Dear friend, First of all, we’d like to give a warm welcome to all our new subscribers – there are now over 600 of you receiving our monthly newsletter! Thank you for your ongoing support and interest in STAA. We think this is probably a good time to ask you all what you think of…
Dear friend, A huge thank you to all of the volunteers who support us with their skills, dedication and enthusiasm Volunteers are at the core of STAA, integral to all our delivery, and we’re so proud to celebrate their achievements this National Volunteer Week. We’ve also launched our Summer workshop programme, including planning your winter…
Dear friend, Thank you to all of you who voted for us but we are sad to share that we didn’t win the Severn Trent Award for our Growing Wild project. This would have significantly increased our support for wildlife on-site and the number of people we could have involved in our Urban Nature activity.…
Dear friend, A new STAA project at Urban Nature has been shortlisted for a Severn Trent Community Fund Gold Award and we need your help to make sure we win it.The award total is £20,000 to support our ‘Growing Wild’ project to enhance inner-city green spaces here at St Ann’s Allotments. The awards are chosen by public vote…
Dear reader, Have you seen your first daffodil of the year yet? Spring is certainly in the air, and we’re delighted to share our programme of Spring workshops with you 🌼 We’ve got everything from microgreens and soil fertility to floral gifts and spring wreath making. Plus we’ve launched our guided heritage tour dates from March to…
Dear reader, If the snow gave you that festive feeling, we invite you to join us on the Orchard to make your own decorations at our Community Open Day, or relax by the fire at our Family session and Adventure Play on 22nd December. Details of all those events and more can be found below.…