Dear friend, Spring is in sight! The evenings are slowly getting lighter and the sun is rising just that little bit earlier. We look forward to the return of our Play, Grow and Eat session this half term, plus the increase of our youth provision through regular sessions every 2nd and 4th Saturday on the Orchard…
Dear friend, We hope you enjoyed the holidays and have had a good start to the New Year. We look forward to continuing those special relationships we have built with you all on and around this beautiful site of St Ann’s Allotments and excited for the connections we are yet to make. As most of…
Dear Friend, It’s the final newsletter of 2023! We really would like to send out a huge thank you to everyone who has visited, our partners, trustees, friends and family who help us in so many different ways to be able to continue doing what we do here at STAA. Your support really means a lot…
As part of our Trustee Week, we speak with a few of our trustees to learn a bit about them, how they heard about STAA and what made them want to become a trustee. Lydia – trustee since 2019 I got involved in STAA when I was an allotment holder and I saw all of…
Dear friend, Well, what a fantastic October we had here at St Ann’s Allotments! We have had such an incredible harvest that we were able to offer four Play, Grow & Eat sessions over the half term. These sessions support our local families in St Ann’s by providing a safe space and a warm meal for…
I recently took this photograph when sweeping up the leaves on my back yard. I hadn’t previously taken much notice of the lichens on my acer tree, but on that day the sun’s reflection made them stand out like a miniature coral reef. Perhaps it’s the more dominant autumn leaves that cause us to overlook…