About Us Our Mission: Creating a therapeutic horticulture project with disadvantaged groups, particularly refugees and asylum seekers. Growing Together was established in 2011 through a collaboration between Revive, an organisation supporting refugees and asylum seekers, and the Highfield Eco-Allotment Project (HEAP). Originally a project under Revive’s umbrella, it evolved into its own entity over time. The […]
About us We are a large resilient community of asylum seekers and refugees and dedicated volunteers centred around our thriving allotment site in Levenshulme, Manchester. We are a large resilient community of asylum seekers and refugees and dedicated volunteers centred around our thriving allotment site in Levenshulme, Manchester. We welcome people from across Greater Manchester
Trustees Alice Nicolay Alice has a background in community development, fundraising, campaigning, and organisational development, having worked and volunteered with a number of organisations within the charity sector since 2002. She has worked with refugees and asylum seekers in organisations including Freedom from Torture, and as a trustee for the Survivors of Torture Relief Fund
Staff Owoseni (People Support Manager) I joined the charity in November 2021. Part of my role includes checking with our participants, especially our most vulnerable. Signposting and referring participants to support like foodbank, homelessness, legal, mental and physical health support, and support from other community projects too. We share a deep sense of community, togetherness,
Stories Volunteers Stories We have a group of volunteer volunteers that help in each session. Volunteers in GTL are the backbone of the charity supporting our participants in the people support role, art and gardening activity facilitator. We are so proud of our volunteers and thankful of their dedication helping the community grow. Below is
What we do We support refugees. GTL is a place to develop gardening skills, spend time in nature, meet new people, share knowledge, eat the food we’ve grown, access support, and come together as a community. Garden ActivitiesPlanting and growing vegetables, flowers, herbs, trees and looking after wildlife in the garden. ArtA wide range of
