Our work comes under the Trust, a charity based in Dunoon whose work is to support sustainable development across the town. Being part of the Trust gives us access to a wide range of resources as well as a base for funding applications.
Dunoon Community Development Trust (DCDT) is pleased to announce that it will be leading a new shared food growing and therapeutic garden project at Struan Lodge Residential Care and Day Care Centre.
Following months of positive discussion with Argyll & Bute Council and Health & Social Care Partnership, DCDT has now signed a licence with Argyll & Bute Council to allow it to develop a new Grow Food Grow Dunoon food growing site in the grounds of Struan Lodge at Bencorrum Brae.
DCDT’s Grow Food Grow Dunoon initiative brought together a group of volunteers with varied skills who wanted to grow food as a team, rather than individually in gardens or on private allotments. Working in partnership with Kirn Primary School, Grow Food Grow Dunoon established a thriving growing space within the school grounds. Due to understandable limitations in access to the school-based site during term-time, the Grow Food Grow Dunoon team has been actively looking for a new growing site that can allow more volunteers to become involved in the project throughout the week and across the year. The grounds of Struan Lodge now provide the perfect location.
Home grown food fruit and vegetables are nutritious and tasty – yet growing them is hard work and takes knowledge and experience. We are a group of people who came together because we wanted to grow our own food, not in a private allotment or garden, but as a team. This way we can support each other because we each have different skills. As well, we can enjoy our time together rather than slogging away on our own.
For more details of the Trust and it’s work:
https://www.dunooncdt.org/
The Grow Food Project 