Mow & Grow People's Project Case Study

Waveney Mow and Grow Limited

Mow and Grow – Cutting Grass, Cutting Crime, Cultivating Futures

The Mow & Grow East Anglian People’s Project aims to set up a new gardening and training service covering eastern England, in particular rurally isolated areas.

We are currently based in the most deprived areas of Norfolk and Suffolk but want to cover more areas with our services. We provide a free or low cost garden and tree surgery services for vulnerable people in the community and community groups whilst providing skills training, accredited qualifications and work experience to those struggling to get work. We are an accredited OCN (open college network) assessment centre which delivers hundreds of qualifications free of charge each year and helps thousands of vulnerable people each year. We have won many awards such as Enterprise of the Year 2006 & 2007, Pride of the East 2007, Social Enterprise Mentor of the Year 2007, ARCH Award 2008, Suffolk High Sherriff Award 2008, Greenest Business 2009, Norwich Eco Award 2009 was a finalist in the BITC Award 2009 and National Crime Beat Award 2009.

The People’s Millions award would help us expand our existing services by setting up new teams to help more people both with their gardens and helping the unemployed gain new skills which should help them get work in the future either with ourselves or other employers.

Project contact details

Mow & Grow House
Rotterdam Road
LOWESTOFT
Suffolk
NR32 2EZ