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In July 2021 ClimateYouChange was approached by Nicola Mackie from Newham Council in her previous role as the East Ham Neighbourhood Community Ward Manager. Nicola asked for advice on what would be best to plant in East Ham’s Gooseley Playing Fields where it borders the A13. We gave the only sensible answer...Miyawaki! We couldn’t in good conscience recommend that food be grown close to a busy motorway but could suggest a way of achieving incredible levels of carbon drawdown

We had a good first session with lots of positive engagement from the course participants.  Everyone shared their expectations and motivations for being there. A number of the workshop attendees came with the desire to make a difference to their carbon footprint by seeing how they could keep garments in their wardrobe for longer. Everyone wanted to increase their skills and creativity.  We had a packed, hands-on session where participants learnt different mending skills. We d

After all the wet weather from the site preparation days, we had good weather for our first planting day. Throughout the day we welcomed over 20 volunteers to help start the planting of the Food Forest.  After the health and safety briefing, we ran through how we were transferring the scaled planting plan to the membrane-covered area and how to plant the different varieties.  You can view the planting plan portfolio here: CYC-PPP-Food_Forest_Planting_Plan [PDF, 1.3MB] ​ Every

After strimming the site in the days beforehand, we had a successful site preparation day with over 15 volunteers turning up to help clear the site of brambles and litter. Everyone powered through despite rain and the increasingly muddy conditions. One high point of the day was winning the battle with a very stubborn old tree root that was growing under the concrete fence between the community centre and the school next door.  Eventually we were ready to install the biodegrad

Thank you to members of our community who participated in the food forest planning consultation that we held at the Katherine Road Community Centre. It was a well-attended event with positive contribution from local people.  We kicked off by outlining what makes a food forest, explaining the benefits, why they should be included within our green spaces, the advantages over conventional food growing and how they combat climate change.  We discussed how we make the space work,

Thank you to Syed Haque, the Community Neighbourhoods Area Manager for Plaistow and Green Street, for putting ClimateYouChange forward to be considered for being one of the three People Powered Places projects featured in their press release of the same name.   Having been successfully chosen for inclusion, we can now be found online, in Newham Council’s press release announcing the ‘winning projects’ for their People Powered Places programme.   Here is the coverage we receiv

In September 2023, we were invited back to join the Beckton Parks Working Group to support implementation of the Beckton Parks Masterplan. Members, Jyotsna, and Celia went to represent ClimateYouChange. In the new 112 acre Beckton parks and green spaces design plans, we were happy to see a number of our recommendations:  the creation of two food forests; one of which is to include an outdoor learning area food growing capacity increased with more allotments phasing out of ann

After some great work by group members: Celia, Dirk, Jyotsna, Anitha, George, Mikey and Stewart our project proposal has been voted in and has secured the £20,000 funding to run a varied programme of sustainability fashion and living courses and to create Newham's first food forest with a gravity-fed watering system! ​ In the new year we will start organising the first steps to deliver this project and will post updates here and also on the Co-create platform here: ​...

ClimateYouChange has submitted a proposal to Newham Council's People Powered Places to fund a £20,000 project in 2024. The project aims to run Sustainable fashion and living workshops and also create Newham's first food forest at the front of Katherine Road Community Centre.  You can view the proposal and vote by following this link: https://newhamco-create.co.uk/en/ideas/community-sustainability-and-fashion-workshops-plus-newham-s-first-food-forest