Empowering Community Gardeners and Volunteers

We support both staff and volunteers to develop their projects, their skills and their networks. We deliver CPD training unique to the sector, based on our shared over three decades of experience and education in community projects and education settings. We also support local growing projects, schools, and community growing groups to find ways to bring in income and build capacity and resilience.

We cultivate thriving local growing projects through expert training and tailored support.

Empowering Community Projects and Volunteers

Growing Connections CIC is dedicated to nurturing community gardens and care farms by sharing expert knowledge and fostering resilient networks. Our mission is to enhance skills, support sustainable growth, and inspire local initiatives to thrive. We provide expertise and consultancy, education and training for community gardens, care farms, school farms and gardens, and city farms.

150 Members

4 Training CPD Programs

100 Schools part of School Farms Network

Building Stronger Community Growing Projects

Hear directly from partners who have transformed their community initiatives with our expert guidance and support.

Wonderful, inspirational course, with experienced, knowledgeable trainer, who shared and taught in a generous, open way, encouraging us to recognize and share our experiences. Thank you Heidi.

Keeley is a very engaging tutor. She is patient, has a warm and responsive style of teaching and is very good at facilitating discussion and providing positive feedback.

Thank you both so much for putting this course on. It was great to hear from other people in similar and different settings.

Empowering Growth in Community Farming

Join us to enhance your community garden or care farm with expert training and tailored support. Discover how we can help build skills, increase income, and strengthen your project’s impact.Because our expertise and experience is in education and in community projects, in protocols and practicalities, we can go way beyond supporting you to grow veg and look after animals (but we can help with that too!). Contact us on admin@growingconnections.org.uk