Rock wins funding from Delamere Dairy Foundation for Allotment Pack-house project
Rock was very fortunate to be awarded a grant of £4,384.64 from Delamere Dairy Foundation, a registered charity which helps young people mature into valued members of society. This funding is to provide a new and extended project on the grounds of our Community Allotment. The students of the Day Services are able to harvest and pack the produce of the allotment into packages with labels displaying their name, for example, “packed by John” and the date of packaging.
And this isn’t just any new shed… it’s our Caistor Rock pack-house, for use by our resident and day-care students to prepare fresh vegetables for sale to our tea-room customers.
This week we have been busy giving it four coats of an oil-based paint, to ensure it still looks as good as new in 50 years.
The pack-house was designed and erected by local company Mitchell’s Timberworks.
About Delamere Dairy Foundation
Delamere Dairy Ltd has been instrumental in the concept and thinking behind the Delamere Dairy Foundation and is proud of the association and the support it can provide. Delamere Dairy’s sustainable approach to business, its ethics, values and vision inspired the concept of the Corporate Foundation, driven by a desire to ‘do the right thing’, now and in the long term, by giving back to the communities in which it operates. Find out more about the Delamere Dairies Foundation >
All funding is gratefully received
The students, volunteers and staff would all like to say, a big THANK YOU to Delamere Dairy Foundation, on behalf of Rock Foundation UK. This funding enables Rock to broaden the scope of our community allotment project and allows the students to gain further experience, build in confidence as well as developing new skills.
