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Let’s Go Zero with Ikea

Lucy Donald

Office Manager

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Our Schemes

  • Oakwell Rise Pantry: offering surplus food to the community
  • Gardening Clubs with the community
  • Developing a ‘Grow Your Own’ Garden
  • Community Fridge
  • Cook and Eat programme

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  • We also have the following initiatives within school:-
    • Compost (adding food waste from the kitchen to our own compost bins)
    • Recycling initiatives with TerraCycle and Rag Bag
    • One hour no electric (and seeing impact on smart meters)
    • Terrarecycle - recycling initiatives that raise money for establishments
    • Rag Bag - recycling clothing and raising funds for organisations (£400 per tonne)

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Our Longer Term Plans

Our longer term aim to support our underserved community and relieve food inequality:-

  • Continue to develop the ‘Grow Your Own’ garden with seasonal items to distribute to the community throughout the year from our Oakwell Rise Pantry
  • Create a chicken run with 4-5 chickens to distribute eggs to the local community
  • Develop community garden volunteering programme: in collaboration with local Adult Learning Teams at College

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How to Get Started and Funding Opportunities

Register with Neighbourly and Fareshare to receive surplus food from: Marks and Spencer, Aldi, Lidl, Asda and Tesco

This opportunity also allowed us to collect on Christmas Eve/New Years Eve and deliver large amounts of surplus to families at times of economic hardship

Small garden - set realistic expectations and expect plant death/destruction

Community Fridges - Co-Op offer community fridge funding

TerraCycle provide funds to organisations that recycle products via them

RagBag provide funds for clothing recycled through them

Household Support Grants from local authority/UK Shared Prosperity Fund from local authority

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Links

Co-op Community Fridge: https://www.actiontogether.org.uk/co-op-community-fridge-fund-0

Neighbourly Surplus Food: https://www.neighbourly.com/service/product-surplus

FareShare Surplus Food: https://fareshare.org.uk/

Textile Recycling: https://www.rag-bag.co.uk/

Recycling Initiatives: https://www.terracycle.com/en-GB/

Compost Bins - most local authorities offer free composting bins (check your Local Authority)

Nature Grants (compost bins) - https://ltl.org.uk/projects/local-school-nature-grants/