THIEVES LANE COMMUNITY GARDEN

Registered charity 1197369 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Leisure activity involving gardening, socialising, relaxing in an outdoor environment and physical exercise.Those taking part can be of any age. The garden is an accessible environment. The community garden is situated in an area where there are pockets of deprivation and there are a number of flats with no gardens.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION BY PROVIDING AN AREA FOR USE AS A COMMUNITY GARDEN AND OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS IN HERTFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.(2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PARTICULARLY BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING ABOUT HORTICULTURE IN AND AROUND THE COMMUNITY GARDEN.(3) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE GARDEN BY RESTORING DERELICT AREAS AND PROMOTING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• JULIA BARTON
• Mary Brady · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Hoggarth
• Rachel Walker
• Sarah Hopewell
• Sophie Bruton

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Operates in: Hertfordshire

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