GIY Ireland's Community Classrooms Programme Accepting Applications
Supported by the Tomar Trust, our Community Classrooms programme aims to establish, support and fund a network of 30 community gardens around Ireland over the next three years (2020-2023) that directly engage with primary schools and provide outdoor, living classrooms for pupils, staff and community members.
What Will Each Community Classroom Receive?
- Development fund of €3,500 to build and run a Community Classroom as a partnership between a community group and a primary school
- School garden growing plan and associated curriculum resources.
Who Can Apply?
The Community Classrooms campaign is open to partnerships between local community groups and local primary schools who have access to a new, developing or established community/school garden. The community group/primary school partnership must meet the following criteria:
If You Are A Community Group:
- Have a community garden, or allocated space for a new community garden, located less than a 10 minute walk from a primary school
- Agree to allocate a minimum of four 1m x 1m raised beds for school use within the community garden
- Agree to host a monthly school gardening club at the community garden (run by a teacher, parent or community member)
- Agree to fundraise (with the help of the primary school) at least 25% of the funding (€900)
- Have suitable Public Liability Insurance.
Applications closing 1 May.