{"id":1550,"date":"2013-06-07T16:21:06","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T15:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.organicarts.org.uk\/projects\/?p=1550"},"modified":"2013-06-19T11:15:58","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T10:15:58","slug":"our-community-garden-wins-highly-commended-in-national-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.organicarts.org.uk\/projects\/posts\/our-community-garden-wins-highly-commended-in-national-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Community Garden wins &#8220;Highly Commended&#8221; in National Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1551 alignleft\" alt=\"christine's award picture\" src=\"https:\/\/www.organicarts.org.uk\/projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/christines-award-picture.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.organicarts.org.uk\/projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/christines-award-picture.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.organicarts.org.uk\/projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/christines-award-picture-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.organicarts.org.uk\/projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/christines-award-picture-332x498.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our Community Garden project\u00a0 has gained national recognition at the Adult Learning Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Beating over 1500 other projects Organic Arts was awarded highly commended in the South West Project Awards category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BBC Spotlight\u2019s Hamish Marshall presented the award at a gala dinner held at Sandy Park Conference &amp; Banqueting Centre, in Exeter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Christine Duff, coordinator for Organic Arts: <i>&#8220;Even up to the day of the award ceremony I had no idea we had reached such lofty heights.\u00a0 It was such a buzz when I brought home our certificate and presented it to all our volunteers.&#8221;<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The project supports local people to develop greater confidence, self-esteem, social skills and time-keeping. Learning practical skills two days a week the volunteers help maintain the garden, grow vegetables and soft fruit, which are prepared and cooked for a shared lunch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you are interested in volunteering in the community garden it happens every Wednesday and Friday from 10.30am to 4pm with a minibus pickup from Exeter. For more details please contact Christine on 01392 811080.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Community Garden project\u00a0 has gained national recognition at the Adult Learning Awards. 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