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Ecoworks win public vote for Lottery Grant

Claire Peeters - Development Worker, Ecoworks | 25.10.2005 20:46

Latest: Ecoworks have won the Big Lottery Fund's "People's Millions

On Monday 31st October, Ecoworks will be featured on ITV Central News in a competition for funding from the Big Lottery Fund's "People's Millions." We will be up against a project from Leicester for the £50,000 grant. Tune in from 6pm to find out more, and get behind this Nottingham project by casting your vote.


Ecoworks is a community organisation based on St Ann's Allotments in Nottingham. We have already been through two application rounds, and are now going head to head with one other project (from Leicester) - the project with the most votes will receive the £50,000 grant. Please tune in and vote for Ecoworks to support the people of Nottingham and the local environment.

If we are sucessful, the grant will be used to develop The FRESH Centre, our new education/training centre and community market garden on the allotments. The project will teach people all about growing organic fruit and vegetables, and other aspects of sustainable and healthy lifestyles. Our fruit and vegetables will be available to the community at non-organic prices. Through our activities, we aim to improve the opportunities and quality of life for people in St Ann's and the city as a whole, and improve the historic and beautiful St Ann's Allotments Site.

Please get behind Ecoworks and the City of Nottingham by tuning in to ITV Central News on 31st October and casting your vote.... and if you can, please tell your friends and colleagues to do the same. Voting will be inexpensive (and you can vote as many times as you like!!). With your help, we can make this project a reality.

If you would like more information, or would like to help us spread the word about our involvement in this competition, please contact Claire Peeters on 07815 296071 or email claire.peeters@ntlworld.com

Claire Peeters - Development Worker, Ecoworks
- e-mail: claire.peeters@ntlworld.com
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Vote Ecoworks permaculture it kicks ass!

26.10.2005 11:09

go for it nottingham, southerners have more dosh b***ards.Will try & vote for this & endure lottery tv guff.
Ecoworks has been pioneering permaculture for centuries & healing with hundreds if not thousands of part & full time volunteers, it deserves more,but 50k isnt bad.
I'll try,although I resreve my right to join in a zapatista,argentinian style revolution overthrow our fascist regime & share out the all pies,
joni m

joni


Keep on sustaining ecoworks!

28.10.2005 03:29

An amazing opportunity for ecoworks. If I was in the right country, I would vote twice! I sincerely hope this happens, they definately deserve it. The strawbale hall won't build itself! Good luck from across the pond.

Mark Leigh


How to get voting details

28.10.2005 13:17

For anyone who would like to vote but will not be watching on Monday night, I will post the voting details here on Indymedia, so please check this out after about 7 on Monday for the details. the lines will be open until midnight. I will also be emailing out the details, so if you would like to join my email list for that, please drop me an email in advance to  claire.peeters@ntlworld.com. Many thanks to everyone for your support. Claire

Claire Peeters
mail e-mail: claire.peeters@ntlworld.com


VOTING NUMBER

31.10.2005 20:17

TO VOTE FOR US, CALL 0845 6060701 by midnight tonight (31st October). Sorry have got this notice on here a bit later than promised.

THANKS SO MUCH.

Claire

Calls cost about 10p from mobiles, less from landlines.

claire peeters
mail e-mail: claire.peeters@ntlworld.com


THANK YOU EVERYONE!!

07.11.2005 12:36

Hello,

For those that haven't heard, we were sucessful in our quest, so thanks everyone who got behind us and placed a vote. We got 70% of the overall votes on the night. Having got over the celebratory hangovers, we are now looking forward to a year of hard work to get The FRESH Centre up and running.
If anyone would like to volunteer to help with the work, there'll be lots of exciting jobs to get involved in over the coming year, from pond digging to greenhouse building to wildflower sowing to installing renewable energy. Give me a call if you're interested on 07815 296071.
Many thanks to everyone once again.
Claire

Claire Peeters
mail e-mail: claire.peeters@ntlworld.com