Seeding and Weeding for Health
YOUNGSTERS at a specialist Tees Valley-based project are getting green fingered to help fellow homeless families stay healthy and save money.
Children at Tees Valley Housing's homeless scheme in Middlesbrough are picking up their watering cans to help grow vegetables for the 15 families currently living in flats at the project.
In a greenhouse and a number of pots outside the supported housing scheme, families are helping to grow produce including tomatoes, courgettes, potatoes and sweetcorn.
The healthy eating scheme encourages the youngsters to get out into the fresh air, learn about healthy eating and helps their families, along with others at the project, get their five a day while saving cash on shopping.
Helen Neal, Head of Supported Housing for Tees Valley Housing, said: "One of our priorities is to provide opportunities for people and places to thrive and no matter how small this gardening scheme may seem, it contributes towards that.
"We want to improve our residents' quality of life and this helps with their healthy eating and children's development, as well as in their pocket at the same time."
In a greenhouse and a number of pots outside the supported housing scheme, families are helping to grow produce including tomatoes, courgettes, potatoes and sweetcorn.
The healthy eating scheme encourages the youngsters to get out into the fresh air, learn about healthy eating and helps their families, along with others at the project, get their five a day while saving cash on shopping.
Helen Neal, Head of Supported Housing for Tees Valley Housing, said: "One of our priorities is to provide opportunities for people and places to thrive and no matter how small this gardening scheme may seem, it contributes towards that.
"We want to improve our residents' quality of life and this helps with their healthy eating and children's development, as well as in their pocket at the same time."
