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Clackmannanshire Awards
2005
Sick of Supermarkets
(SOS)
Roots & Shoots to
Health
Tillicoultry Allotments Association
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Sick of Supermarkets
(SOS) |
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Type of
Business/Project: |
Smallholding |
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Location: |
nr Forestmill |
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Owners: |
Michael Erskine |
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Produce: |
Potatoes, turnips,
swedes, kale, strawberries, gooseberries, tayberries, blackcurrants,
redcurrants, brambles (grown to organic standards but not certified
organic) |
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Target Market: |
Restaurants, small
shops, takeaways, local community |
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Description of
Business/Grant: |
Most sales are
van-based and deliveries are made from here to businesses and people in
the Clacks, Stirling, Falkirk, Kincardine and Dunfermline areas. The
grant purchased fruit trees and bushes to broaden the range of fruit.
The fruit derived from these new plantings will help support sales to a
fruit barra(s) in the area, as well as assist the setting up of a box
scheme.
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Roots &
Shoots to Health |
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Type of Business/Project: |
Social and Therapeutic
Horticulture Project |
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Location: |
Formerly Tillicoultry |
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Owners: |
A constituted committee
of service users. Central to the establishment has been a holistic and
user involvement approach. |
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Produce: |
A range of 'as
nature-intended' fruit and vegetables |
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Target Market: |
Project users and community members |
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Description of
Business/Grant: |
The project provides
holistic choices in supporting the sustained recovery of people with mental
health issues. Grant was given to purchase a polytunnel to extend the
growing season of a range of fruit and vegetables.
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Tillicoultry Allotments
Association |
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Type of
Business/Project: |
Allotment Association |
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Location: |
Tillicoultry |
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Owners: |
Tillicoultry Allotments
Association |
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Produce: |
Various fruit and
vegetables grown by individual allotment holders |
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Target Market: |
Produce mainly for
holders' consumption |
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Description of
Business: |
Grant was given to
purchase new shed for the storage of allotment equipment and for use as a
meeting place by the allotment association.
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