Rugby Community Champion
Rugby Community Champion
This project aims to improve biodiversity across the borough, through engaging people in organic gardening, whether that be in a community garden, allotment or their own back gardens.
Over the next year, we aim to have trained 20 ‘Community Champions’ who will become points of contact and advice for their local communities, delivering training and providing support. This project combines the different volunteer programmes Garden Organic run, including master gardener and master composters. The intention is to connect local people with green spaces in the borough. We would love more people to have knowledge and skills, and feel inspired, to grow their own food, help biodiversity and prevent waste.
Role Description
Working in partnership, Rugby Borough Council and Garden Organic are excited to champion ‘the organic way’ using natural methods to promote healthy, productive, sustainable gardens. By recruiting, training and supporting Volunteer ‘Community Champions’ we will help nurture land, inspire growing and green space activities, embed sustainability in gardening practices, and impact positively on biodiversity.
What does it involve?
Community Champions are volunteers who encourage people in their local community to support biodiversity and the environment through organic growing. Sharing skills and inspiring others to connect with the natural environment around us. They also offer advice to people who are already growing and may be having difficulties or need encouragement.
Anyone can be a Community Champion, you don’t have to be an expert in organic growing. You’ll join a network of likeminded volunteers, and with training and support from a local coordinator, together we can make a difference. Activities that you might get involved with include talking to friends, family, and neighbours, attending village fairs or giving talks to local groups.
How much commitment do I have to make?
There is no absolute commitment however we would appreciate your support in and around your community sharing the projects messages. Some volunteers will spend around 30 hours annually including all travel and preparation time. This figure however is not compulsory.
Is this for you?
We’re looking for volunteers with an interest in growing and biodiversity, people that care about the environment and the impact of climate change.
You don’t need to be an expert, you don’t even need to have grown anything before. We will provide training, skills and support to equip you with the confidence to get growing yourself and go on to share share these skills with others.
With your support we will engage and inspire more people across Rugby to get involved with green spaces and together deliver projects that support biodiversity and environmental benefits for people, places, and the planet.
If this sounds like something you would like to get involved with, please complete the application form at the top of this page. To start click on the button that says 'Fill in an application'
