Aviva Community Fund has provided £1,359 of match funding
Planting Seeds for the Future
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Aim
We are seeking funding to get children & families involved in growing a wide range of trees, vegetables & herbs at our Adventure Playground.
APE is an acronym for Art, Play, Environment and these are the three key principles that drive our mission to enhance the lives of children and young people through the provision of open access freely chosen play opportunities and quality activities.
We aim to deliver supportive environments and workshops for children and young people promoting creative problem solving, sense of self worth, co-operative learning, resilience, risk taking, social skills. We provide stimulating, challenging, exciting and educational experiences in a safe open space where children feel valued and supported.
In 2017 the APE Project took on the management and running of St. Pauls Adventure Playground through a Community Asset Transfer from Bristol City Council.
The APE Project is seeking funding to enrich our open access play sessions at St Paul's Adventure Playground. We currently run 4 sessions per week on a Thursday, Friday 3.15- 6.15pm, and Saturday afternoon 1-5pm. We also run an inclusive session every Wednesday and Saturday for disabled children and their families.
We want to further expand our existing service through engaging activities, which have been developed through an ongoing consultation with the children and young people that attend. This project will incorporate their needs and interests by creating a holistic approach to breaking down cultural barriers through food. It will encourage a healthy life style, develop culinary skills, and promote learning through both traditional and outdoor cooking methods, the children will be involved in growing and harvesting their own food, and it will provide all children attending with a hot, free meal. We aim to engage disadvantaged families and to help community cohesion and integration through food.
This project successfully funded on 12th April 2022