Community Foundation News

12 Dec 2022

Supporting communities to be more self-efficient with the Acorn Farm Project  

The Acorn Farm, I Can Grow project is calling for 200 families in Derry/Londonderry and Strabane to roll up their sleeves and get planting. No experience is needed! The…

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26 Jul 2022

£1.7m to tackle climate action in Derry/Londonderry

The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland are delighted to launch a five-year environmental project through the Acorn Farm in St Columb’s Park. The ambitious project…

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4 Jul 2022

Work begins on £6.2 million Acorn farm project

Work is set to begin on the initial site clearance of the old MOD site at St Columb’s Park in advance of the wider Acorn Farm regeneration project funded by the UK…

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23 Jul 2021

Empowering communities to be more self-sufficient

Over the past year, many of us have become mini climate heroes through growing our own fruit and veg. Nothing more satisfying than watching the first strawberries appear,…

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19 Feb 2021

258 families sign up to ‘I Can Grow’ project

Over 250 families in Derry and Strabane are rolling up their sleeves and getting ready to embark on the journey towards self-sustainability thanks to a new environmental…

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1 Dec 2020

Acorn Fund, sowing seeds of change in Derry and Strabane

People in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area are being invited to take part in a food growing project over the next 18 months. The ‘I can grow’ project,…

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17 Aug 2020

Climate action vision for Derry/Londonderry

The first investment by the National Lottery Community Fund to help communities to reduce their carbon footprint in NI has been awarded to the Community Foundation’s…

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