Prudhoe Community Allotments yesterday - great to support this amazing Prudhoe institution and pick up some veg!

I have 2 jobs: Member of Parliament, and president of the Prudhoe Community Allotments! It was a great privilege to go along and support the Allotments yesterday. This special oasis of gardening calm in the heart of south Prudhoe is beautiful, and a real credit to the community - and fully supported by an amazing lunch when you pop in to an open day and buy some veg as I did yesterday. My hope is to take this community spirit and organisation and harness it in the Walled Garden Project that I have been supporting for some time in the old hospital site. That has stalled a bit but I am still very hopeful that it will come to fruition; if it does we will have a truly special site. But for now, let us celebrate the success that has been achieved at the Prudhoe Allotments. If you are interested to know more then I suggest you go their website and consider joining. £3 a year is a small price to pay!
https://prudhoecommunityallotment.wordpress.com

Tynedale Community Bank 6 months on from our launch - loans and saving for the community

Our local community bank is proving a massive success - providing loans to the needy, an alternative to pay day lenders and a real choice for community based savers. We have ambitious plans but always need more volunteers! Please get involved and come help Lauren, our leader, transform our community. The courant report is here:
http://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/Banking-on-a-better-future-in-Tynedale-b25a6cf5-106f-4004-a798-27ef1a3e102f-ds