Hyde Park Source
Hyde Park Source: “Improving people’s health and wellbeing through improving the environment”. Our 5 principles are Connect, Be Active, Keep Learning, Take Notice and Give. We work across Leeds running weekly, adult Community Garden groups and supporting people to get outdoors, be active and feel well. We provide Outdoor Education sessions for children and their families learning about nature, food growing, crafts and cooking. We support communities to transform their unused spaces with our Design & Build team (upskilling volunteers in the process) to making new gardens. We also support, collaborate and work with other organisations with similar aims.
We have lots of opportunities to get involved with, whether that be as a
Community Garden Volunteer, an Outdoor Education Volunteer, a Design & Build Volunteer or a member of our Management Committee. We run trips, events and workshops to bring our Volunteers together across the groups, and encourage people to share their views and steer the projects through our bi-monthly Rep’s Group. We are a friendly organisation, we value our amazing Volunteers so why not get in touch and join the family!
“All the staff are so kind and patient. At my first session, I felt so welcomed, it felt like a group focused on the growth of not only plants, but more importantly growth of individuals. Each week there is something exciting to learn and I find it a welcome relief from what can be a monotonous lifestyle in this day-and-age.”
We are part of Arts Together because …
The Arts are fundamental to what it means to be human. They give people a sense of hope, inspiration, a different perspective, an escape, joy, a sense of togetherness. We want to encourage and improve access to the arts for the communities we work with, and Arts Together is brilliant at doing this.
Hyde Park Source, 2 Rosebank Road, LS3 1HH (although we operate on
gardens across Leeds). 0113 245 8863 [email protected]
People you may meet
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Claire Doble
Joined Hyde Park Source after volunteering with us for two years. She facilitates 4 of our Community Garden groups. Bringing her knowledge and infectious passion for nature, and the benefits it can bring us all. Fun Fact : Claire loves Jarvis Cocker and sometimes swaps her practical gardening clothes for something more sparkly and glamorous!
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Behla Hutchinson:
Keeps track of Hyde Park Source’s projects, making sure we have a plan for the future and leads on finding funding for all the exciting things we want to achieve. She supports staff, facilitates two of our adult Community Gardening groups. Fun Fact : Behla plays guitar and sings, mainly songs about the sea (as she grew up in the woods near Scarborough)
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Trills Keng
Joined us after a ‘New to Nature’ internship, they are our Volunteer Coordinator, they run our Reps Group and also help run the Healthy Holidays project providing healthy food and fun activities for kids over the summer. Fun Fact: Trills plays the banjo, and also works for Fruitworks so you might meet them in an orchard pruning, juicing or singing to the trees!
