There are hundreds of thousands of people all over the UK waiting for an allotment wanting to grow their own food. Besides the clear anti-poverty intitiatives allotments bring, they improve peoples health, increase bio-diversity by 30% and help create sustainable communities. Local Councils do not give enough priority to allotments in their provision and government does not do enough to encourage or compel Councils to make more land available for allotment use. With this in mind I have set up an official government epetition to call for a National Allotments Strategy Thank you. Michael Moulding Government shall consult with allotment providers, The National Allotment Society, local Councils, allotment holders and local communities with the aim of :- Introducing new legislation to provide better protection for the non-statutory allotment provision. Increasing government support to improve the current provision. Increasing the number of allotments to meet current demand. Encouraging better management of allotments by providing support to implement best practise. To encourage councils and allotment providers to put allotments higher on their agenda. To encourage more community and shared allotments. Providing better financial support for allotments in the UK.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 21:13:39 +0000
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