Gifts - Dovercourt Community Allotments Mike Kimber and Beryl Cordel with Cally Short, community champion from Morrison’s in Parkeston A SUPERMARKET has donated gardening produce to a community project ahead of a forthcoming open day later this month. Morrison’s in Parkeston, Harwich has handed over free sunflower seeds and bags of compost to the Dovercourt Community Allotment. The scheme, which is run by Community Voluntary Services Tendring and Harwich Town Council, opened in early 2020. It has since provided otherwise isolated residents with a lifeline and social activity and sees budding gardeners and farmers plant and harvest fresh produce.
Gifts - Dovercourt Community Allotments Mike Kimber and Beryl Cordel with Cally Short, community champion from Morrison’s in Parkeston A SUPERMARKET has donated gardening produce to a community project ahead of a forthcoming open day later this month. Morrison’s in Parkeston, Harwich has handed over free sunflower seeds and bags of compost to the Dovercourt Community Allotment. The scheme, which is run by Community Voluntary Services Tendring and Harwich Town Council, opened in early 2020. It has since provided otherwise isolated residents with a lifeline and social activity and sees budding gardeners and farmers plant and harvest fresh produce.
A KEY-FIGURE in the vaccine rollout in Harwich has said how wonderful the town is, following kind-hearted residents’ efforts to support the programme. Tracy Lawrie, 41, works for Community Voluntary Services Tendring and has helped to enroll and train more than 100 volunteers at the Fryatt Hospital. She believes, thanks to the efforts of the community, the town is on its way back to a sense of normality. Mrs Lawrie said: “It has been brilliant. Within ten days, more than 200 residents had put their names down saying they wanted to help and so we quickly got everyone together and enrolled them. “Now we have an army of volunteers ready to help bring hope to the town.