A community garden in Heywood has the seeds for success after rooting out help from us.
Reverend Kirsty Screeton, from St John’s Church, successfully applied for support for the project via the ‘Love From Anwyl’ initiative linked to our Whittle Brook Park development.
Other successful applicants included Rochdale Mayfield ARLFC, First Heywood Scout Group, H’All Things Drama, Hopwood CP School PTFA and Home-Start Rochdale and Bury. The community garden received £600 from the £5,000 funding pot.
Reverend Kirsty Screeton explained: “The idea behind the community garden is to bring together local people of all ages to help brighten up the neighbourhood. We’ve been busy planning the space and clearing the area to get the garden started. The funding from Anwyl has been a welcome boost as we’ve used the money to source the start to our planters, soil and plants. We’re also keen to reach out to community groups and individuals who can lend a hand tending to the garden.”
Love From Anwyl is a voluntary scheme attached to the 120 new homes we’re building across almost 15 acres of land on Manchester Road East in Heywood.
It’s in addition to almost £5.5 million worth of community contributions we’ve already agreed to. This includes over £2.7 million towards the cost of the new link road connecting the new community directly with junction 19 of the M62. Funding has also been allocated to education, transport, highways, green spaces and sports pitches.
Area sales manager Amy Houlihan said: “The community garden is going to be a real asset for the area. It has aesthetic value as it will help brighten up the space and will also provide a means for people to socialise while playing an active role in their local neighbourhood. We were happy to be able to help sow the seeds for success for the project and hope it will blossom over time.”
The Whittle Brook Park development is part of a wider, growing new community of around 1,000 new homes, plus 1.5 million square feet of employment space, a local centre, new primary school, extensive public open space and sports pitches.
If you want to plant the seed to move to a new home in Heywood visit https://www.anwylhomes.co.uk/our-developments/whittle-brook-park.
