Local organisations provide free vegetables to the community

The Well Communities has partnered up with the community garden Greenheart Den and the community hub Bram Longstaffe to grow vegetables for distribution.

This is part of the new scheme entitled 'Wellfed Vegetable Share Scheme', which provides food items outside The Well's social supermarket in Dalton Road, Barrow.

Food baskets outside the supermarket. (Image: Submitted)

Ged Pickersgill, project development manager of the charity, said: "We encourage people to collect and give.

"The scheme started 10 days ago and we have already filled the boxes five times with fresh vegetables and fruit.

"We don't have an unlimited supply but we are very fortunate that a couple of supermarkets and existing food clubs in which we operate have been helping us."

They are looking to recruit volunteers to create social activism and help the organisations grow vegetables and do community work. 

Mr Pickersgill said: "Our aim is to empower the local community to support each other in the cost of living crisis as opposed to everyone relying on services people will be able to rely on each other."

Green Heart Den Community Garden (Image: Submitted)

Adam Bearpark, project manager of Greenheart Den, said: "We have already worked with the Well Communities in the past so when this came about we were more than happy to jump on it.

"We are a community garden and our priority is to help the community in any way."

He added: "People that want to volunteer would help with seed propagation, mantaining and harvesting the crops and also with the logistics of getting everything to the shop."

Dave Morrison, manager of Bram Longstaffe, said: "This scheme is extremely important. People are still being affected by low income and benefit issues so it is giving people an opportunity to get fresh products."

"Around March or April we are growing our own vegetables and put them out to local families and individuals to use."

The vegetables will be available daily from 10am to 3pm, Monday to Saturday.

Volunteering opportunities are available on both outdoor sites.

Telephone Jodie Wharton on 01229 829832 for further information.