Youngsters to grow produce for café

Thirsk Clock is one of 17 organisations from across the region to benefit from a Northern Gas Networks campaign, designed to provide financial support to grassroots environmental projects. Almost £5,000 has been given.

Youngsters are now learning about how food goes from “seed to plate” by tending the plots and turning the harvest into tasty treats for the community to sample at the centre’s café.

Ade Hodgson, aged 14, said: “We have really enjoyed being part of something. It has given us a great sense of achievement. We can’t wait until we can eat them, it will be better than buying them”.

Director of communications John O’Grady said that Thirsk Clock stood out among more than 90 entries to the 2010 grant scheme because it combined the environmental benefits of creating new allotments with hands-on community involvement.

He said: “We hope that young people in Thirsk and surrounding areas will enjoy making the most of this new, green space. Supporting grass roots organisations like this is what Northern Green Networks is all about, it’s an on-going investment programme that breaths life into green dreams.”