2020-07-31-accounts

Summary of	the main
achievements ofthe charity during the year		The Blockley and District Allotments Association was registered as a charitable trust on 11June 2018and received a donation off40000 from
		the Parham Park Trust to move off land occupied under an informal
		rental	arrangement for more than 100years to an adjoining piece ofland.
		The new site will be leased from Parham Park Trust under a999-year
		lease	agreement.
		The main achievements for the current review period are as follows:
		1.	Preparing the new allotment site for use; marking out plots/paths
			and preparing access.
		2.	Allocating plots to 50members, following a consultation period,
			including 12new families, who were allocated plots for the first
			time when the new site opened.
		3.	Successful management ofvacant plots, which cannot be re-let
			under the Terms ofAgreement to lease with the landowners
			Parham Park Trust.
		4.	Successful fundraising mainly through grant applications and
			donations for produce towards the cost ofcreating a Community
			Cabin on site. This will benefit both allotment gardeners but also
			the wider community, who will be able toaccess the site in new
			ways.
		5.	Promotion ofthe benefits ofallotment gardening via articles in the
			local community magazine a new website and social media
			presence. Unfortunately, other activities on site had to be
			cancelled due to COVID-19.
		6.	Successful sales ofsurplus produce at an honesty stand at the
			allotments entrance. This generates funds and provides the
			community with good quality, local vegetables, fruit and flowers
			fora modest donation.