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Grow 73

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC048411
Status
Active
Registered
May 25, 2018
Legal form
SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Address

Address
32 Springfield Park Road
Rutherglen
Glasgow
G73 3RQ

Contact

Website
grow73.org
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Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education','the advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement'

Grow 73 aims to help people of all ages and abilities in Rutherglen and Cambuslang to grow their own food, lead more sustainable lives and support local biodiversity. We hope to play a role in tackling loneliness and exclusion, improve the local environment and support physical and mental health via outdoor activities, promoting ‘Green Health’ and encouraging healthy eating. Our base is the Community Garden in Overtoun Park, Rutherglen. We have over 80 raised beds for hire every year by local individuals and organisations who use the facilities to grow their own food. Volunteer sessions are run twice weekly all year, volunteers doing much of the work to develop and maintain the community garden and surrounding areas. Training is provided, with educational activities for all ages in local schools and within the garden. We work with local groups including health and social work agencies, the Greening Camglen network and groups in South Lanarkshire via the Beeline to Nature project.

Objectives: The organisations purposes are: To advance education in relation to gardening, local food growing, healthy eating, composting, and matters relating to the environment, biodiversity and living more sustainably. To advance physical and mental health and wellbeing by providing improved access to the outdoor environment, promoting an active lifestyle through participation in gardening and other outdoor leisure opportunities and promoting the benefits of growing and consuming healthy food in order to help maintain or improve health. To advance citizenship and community development (including the promotion of volunteering) through the provision of community garden spaces and by involving people who might otherwise be socially excluded in gardening, environmental improvement projects, community events and other appropriate activities which harness the skills and energy of the local community and promote community cohesion. To advance environmental protection and improvement through establishing, coordinating, supporting and/or managing projects which are directed towards preserving and making best use of the natural environment for the benefit of the general public and, in particular, those resident in the areas in which Grow 73 operates.

Areas of operation

Main operating location
Glasgow City
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees Accounts
March 31, 2025 £126,849 £90,954 2 PDF 7.1 MB
March 31, 2024 £105,819 £87,981 2
March 31, 2023 £55,911 £84,989 1
March 31, 2022 £53,114 £69,313 1
March 31, 2021 £60,098 £23,093 1