MANY people do not realise that allotments are not only good for growing your own fresh fruit and vegetables but they can also be a great way to help you maintain a healthy heart.
On Friday, February 12, 2010 the North East Lincolnshire Council Allotment Team is having a Valentine’s Day information stall giving you the opportunity to go along and learn more about allotments and ways they can help your health.
Working alongside the Allotment Team will be Hospitality students from the Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education who are cooking some fresh soup for you to try. The ingredients that will be used in the soup will consist of seasonal vegetables that can easily be grown on an allotment plot. There will also be a competition with the chance to win some Grimsby Market Vouchers.
Maintaining an allotment plot can provide several health benefits to your heart. It can help you work towards eating the Governments recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day by growing your own fresh produce. Tending to a plot is an excellent form of exercise for people of all ages and building friendships can have a positive effect on stress levels.
If you are interested in renting and cultivating an allotment please come and visit us and we will be able to answer any questions you may have and also give you any further details on allotments.
The information stall will be in the Freshney Place Shopping Centre on Friday 12th January from 9.30am-1.30pm at the Freshney Place Flottergate entrance to Grimsby Market.
If you would like any further details about allotments please visit: www.nelincs.gov.uk/leisure/allotments or call Lesley Smith, Allotment Officer on 01472 323394.
Showing posts with label Environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Environment. Show all posts
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
FREE 'POWER DOWNS' AVAILABLE TO HELP YOU SAVE ELECTRICITY AND MONEY
THE Energy Saving Trust will be visiting our Customer Access points in the week commencing February 22 to give general energy saving advice and free Power Downs to the members of the public.
The link below gives details of the Power downs. There is no charge for this and it can help people save up to £25 per year on their energy bills. Each day, 80 of these will be given away based on a first come, first served basis.
For further information; click
HEREThe trust will visit the following locations from 10am to 4pm on the given day:
- Municipal Offices, Grimsby - Feb 22
- Civic Offices, Cleethorpes - Feb 23
- Kennedy Way, Immingham - Feb 26
Monday, 19 October 2009
ACT NOW FOR THE ENVIRONMENT SAYS SIMON HUGHES
The Liberal Democrat Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Simon Hughes calls upon the public to help to support the Liberal Democrat motion on 10:10 this Wednesday.
This Wednesday, the Liberal Democrats have secured a debate in the House of Commons on climate change. The motion calls for Parliament and the Government to sign up to the 10:10 campaign and commit to achieving a 10% reduction in emissions by the end of 2010.
You can get involved by asking your MP to vote in favour of this motion, if enough MPs join us then we can make a huge change to Britain's future. Political activism organisation 38 Degrees is working hard to make sure that MPs sign up to the 1010 campaign and if you don't know your MP's contact details, you can quickly email them through their website - here.
We endorsed the 10:10 campaign at our recent federal conference and many Liberal Democrat run councils have shown the way. Now we are calling for the whole public sector to sign up. Once again, the Liberal Democrats are demonstrating leadership on the environment.
Commenting on Gordon Brown’s warning of climate catastrophe if there is no agreement at UN talks in Copenhagen in 50 days time, Simon Hughes said: “Gordon Brown’s warning today to the most heavily polluting nations would be more credible if Labour’s policies were consistent with the Prime Minister’s words.
“Expansion of the UK’s largest airport and continued plans for dirty coal power stations are not the policies of a government with the authority to lecture the world on averting the climate crisis.
“A vote in Parliament this Wednesday to back Liberal Democrat proposals to make 10% cuts in public sector emissions by 2010 will be a much stronger sign that Labour understands the urgency of the climate crisis.”
This is a big opportunity for Liberal Democrats and for the environment. Under this government there has been a shameful lack of action on climate change.
Liberal Democrats have the power to make a real change. Leadership now is what Britain needs. So please take a moment to email your MP and call on them to support the environment this Wednesday.
This Wednesday, the Liberal Democrats have secured a debate in the House of Commons on climate change. The motion calls for Parliament and the Government to sign up to the 10:10 campaign and commit to achieving a 10% reduction in emissions by the end of 2010.
You can get involved by asking your MP to vote in favour of this motion, if enough MPs join us then we can make a huge change to Britain's future. Political activism organisation 38 Degrees is working hard to make sure that MPs sign up to the 1010 campaign and if you don't know your MP's contact details, you can quickly email them through their website - here.
We endorsed the 10:10 campaign at our recent federal conference and many Liberal Democrat run councils have shown the way. Now we are calling for the whole public sector to sign up. Once again, the Liberal Democrats are demonstrating leadership on the environment.
Commenting on Gordon Brown’s warning of climate catastrophe if there is no agreement at UN talks in Copenhagen in 50 days time, Simon Hughes said: “Gordon Brown’s warning today to the most heavily polluting nations would be more credible if Labour’s policies were consistent with the Prime Minister’s words.
“Expansion of the UK’s largest airport and continued plans for dirty coal power stations are not the policies of a government with the authority to lecture the world on averting the climate crisis.
“A vote in Parliament this Wednesday to back Liberal Democrat proposals to make 10% cuts in public sector emissions by 2010 will be a much stronger sign that Labour understands the urgency of the climate crisis.”
This is a big opportunity for Liberal Democrats and for the environment. Under this government there has been a shameful lack of action on climate change.
Liberal Democrats have the power to make a real change. Leadership now is what Britain needs. So please take a moment to email your MP and call on them to support the environment this Wednesday.
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