Spitalfields City Farm

Question 1

What type of scheme was it?

Answer 1

Bottom Up

Question 2

What do they do to raise money?

Answer 2

Annual Goat Race

Donation Box

Question 3

How else do they help community?

Answer 3

Invite ex-cons to provide skills
Invite schools to learn about environment.
Created jobs
Strengthens community sense

Question 4

What historical ideology is it an example of?

Answer 4

The Big Society - about voluntarism and people believing they are responsible for their own community.

Question 5

What are some problems they face/will face?

Answer 5

Not enough funding/limited funding
Don’t know how long people will be willing to volunteer/schools will want to come
Aim was to get rid of deprivation but it is still there
Risk of gentrification and gov. building on high value land that farm is on

Question 6

What could they do to overcome these?

Answer 6

Sell products
Sell to wider audience - community outreach - work experience for teenagers for example or hold events for the elderly there
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