A DONCASTER primary school has been praised after becoming one of the first to receive cash from a grow-your-own grant scheme.
Ivanhoe Junior and Infant School is growing its own vegetables with help from £5,000 from Local Food, a new programme supported by the Big Lottery Fund.
The £50 million scheme is funding food-related community projects across the country.
The Ivanhoe Gets Healthy project is a new education and growing scheme which will provide food-related activities for children, young people and adult volunteers to develop their horticulture skills.
The money means an allotment style area in the school grounds can be extended so children from the after-school gardening club will have the facilities and supervision they need to grow their own vegetables under the watchful eyes of local gardening experts.
From managing vegetable patches, planting soft fruit bushes to creating raised beds, the project aims to engage children and the wider community in food growing.
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