Danone Waters Chiswick

Our exceptional 1/2 acre community garden farm behind Battersea Park, secluded amongst council blocks, atop a converted car park. We’re growing it to be a pinnacle of People & Planet across the community of London, that we can all turn grey city spaces to green. A garden farm of colour & flavour to slow down and express oneself… Bringing everyone together from the young to the old, taking small bites at a time to make a difference.

Established in 2010, Cultivate London is a west London-based social enterprise that employs horticultural activities to: support local people into sustained employment or education; to improve the well-being of our community members; and to improve the physical environment & social cohesion of local communities. We deliver impact for local young people & residents. We operate a Gardening Services social enterprise, comprising the following activities: 1. Commercial Gardening Services: offering gardening services to corporate clients, property developers & local authorities in London. Income generated through our commercial activities is ploughed back into supporting our charitable work. 2. Community Gardening: we have created – and currently manage – 7 community growing spaces in West & South London. In 2015 CL worked with local volunteers to develop our flagship community kitchen garden – Salopian Garden – on a formerly derelict site in Isleworth. The site is now a tranquil & beautiful oasis of green in the heart of Hounslow. We work with a range of community partners to deliver a variety of workshops here. We have three main objectives: 1) to act as a resource for local people by providing work-based training & activities 2) to advance the education of the public in horticulture, local food production & sustainable living practices 3) to improve the physical environment & cohesion of communities & area in London In recognition of our efforts, we were named the 2012 Observer Food Monthly’s “Producer of the Year” and received the 2013 Hounslow Business Award for “Best Business for Apprenticeships and Employment for Young People”. We were also “Highly Commended” in the same category at the 2014 London Business Awards. Further, we have been featured in a number of local and national papers including the Metro, the Sunday Telegraph, and were recently highlighted in a report by Sustain: The alliance for better food and farming, called Future Farmers.

While thousands of Londoners go hungry each day, safe, healthy and usable food is being disposed of as waste. City Harvest collects this nutritious surplus food from all segments of the food industry including restaurants, grocers, manufacturers, wholesalers, hotels and caterers. WHO DO WE DELIVER TO? We help vulnerable people throughout London. City Harvest regularly delivers high quality, nourishing food to organisations that provide meals to vulnerable people including homeless shelters, soup kitchens, centres for veterans, and organisations that assist people with alcohol or drug addictions. WHAT IMPACT DO WE MAKE? We rescue almost two tons of food weekly. This food helps organisations serve thousands of healthy meals each week and reduce their annual grocer bills, freeing up funds that can be reinvested in other vital support services. Some of the food we rescue is diverted from going to landfill where it would release gases toxic to the environment. HOW DO FOOD DONORS BENEFIT? We rescue food in a safe, easy, reliable way. We make it simple for food donors to get their nutritious food to desperate people and reduce their waste collection costs. Customers prefer to patronise sustainable restaurants and employees experience a huge morale boost from giving to those in need. Food donors appear daily on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram feeds. The Sustainable Restaurant Association encourages food donations to City Harvest. With one new van we'll be able to deliver 135 tons of food in one year. This translates to 270,000 meals to people in need.