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    Oct 29, 2019 3 minutes

    AWARD FOR COMMUNITY ALLOTMENTS GROUP

    Balby Community Allotments and Gardens Group in Doncaster is the proud winner of this year’s Cosyfeet Community Project Award. The £750 award will fund the purchase of Backsaver spades and wheelbarrows to help older gardeners in the group to continue to enjoy working their gardens.

    The South Yorkshire group has about 140 members, many of whom are tenants of the 72 allotments on the Balby site. An increasing number of members are more than 80 years old and continue to grow fruit, flowers and vegetables as well as keeping chickens, ducks, geese and pigeons. Involvement in

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