Award of Citywide Growing Manchester Community Food Growing Programme to Sow the City
Manchester City Council · Awarded contract
AwardedAward of Citywide Growing Manchester Community Food Growing Programme to Sow the City
Awarded 01 Jan 2022
Awarded01 Jan 2022
Value£59,896.00
SupplierSow the City
AgencyManchester City Council
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryAgriculture & Farming
Ended 2y 10mo ago1y 12mo term
Awarded 1 Jan 2022Expired 31 Dec 2023
About
Manchester City Council awarded a contract to Sow the City for the Citywide Growing Manchester Programme, a community food growing initiative that supports local people and food growing projects in the shared ambition to grow and live sustainably.
The programme supports community food growing projects to become more sustainable, ensuring that local people with the enthusiasm to grow food can access support to ensure their projects succeed, and each year supports new and existing community food growing projects to achieve their aims.
The contract value was £59,896.
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