They told us that they are building a community garden for everyone to use at their head office in Preston. In particular as an outdoor meeting space in the summer for barbeques for the Deaf Clubs as neither Preston or Lancaster have a garden space. They will also use the space for the wider local community with basic gardening courses, wellbeing courses and wreath making at Christmas.
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They plan to build the raised beds over autumn and winter in time for the growing season in Spring. The 3R grant funding was used to buy garden tools for the volunteers to use to start the project such as wheel barrows, spades, trugs, forks and water butts with the remainder of funds left over going towards purchasing fruit trees for the Community Garden such as apple, cherry and pear.

​We have recently established a girls football and rugby team, alongside our boys teams. We are seeking funding to purchase new training tops for our girls team. We attend numerous school football and rugby events not just locally, but across the north west region. We are really proud of our girls team and would love the opportunity to purchase professional training tops. This gives them a sense of pride when they walk out on the field."
The 3R Foundation was keen to help and we love our logo on the back of the girl's tops!

​So we are always pleased to be able to support local community groups like this and take a bit of financial pressure away whilst helping them maintain a vital service.
Find out more at https://www.barecommunityassociation.org

​ The teams take part in the Junior Premier League across the North West and if qualifying take part in the National finals. The 20 players have been selected locally from Lancaster , Morecambe, Kendal and Galgate. 

It is made up of around 40 players who meet regularly to rehearse and perform a wide range of music arranged for flutes including, piccolos, alto, bass and contra bass flutes. The members whose age ranges from 10 to 70+ come from Cumbria, North Lancashire and Yorkshire. They rehearse in Kendal and hold 2 or 3 concerts every year and also perform at a range of outdoor events including Christmas carols in Rydal Cave and Levens Hall.
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The grant has gone towards the purchase of an upright bass flute that is easier for all ages of muscians to use, as opposed to the alternative, harder to handle, transverse bass flute. We hope that it will help them with their performances for many years to come.