Project: Sheffield Foyer forest garden.
Funding: Receives money from the Foyer Federation's Healthy Transitions programme
Aim: Steer young homeless people away from crime by enabling them to live independently
Young people are being encouraged to lead a healthier way of life and keep away from crime as part of a gardening project in Sheffield.
The Sheffield Foyer hostel, which accommodates homeless young people from the age of 16, currently has around a dozen of its residents managing a forest garden project, which includes growing their own food. A forest garden is an agricultural system that has been designed to resemble the structure of a natural forest.
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