Following the successful first meeting of the Northern Ireland Allotments Forum last autumn, a further event will take place on 15 March in Ballymena. 

ARI, working with our partner organsiation FCFCG, has appointed a voluntary convenor, Austin Herron, who is now working alongside local authority officers to find out what they have planned in the way of new allotment provision. A small grant from the Enkalon Foundation has enabled us to set up the next meeting, and two of the existing Allotment Regeneration Initiative mentors (from Scotland and Wales) will also be attending, in order to pass on their first hand experience of supporting local authorities and allotment groups. 

Austin can be contacted by email here.