Current Projects

Send Prison

15 September 2025

Project contact: graham@teamviy.com.

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Bentinck Miners Welfare Club

26 September 2025

Project contact: charlie@teamviy.com.

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EMMAUS Trust, St Albans

9 January 2026

Project contact: graham@teamviy.com

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Beeston Scouts Hut

29 January 2026

Project contact: charlie@teamviy.com

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Eyres Monsell Club For Young People

29 January 2026

Project contact: charlie@teamviy.com

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The Social Action Hub 2

20 February 2026

What does this community space/venue do?
The Social Action Hub in Rainworth is a long-established local charity focused on improving life chances and supporting the community, particularly children, young people, families and vulnerable adults. Originally formed in 1993 as a detached youth project, it has grown into a thriving community hub offering a wide range of services including weekly youth clubs, holiday playschemes, one-to-one support, mentoring and mental health help, as well as volunteering and work-experience opportunities. The Hub also tackles food poverty and isolation through initiatives such as a social supermarket, which allows local people on low incomes to access affordable, nutritious food in a dignified, choice-based way while also offering advice and signposting to additional support, alongside emergency food parcels and a youth community fridge. In addition, it provides community learning, courses and social events to help people develop skills, connect with others and feel supported.
What is VIY doing?
(VIY) will undertake a full garden transformation at the new Social Supermarket venue in Rainworth, converting a previously disused and overgrown, uneven outdoor space into an attractive and accessible wildflower garden. The garden will form part of a grow-to-sell scheme, where food and herbs are grown on site and then sold within the social supermarket, helping to promote sustainability, local food production and environmental awareness. New planters will be constructed, alongside the build of a new decking area with a sheltered roof.

In addition, VIY will work to improve the wider appearance of the site by renovating the underpass and the front of the building, installing new planters, refreshing existing paintwork and exploring the creation of a floral or wildlife-themed mural or artwork to make the space more welcoming and visually engaging for the community.

What will be the impact of our project?
This project will have a wide-ranging positive impact on the Rainworth community by transforming an underused and neglected space into a welcoming, functional and environmentally sustainable community asset. By delivering the garden transformation and site improvements, Volunteer It Yourself (VIY) will help create a safer, greener and more attractive environment that local residents can take pride in, improving the overall look and feel of the area and encouraging greater community engagement with the Social Supermarket.
The grow-to-sell garden will increase access to affordable, locally grown food and herbs, directly supporting people experiencing food insecurity while promoting sustainability, healthy eating and environmental awareness. Income generated through produce sales will help strengthen the long-term viability of the Social Supermarket, ensuring continued support for vulnerable households.
The creation of new planters, a decking area with sheltered roof, and improvements to the underpass and building frontage will provide an inclusive space for learning, volunteering and social interaction. The project will also offer hands-on skills development opportunities for young people and volunteers, building confidence, employability skills and a sense of ownership within the community. Overall, the project will reduce isolation, enhance wellbeing and foster stronger connections between people, place and purpose.
Project contact: charlie@teamviy.com

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The Comfrey Project

9 January 2026

Project contact: shaid@teamviy.com

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Garon Park Youth Club Project 3

7 November 2025

Wellbeing at Garon Park’s Mission is to improve the mental and physical health and wellbeing of the local community as well as enhancing the beauty, biodiversity and environmental value of the 32-acre Garon Park site in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. The organisation was incorporated on 19th June 2018 with the aim of providing safe and secure facilities, to promote and protect the good physical, mental and sensory health of the residents of Southend and for the recreation or other leisure time occupation of those residents.

Project contact: graham@teamviy.com

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The Joseph Lappin Centre

9 January 2026

Project contact: matt@teamviy.com.

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Westfield Primary School

9 January 2026

What does this community space/venue do?

Westfield Primary Community School serves Acomb in the West of the City of York. I am privileged to lead such a wonderful school where our school community works in partnership to be able to ensure that children really do come first.

Westfield is a vibrant place to work with a talented staff team who work together to ensure our children achieve the best possible outcomes. We believe positive relationships, working with our parents and links with our community are key to the success of our school. We are ambitious for our children and we strive to develop a positive mind set where all children believe that anything is possible. Staff work creatively to deliver a meaningful curriculum, nurture all of our children and inspire a love of learning through their dedication and kindness.

What is VIY doing?
VIY will be delivering an outdoor improvement project at Westfield Primary School focused on enhancing the school’s outdoor learning and wellbeing spaces. The project will include the construction of a dedicated seating area to provide pupils and staff with a safe, welcoming space for learning, socialising, and reflection. VIY will also install planters to encourage hands-on engagement with nature and gardening, alongside the creation of rain pods designed to support sustainability and environmental education by collecting rainwater for reuse within the school grounds.
What will be the impact of our project?
The project will create a more inclusive, engaging, and environmentally conscious outdoor space for the school community. Pupils will benefit from improved opportunities for outdoor learning, social interaction, and wellbeing, while also gaining practical exposure to sustainability through the use of planters and rain pods. The new facilities will support curriculum activities, promote environmental responsibility, and provide long-lasting resources that enhance the school environment for both current and future students.
Project contact: shaid@teamviy.com

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