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€60,000 Awarded For Project At Tralee Community Allotments

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Members of Tralee Tidy Towns and Transition Kerry celebrating the funding of €60,000 for Tralee Community Allotments.

A COLLABORATIVE project to upgrade the facilities at all three of the Tralee Community Allotments has been awarded €60,000 in the Community Climate Action Programme which is a Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications fund administered by Kerry County Council.

Tralee Tidy Towns made the application on behalf of the collaborative project team also comprising members of Transition Kerry and the Tralee Community Allotments Groups and were delighted to learn the funding had been granted last Monday.

The funding will be used to upgrade facilities at the Moyderwell, Rahoonane and Marian Park allotments and will see enhancements such as solar PV, upgraded and enhanced composting facilities, a new shed for Rahoonane, wheelchair accessible raised beds and the establishment of a tree nursery funded for the benefit of the community.

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Anne Marie Fuller of Tralee Tidy Towns said: “We’re absolutely delighted and very grateful to be awarded Community Climate Action funding from Kerry County Council and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. Our Tralee Community Allotments have so much potential and this very welcome grant aid will go towards enhancing their facilities to help rejuvenate them and foster more welcoming and integrated community hubs. ”

Mary Kiernean of Transition Kerry said: “We are delighted that Transition Kerry, Tralee Community allotments and Tralee Tidy Towns are collaborating on this  Community Climate Action funding for the allotments in Rahoonane, Marian Park and Moyderwell.  The granting of this funding is recognition of the work that has taken place over many years and the importance of supporting and developing local capacity in all aspects of food growing and regenerative practices which are key to our ability to adapt to climate, biodiversity and economic crises.”

Danielle Callaghan of Rahoonane Community Allotment said: “The boost the Climate Action Fund will bring to the allotments is incredible. The allotments are so important to our communities at a time of economic and climate crisis.”

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