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Hello, A few weeks ago, I asked Gary Fulton (here at LandWorks in 2017/18) to write a blog. Gary has written a brilliant and a hard-hitting piece, perhaps slightly longer than our usual blog, but all…

10 September 2025 – Few who attended LandWorks’ Supporters’ Day on Friday 15 August will forget the powerful words of Workshop Manager Graham Stone. His moving speech, reflecting on the profound impact LandWorks has had on…

19 August 2025 – LandWorks welcomed over 150 volunteers, and partners to its annual Supporters Day on Friday 15 August 2025 to celebrate another remarkable year of achievement. The sun shone on the Quarry Field site…

Hello, The first lunch was on the very first day, 12 years ago. There were five of us: three men on day release from prison, one on a community sentence, and me. We sat around a…

13 August 2025 – We want to increase the number of people who know about and support LandWorks. Community support is vital to LandWorks ongoing success – as advocates, volunteers, customers, donors and for all the…

8 August 2025 – When LandWorks won the ‘Overall Award for Excellence’ at the Charity Awards in July 2024, it marked a major milestone  ̶  not just in recognition, but in momentum. “The timing couldn’t have…

Hello, It’s the summer holidays. South Devon is beautiful, sunny and bustling. People are just popping in to visit LandWorks, non-stop! Often, they completely miss the shop and start wondering around the site looking lost (we…

Hello, There’s a warning of gales… I thought I was awakening to the shipping forecast (I normally do). I wasn’t, I was lost, dreaming. Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire. But it was seagulls shrieking outside that…

Hello, “Chris lad, what you don’t understand is, it’s a long, long way from here to there”, Jay 2014. I (helpfully) got a Bruce Springsteen song stuck in my head… Long Walk Home Jay was exposing my naive…

Hello, Last weekend the LandWorks team, trainees, graduates, trustees, supporters and volunteers were all out supporting a lovely event held in aid of LandWorks. It was a weekend open garden, raising funds for the charity, held…

5 June 2025 – An Open Gardens weekend at the Sandridge Park estate, held on Saturday 31st May and Sunday 1st June 2025, was a resounding success, raising an incredible £20,000 in support of LandWorks. Over…

Hello, The sun is out, the garden team are muttering about a drought, and I am going around urging people to wear a hat (incl me). “Get ahead, getta hat” is my latest encouragement! “Get ahead,…