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Routes 2 Life Food Growing Project - Community Learning

Last updated: 12/09/2025
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What we do

Routes 2 Life (R2L) is a Countryside and Horticultural skills based project accessible to all community members throughout the County Borough of Caerphilly. The project provides opportunities to learn new countryside and horticultural skills and help with the growing and harvesting of a variety of fruit and vegetable crops.
Volunteers help run activities at the horticultural site and support participants involved in the Routes 2 Life programme. As a horticultural volunteer, you will have the opportunity to assist a variety of activities such as:
Planting / harvesting sessions in polytunnels
Outdoor allotment sessions
Weeding/maintenance of grounds and polytunnels
Hot drinks & snacks always available. :)

Who do we support

The Routes 2 Life project is open to anyone over the age of 16. All ages and abilities are welcome. We also offer sessions to college and school groups.

This service is for people aged between 16 years and 100 years.

Is there a charge to use this service?

No

Can anyone use this service?

Anyone can contact us directly

 Opening times

Routes 2 Life is open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday between 10am - 2pm

Where do we provide our service?

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We will take reasonable steps to ensure the information within the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of this information. The contributors themselves maintain their own information and they welcome feedback about the accuracy of the information they provide. Those accessing it are advised to take reasonable steps to consider its content before acting upon it. This could include seeking professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the information within our website.

Please note that the results found when searching in English or Welsh on the English and Welsh sides of the website (www.dewis.wales or www.dewis.cymru) will sometimes differ. Providers can (subject to rules around language standards that apply to some provision) choose to enter their information in English only, in Welsh only, or bilingually. Whilst we try to use the technology within the site to limit the impact of their choice, both terminology and the structure of the languages mean that differences in the results produced is sometimes inevitable.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We reserve the right to reject or remove links to any website if we find the site content inappropriate.

For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.