Working with the Community
Our Constitutional objective is ‘to promote the preservation and conservation of the allotment site at Moss Row’ and promote the benefits of allotment gardening to the wider community.
Since becoming self-managed, the site has developed into a thriving community resource with 22 plots of varying sizes, wildlife area and pond, surrounded by an edible, wildlife friendly hedge.
Grants from ‘The Lottery Fund’ provided the site with boundary fencing, Township grants supported by local councillors gave the Society the means to plant hedging and develop the wildlife area and woodland.
The Society enjoy taking part in community events, welcoming annual visits by school groups, working with ‘The Green Volunteers’, planting native trees in the Moss Row woodland corridor. We have taken part in Township in Bloom 2015, 2016, 2017 top category of OUTSTANDING and THRIVING in 2018. We have hosted PETRUS People, Rochdale Photographic Society, Rochdale Artists and have forged an association with the local WI group. Events such as a Bat Night and several Open Days keep us from becoming a "closed gate community".
The Society is committed to the on-going development and improvement of the site and surrounding Moss Row corridor, and to maintain and protect the unique features of the area for the Norden Community.
Welcome to our Website
We are a small self-managed allotment society formed to develop and improve the allotments at Moss Row in the centre of Norden.
The site currently has 29 plots with many of them more manageable, half plots. The rental for a plot is set based on size of plot allocated - currently 40p/m2. ( 1/2 plots are now the norm approx 125m2)
We are always happy to make contact with anyone looking for an allotment and also welcome children's groups and other local groups or societies.
Not only is Allotmenteering a very popular activity, it keeps you fit, provides you with fruit and vegetables and helps preserve the local wildlife. You might even make some new friends. >>> FIND US
Official Stuff - scroll down for list of topic and links
As allotmenteers we just want to get out there and grow stuff, but there are site rules and other things you need to be aware of:
Your 1st port of call is your Tenancy Agreement (the paper you signed when you first got the plot.) However, there have been a few changes in the last few years so if you have been around a while, it may not be completely up to date.
Anyhow there is information about the following topics, just ask a committee member or an email to : mossrowcanew@gmail.com.
3. First aid
4. Insurance
5. Site safety
6. Security
7. Constitution and other documents - are currently accessible via a request to the current secretary. mossrowcanew@gmail.com. These documents are for current tenants only.
- Conditions of tenancy
- Constitution
- Ratified Minutes
- Diversity policy
- GDPR policy
- Members Handbook
- Policy for Children and Vulnerable Adults
- Tenancy rules for fire/bonfires
- Rules for keeping of bees
- Risk assessment