Catt  Burland - Chair

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Catt has a wealth of expeience and is our newly appointed Chair of the group in August 2020.
Catt currently also runs a Social and Therapeutic project for Portsmouth City Council. She co-ordinated volunteer gardeners to attend the gardens of the socially isolated and shielding throughout lockdown, with HIVE Portsmouth, She has experience working with individuals with autism as a support worker and team leader. Catt has an AWARD in Social and Therapeutic Horticulture (gained in 2018) and one adjusted for the purposes of lockdown (to engage individuals with no resource whilst in lockdown, isolated or shielding) which was sent to Occupational Mental Health and the Learning Disability Teams.

Karen - Vice Chair

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Karen joined Give Gain Grow as Vice Chair of the group. She is responsible for updating our Safeguarding policy and making grant applications for the group. Karen's previous work included the NHS and she was also a Community Helper volunteer in the Coronavirus pandemic in  2020.

Ian West - Treasurer

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Ian is responsible for all things financial, receipts and the group's insurance cover, he is the Treasurer for the group.

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Graeme Beggs - Gosport Community Gardeners Session Group Leader

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​​Graeme worked at Portsmouth Day Services with people who have a learning disability for a number of years. He ran the gardening group for three years, where his duties included providing a range of activities for service users to partake in. 
As well as doing ground maintenance, he worked with the group to grow bedding plants which were then sold to the local community and vegetables for service users to take home. 
He strongly believes that gardening is good for mental health and feels that his new role with Gosport Community Gardeners is a good opportunity to pass this experience on through volunteering at the allotment.

James Musselwhite -
​Communications Officer

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James has had 14 years experience in the voluntary sector, previously being an Admin and Database Assistant with Gosport Voluntary Action. James keeps the group's website up-to-date and the social media for Gosport Community Gardeners page.
In 2018/19, he had further voluntary admin, website and social media experience with local charity - Square Pegs Charity, now re-named Craft Yourself Happy.
He has extensive IT skills including using MS Office, use of social media, and more recently the Eventbrite and Weebly website platforms.

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