OPEN is the National network of local lone parent selfhelp groups with a current membership of over 80 groups nationwide. The OPEN Grow Your Own Future Project is a unique training & development programme developed to enable lone parents to participate in and benefit from initiatives and opportunities to develop sustainable responses to the challenges facing the earth – food production and food security being of particular concern to low income families across the world.
The “Grow Your Own Future” course in Organic Horticulture includes 8 FETAC Level 5 modules:
- Communications
- Organic Food Crops
- Organic Conversion
- Organic Soil Management
- Organic Crop Protection
- Work Experience
- Principles of Organic Plant Growth
- Start Your Own Business
The programme also includes study visits to organic centres, organic farms and environmental green initiatives in addition to study groups and one to one support and mentoring.