NEWS New Greenfingers patron announced


Gardening personality, David Domoney, has recently been confirmed as the Greenfingers Charity’s newest Patron. The role will see Domoney support the charity’s work in building magical and therapeutic gardens for life-limited children in hospices across the country.


Domoney has been a great supporter of Greenfingers for many years, giving his time to support for the charity’s and initiatives, including


Re-Leaf Day, where he has raised awareness through social media, given gardening talks and hosted children’s workshops at garden centres to raise vital funds for the charity.


Domoney is an ITV television Garden


presenter, and co-presents with Alan Titchmarsh on Britain’s most popular TV garden show ‘Love Your Garden’ over the last 10 years. He is also the resident garden presenter on ITV’s This Morning and presents on Saturday Morning with James Martin. In 2018, Domoney was selected by HRH Prince Edward to receive the Excellence in Horticulture Award. David has also won 30 RHS Medals for garden design, horticultural displays and science exhibits. A strong believer and prolific public speaker on the benefits of plants and gardens on our mental and physical wellbeing, Domoney has


also created Rainy Day Trust releases statement


Rainy Day Trust CEO Bryan Clover


has statement released on the a current


Covid-19 crisis. Here is the statement in full: “We have developed a Covid- 19 Support programme including funding for those laid off or that have been furloughed. More importantly, we wrap around our free debt, legal and housing advice and also offer the free telephone counselling too. We are able to keep food on the table which is our primary aim. Where the applicant’s needs are more complex, we feed them into our regular programme and can help in our usual way. “We are also talking direct to businesses as soon as they encounter difficulties, so that we can link staff into as many sources of assistance as possible beyond our own. We believe that a preventative measure is far better


than a


curative one. Obviously, we are only a small charity and this


is causing considerable stretch, but at the end of the day it is what we are here to do. “As you might expect, all of this extra work is causing enormous financial strain for the charity. We have little option in terms of furloughing staff as there are only 3 of us. We have shed as much non-essential cost as possible, and we are working from home which has reduced office administration costs. What reserves we had have dropped significantly in value which will impact us greatly. At present our income has fallen dramatically as all of our spring events have been cancelled, and both businesses and individuals have their focus elsewhere as you might expect. We are being as creative and imaginative as we can be when it comes to generating income from other sources. We have applied for government support under the Chancellor’s new scheme, so are crossing our fingers that this


will be successful. Sadly, we don’t qualify for the £10,000 business grant scheme as we do not receive small business rate relief on our business rates. “Going forward, we are aiming to be as responsive and flexible as we can be while the pandemic continues, and have started our planning for what we will be doing when things start to improve. The annual home visits to our long-term beneficiaries have been delayed, and will be rescheduled once it is safe to do


so, and as always, we will follow government advice on personal contact. Obviously, it is far too early to tell when this might be. “If you or someone that you know could benefit from our help then please get in touch. Our helpline is open as usual on 0203 192 0486, you can get in touch via the website or e-mail me direct on bryan@ rainydaytrust.org.uk. “If you, or your staff are furloughed and want to do something to help us, then there are a number of things that you can do to help raise some money for us. For example, with your online shopping, route to your chosen retailer through www.easyfundraising. co.uk. Register with them and choose Rainy Day Trust as your charity. Once registered, type in the shop you want to use in the search bar at the top, click on the link and we receive a donation between 0.5% and 12% on your purchase.”


educational exhibits, presented on TV shows and regularly written on the topic, promoting the positive power of plants to international audiences.


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Further evidence to support DIY boom during lockdown


As Easter approaches and social distancing measures remain in place, 12.5 million British households are planning to keep busy with DIY jobs in the coming weeks. Four million of them plan to complete their spruce up before the long weekend, according to analysis released by Kantar today.


60% of people getting involved in DIY over the next few weeks are going to do some painting inside the home, 40% are planning to get the garden ready for warmer weather, and 27% of people will be painting sheds or fences.


Joanna Parman, strategic www.diyweek.net


insights director at time


Kantar,


comments: “Spring is always a popular


for home


improvements and getting gardens in order. This year, as we are forced to spend more time indoors, people are looking for ways to keep the boredom at bay and also to make their homes places that they and their


families can enjoy. With


the government advising people against moving home during the current lockdown, it’s likely that a number of consumers are taking the opportunity to renovate their existing properties – a case of can’t move, improve. “We expect this increased interest to have significant impact


on an industry where sales from bricks and mortar shops alone amount to £4 billion annually – with the potential to attract a new generation of shoppers and drive investment in online stores and delivery services.” For many, restrictions on movement have freed up time to do jobs that they’ve been putting off for a while. Parman


commented:


Joanna “More


than two thirds of people who delayed a DIY job last year did so because they didn’t have time. With holidays cancelled and pubs and restaurants closed, 40% of us are planning to do a DIY job we delayed doing last year.”


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