Governance

Green Synergy is a Lincoln based charity that support people to socialise, learn and thrive through gardening and social therapeutic horticulture.

Our work focuses on supporting  communities in Lincoln and across Lincolnshire to improve their mental and physical wellbeing. Green Synergy enables people to learn skills for life, for work and encourages people to care for themselves, each other and the environment. Our charity delivers services including community gardening and therapeutic horticulture to improve people’s mental and physical wellbeing as well as community engagement programmes to support people living at the heart of the under-served communities in Lincolnshire.

Green Synergy Board

Green Synergy is governed by a Board of Trustees that bring a range of experience, knowledge and skills that enables them to support the charity to meet its charitable objectives.

Our Board of Trustees who are also Company Directors bring a range of skills including business strategy and planning, farming and agricultural chaplaincy, community development, property management and financial management.

The Board of Trustees is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the charity and ensuring it meets its charitable objectives for public benefit.

To learn more about the members of our Board of Trustees, please click here.

An annual effectiveness review of Board members is undertaken to ensure that the Board is made up of individuals with the right balance of skills and experience to meet the needs of the organisation.

There is an independent level of expertise on the Board and ensuring there is a balance of skills to meet the needs of the organisation.

Green Synergy Strategy 2024-2027

Green Synergy marked our 10th Anniversary from the establishment of our charity in 2023 and as the charity moves into its next decade it is an exciting phase of development from the perspective of the gardens, the team and all those we welcome to the gardens.

In order to evolve our new strategic plan, our Trustees and workforce team undertook a parallel Business Model Canvas process. This enabled the charity to explore our current and future services, the gardens’ leases, our challenges, opportunities and risks. We also looked at the current and future needs of our communities and the landscape that the charity is operating in. This process culminated in a Board and Team away day to enable the sharing and fertilisation of ideas to refine our vision, mission, values and cornerstones.

Our new 2024-2027 can be downloaded here:

Green Synergy Strategy 2024 – 2027 Final

Green Synergy Articles of Association

Green Synergy is governed by our Articles of Association.

The Articles can be downloaded below:

Green Synergy Articles of Association and Appendix

Green Synergy Annual Trustees Report and Accounts 

Green Synergy Vision

Our Vision is to create healthier and caring communities connecting nature, people and plants.

Our Mission

Green Synergy’s mission our mission is to inspire, enable and empower people in Greater Lincolnshire to meet, grow, learn and thrive through community gardening and connecting with nature.

Our Values

  • Inclusive
    • We seek to be welcoming, accepting, trusting, accessible and non-judgemental with our diverse communities.
  • Understanding
    • We care, support and empower people, plants and our places to thrive and feel safe.
  • Respectful
    • We treat people with dignity, fairness, integrity and respect at all times.
  • Collaborative
    • We work towards productive partnerships to enable communities and people to connect and grow.

Our Cornerstones

  • Person Centred
    • We take an empathetic approach through active listening, acting and supporting people where they are at in an accepting environment.
  • Sustainable
    • Managing our resources responsibly and protecting the sustainability of our people, places, finances and our plants safely.
  • Growth
    • Enabling people, places and our organisation to grow through skills building, partnership connections and income development.
  • Innovative
    • Adopting creative, agile, responsive and resourceful approaches to our services, communities and organisation.

Our Operating Principles

  • All people matter and our role is to enable positive change through opportunities to have fun, improve life chances and choices.
  • We place community at the heart of what we do through active asking, listening and responding to needs.
  • We deliver quality services that are consistent and reflective whilst measuring, communicating and learning from our impact.
  • We ensure consistent good governance, management and leadership across all aspects of the charity’s services by effective and efficient use of resources to grow people, places and plants.
  • We responsibly manage, protect and build sustainable spaces and operations with oversight and scrutiny.
  • We positively communicate our message in tailored, inclusive and accessible manner.
  • We create safe spaces for all team, volunteers and participants through effective risk and health and safety management.
  • We adopt collaborative approaches to alliances and innovative partnerships with a wide range of sectors.

 

 

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