We look after the three planters outside our office, and a small allotment not far away.

We've replaced some weedy and rubbish-filled soil, we've planted fruit trees and bushes, and we've harvested coriander and mint, lettuce and spinach, potatoes and plums, redcurrants and strawberries.

We fund our work in a range of ways – grants from Charitable Foundations or government agencies for example, and sometimes fees for contracts with the Local Authority or the NHS. There is not much grant funding available for International Linking and Friendship work, though – so to fund this important aspect of our work we rely on fund-raising events and individual donations.

We have particular links with a primary school and a self-help group of disabled people - both in rural Western Kenya.

Most of us at FolesHillfields, and many of our neighbours, have important friendships and/or family links with people in "developing countries", the "Majority World", or the "Global South".