Hands Of Hope Charity UK

23/10/2026

🌱 WE'RE RECRUITING A HEAD OF HORTICULTURE 🌿

£40,000 per annum + performance-related bonus of up to £6,250
📍 Hope Farm Community Garden, Hawkhurst, Kent
🕒 Full-time | 37.5 hours per week

Could you help shape the future of our 22-acre organic community garden?
Hands of Hope is entering an exciting new chapter, and we're looking for an experienced, passionate and commercially minded horticultural leader to join our team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take responsibility for our beautiful heritage kitchen gardens and wider estate, developing sustainable organic food production, enhancing biodiversity and creating new income opportunities that will help secure Hope Farm's future.

🌻 You'll be helping to:
• Lead our organic growing programme and heritage kitchen gardens.
• Manage and develop our 22-acre estate.
• Inspire and support volunteers, apprentices and beneficiaries.
• Develop commercial opportunities
• Help build a thriving, sustainable community destination

We're looking for someone who combines strong practical horticultural expertise with leadership, creativity and commercial ambition — and who shares our commitment to making a positive difference.

💚 This is more than a horticultural management role. It's an opportunity to leave a lasting legacy.

📩 Interested? Find out more and view the full job description here:

https://www.hohcharity.co.uk/vacancy/head-horticulture-estate-management/
Please share this opportunity with anyone who might be the perfect fit!

10/10/2026

☕💚 ONE LAST CAFÉ MOUNT MONDAY – AND IT'S FOR A GREAT CAUSE! 💚☕

Join us at Hope Farm Community Garden on Monday 12th October, 10.30am–3pm, for our final Café Mount of the season before we take a break until Spring! 🌸

And we're making our last Monday extra special...
💚 ALL proceeds from Café Mount on Monday will go towards the Macmillan Cancer Support Coffee Morning campaign!

🍲 On the menu:
• Delicious homemade Thai pumpkin soup with a fresh bread roll
• Tasty paninis
• A tempting selection of homemade cakes 🍰
• Teas, coffees and a warm welcome!

🥡 Takeaway soup is also available, so why not pick up some lunch to enjoy later?

Café Mount is run in partnership with The Mount Camphill Community, providing young people with valuable opportunities to develop skills, confidence and experience in a welcoming community setting.

🌻 This is your last chance to visit before we reopen in Spring, so please come along, enjoy some delicious homemade food, support a wonderful cause and help us give the Café Mount team a fantastic send-off!

📍 Hope Farm Community Garden, Hawkhurst, TN18 4QB
🕥 Monday 12th October | 10.30am–3pm

Please share and help us make our final café day one to remember! 💚

09/10/2026

🍎🌱 Can you lend a hand to help reduce food waste?

Our friends at Sussex Surplus will be in Icklesham on Tuesday 13th October, from 11am–3pm, gleaning surplus produce that might otherwise go to waste.

They're looking for volunteers to come along, get involved and help ensure good food reaches people who need it.

💚 A great opportunity to spend a few hours outdoors, meet new people and help tackle food waste and food insecurity in our communities.

👉 Want to join in? Sign up here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefd_j7dpWZsMWRyTNQognCid9evouTzh9yTimkvdL_r6peCQ/viewform

Find out more about gleaning:
https://www.sussexsurplus.org/gleaning

Please share and help spread the word! 🌿

Gleaning ‘Gleaning’ is the ancient practise of harvesting surplus crops from farms, and redistributing them to people experiencing food insecurity. With UK Farmers forced to waste 10-16% of their crop annually, we are a community-level intervention that gets good food into peoples bellies whilst...

08/10/2026

We're recruiting a "Project Operational Lead – Hope Farm Initiative"

Hands of Hope is looking for an experienced and inspiring Project Operational Lead to drive the next stage of our development at Hope Farm Community Garden.

Reporting directly to the Board of Trustees, this is a pivotal role bringing together our charitable programmes, our ambitious Dig for Victory heritage project and the development of new corporate partnerships and sustainable income streams.

We are looking for a collaborative, commercially aware leader who shares our commitment to community, nature and social impact and can help turn our long-term vision for Hope Farm into a sustainable reality.

• Location: Hope Farm Community Garden, Hawkhurst.
• Reports to: Board of Trustees.
• Working Hours: 0.4 FTE/2-days per week.
• Potential for a full-time, permanent position.
• Salary: Base salary FTE £37,440 (£14,976 at 0.4 FTE).
• OTE of £50,000 per annum, FTE.

Download the full Job Description & Person Specification here

The Project Operational Lead will provide overall operational and strategic management for the Hope Farm Initiative, bringing together the Reaching Communities programme, Dig for Victory and the wider charitable, site and income-generating activities of Hands of Hope.

05/10/2026

🍎 A big thank you to Sussex Surplus! 🍎

Thank you for generously providing 10 crates of Gala apples.

Collected by our Hands of Hope volunteers, the apples have been shared with , & Warming Up The Homeless, helping good food reach people in our local communities rather than going to waste.

A lovely example of what can happen when local organisations work together. 💚

Thank you, Sussex Surplus — and to our volunteers for helping make it happen! 🍏🍎

04/10/2026

🌱 Don't forget that Café Mount is back tomorrow at Hope Farm

Come and join us at Café Mount, Hope Farm Community Garden, this Monday for homemade food, cake and a warm welcome from the Café Mount team at Mount Camphill.

🍲 This week’s lunch:

Thai pumpkin soup with homemade bread rolls
🍰 On the cake table:
• Blueberry cake
• Orange polenta cake (gluten free)
• Carrot cake
• Date & walnut cake
• Beetroot chocolate brownie

And if you haven't got time to stay, our homemade soup is available to take away in completely leak-proof containers – perfect for lunch at home or work.

☕ Café Mount is open every Monday during term time, 10am–2pm
📍 Hope Farm Community Garden, Hawkhurst

Café Mount is about much more than great food. Working together, Mount Camphill and Hands of Hope are creating meaningful opportunities for young people to develop practical skills, confidence and experience in a welcoming community setting.

Come for lunch, coffee and cake – and support something rather special at the same time. 💚

Please share and help us spread the word.

02/10/2026

🌱 Café Mount is back this Monday at Hope Farm

Come and join us at Café Mount at Hope Farm Community Garden this Monday for homemade food, cake and a warm welcome from the Café Mount team from Mount Camphill.

🍲 This week’s lunch:
Thai pumpkin soup with homemade bread rolls

🍰 On the cake table:
• Blueberry cake
• Orange polenta cake (gluten free)
• Carrot cake
• Date & walnut cake
• Beetroot chocolate brownie

And if you haven't got time to stay, our homemade soup is available to take away in completely leak-proof containers – perfect for lunch at home or work.

☕ Café Mount is open every Monday during term time, 10am–2pm
📍 Hope Farm Community Garden, Hawkhurst

Café Mount is about much more than great food. Working together, Mount Camphill and Hands of Hope are creating meaningful opportunities for young people to develop practical skills, confidence and experience in a welcoming community setting.

Come for lunch, coffee and cake – and support something rather special at the same time. 💚

Please share and help us spread the word.

02/10/2026

🌱 We're growing our team at Hands of Hope 🌱

It’s an exciting time for Hands of Hope as we begin the next stage of our journey at Hope Farm Community Garden in Hawkhurst.

With significant funding secured through & we are expanding our team to deliver the Hope Farm Initiative, our ambitious Dig for Victory – Stories, Skills and Sustainable Food Heritage programme, and the next phase of our organisation’s development.

We will be recruiting 8 new roles over the coming months, starting with:

Project Operational Lead – Hope Farm Initiative
Heritage Community & Education Lead – Dig for Victory
Centre Administrator & Volunteer Coordinator
Horticulture & Estates Apprentice – Level 5

We’re looking for talented, enthusiastic people who share our belief that nature, food, heritage and community can make a real difference to people’s lives. This is an opportunity to join Hands of Hope at an important point in our journey – helping us increase our community impact while building a sustainable future for our unique 22-acre site.

📍 Hope Farm Community Garden, Hawkhurst, Kent
🔗 Find out more about all three opportunities and how to apply:
https://www.hohcharity.co.uk/vacancies/

**Please share – the people we’re looking for may be somewhere in your network.**

29/09/2026

🌱 We're growing our team at Hands of Hope 🌱

It’s an exciting time for Hands of Hope as we begin the next stage of our journey at Hope Farm Community Garden in Hawkhurst.

With significant funding secured through & we are expanding our team to deliver the Hope Farm Initiative, our ambitious Dig for Victory – Stories, Skills and Sustainable Food Heritage programme, and the next phase of our organisation’s development.

We will be recruiting 8 new roles over the coming months, starting with:

 Project Operational Lead – Hope Farm Initiative
 Heritage Community & Education Lead – Dig for Victory
 Centre Administrator & Volunteer Coordinator
 Horticulture & Estates Apprentice – Level 5

We’re looking for talented, enthusiastic people who share our belief that nature, food, heritage and community can make a real difference to people’s lives. This is an opportunity to join Hands of Hope at an important point in our journey – helping us increase our community impact while building a sustainable future for our unique 22-acre site.

📍 Hope Farm Community Garden, Hawkhurst, Kent
🔗 Find out more about all three opportunities and how to apply:
https://www.hohcharity.co.uk/vacancies/

**Please share – the people we’re looking for may be somewhere in your network.**

27/09/2026

Café Mount Mondays are back at Hope Farm! 🌱☕🎃

There’s something rather special happening in our Community Kitchen every Monday during term time.

Working in partnership with Mount Camphill, Café Mount brings delicious homemade food to Hope Farm while giving young people meaningful opportunities to develop practical skills, confidence and valuable work experience in a supportive community setting.

This Monday, pop in for Thai pumpkin soup with a bread roll, freshly made paninis and a wonderful selection of homemade cakes. And the good news if you’re in a hurry – our soup is now available to take away in completely leak-proof containers too! 🥣

Come for lunch, coffee and cake, take something home for later – and support a partnership that's helping create opportunities and stronger communities.

 Hope Farm Community Garden, Hawkhurst
 Every Monday during term time
 10:30am to 3:00pm

Working together for stronger communities.