Network in 2023

These partners will contribute in kind in 2023 in different ways:

Domkerk: hospitality for workshop Three steps to sustainable living with a small budget, March 17, 2023. Sustainability consultation churches Utrecht – hospitality in consultation.

Hogeschool Utrecht – Social Work – second-year social justice workshop: three groups of five students (November 2022-June 2023) Results: three-teeth game to talk to young people about sustainability, and exploration of opportunities for social vegetable gardening.

HAS University of Applied Sciences – Environmental Science – five students – sustainable affordable mobility (autumn 2023)

Stichting Limoenz - Lunetten: hospitality for meeting visitors and trial of subsidized organic groceries (May-November 2023)

Parish of St. Martinus Utrecht - publicity in Martinus  Magazine, conversation with sextons about sustainability, general support

Ecumenical Janskerk municipality Utrecht – article in WIJS, publicity via newsletter and announcements in the church.

Volunteer Center Utrecht - help with recruiting volunteers, Social Internship Bank for students, Volunteer Center AZC - pieces for Instagram and day about sustainability

Stichting Present - collaboration social vegetable gardening

Serve the City Utrecht – supervision of garden volunteers, including three social trainees in spring 2023

Community center Sterrenzicht – Sterrenwijk. Day about sustainability, consultation about cooperation in social vegetable gardening

Neighborhood work room the Connection – Pillars. weekly activities cooking and mental exercise, conversations with visitors

De Nieuwe Jutter – Rivierenwijk: cooperation in the Difference Makers network. Brainstorm with young people about sustainable living with a small grant in autumn 2023

De Voorkamer - Lombok: brainstorm with visitors and asylum seekers in autumn 2023

Neighborhood office Heart for Leidsche Rijn

meeting with visitors in autumn 2023

Social Impact Factory – city center - free location for workshop, publicity via website

Locations of Utrecht Natural – Eilandsteede: social vegetable gardening, Koppelsteede: trial with subsidized organic groceries

Ekovers: pilot with subsidized organic groceries

Energie U – consultation about cooperation, hospitality at meetings, cooperation with energy handymen.

The PUP - publicity via website

Wijkconnect Utrecht – publicity via website

Diaconal platform Utrecht – publicity via website

Radio Maria: interview by Koos Smits on March 1, 2023

DenkLAS facilitated the brainstorming session on March 17 in the Dom Church

Buurtbel Wittevrouwen works together via the Difference Makers network.

Fork Ranger: Free recipes for affordable sustainable dishes

AERES Hogeschool: sharing experiences about subsidized organic groceries

Network in 2022

Co-financiers in 2022 were:

the municipality of Utrecht (Utrecht 4 Global Goals fund Here and There, Initiative Fund)

· the Church and World fund

· Catholic Caritas Utrecht

In 2022, the Committee of Recommendation advised on new partners and next steps: Erik Borgman, Willem Kruithof, Trees van Montfoort, Eduard Nazarski, Joke van Saane, Willem Marie Speelman.

We sincerely thank them for their input.

A film team consisting of Irene Becx and Madeleine Roelfsema made a compilation about the project. This film was presented in the Domkerk on November 11 and can be viewed here ever since.

These partners contributed in kind in 2022 in different ways:

Utrecht University of Applied Sciences – Social Work – second-year social justice workshop: two groups of four or five students – live sustainably with a small grant, connect couples around (vegetable) gardens

· HAS University of Applied Sciences – Environmental Science – five students – subsidy for organic groceries

Node Lunetten – organization of two walk-ins in June and hospitality for HAS students in September-October, presentation during workshop October 3

· De Voorkamer - Lombok – organization of two walk-ins in May and September, hospitality for students at lunch in September

Community center Hart van Noord – Kanaleneiland hospitality for students during three walk-ins in May-June, and at the market in September

· Neighborhood work room Hart for Leidsche Rijn – organization meeting with visitors, May

· De Nieuwe Jutter – Rivierenwijk – hospitality for students in May, flyers for Sustainable Utrecht 2030 autumn meetings

· Community center Sterrenzicht – Sterrenwijk - meeting in May, location for training students in September, contacts with people who want help in their garden through the neighborhood team

· Stichting Limoenz – Lunetten - workshops making beeswax cloths and transformation act

· Social Impact Factory – city center - free location for workshop 3 October, publicity via website

Parish St. Martinus Utrecht – workshop Sustainable Utrecht 2030 during parish day in Rafaelkerk, publicity in Martinus Magazine, general support

Volunteer Center Utrecht – help with recruiting volunteers, including Social Internship Bank for students, Volunteer Center AZC, participation in workshop 3 October, Social Service Time (together with Missie 030)

· Locations of Utrecht Natural – Leidsche Rijn, Griftpark (May), Eilandsteede, Gagelsteede (September): hospitality for meetings between students and visitors. Participation in workshops September 3 and October 3.

· Poverty Coalition Utrecht – help with contacts with community centers for meeting students, availability of experts by experience for interviews in the media, opportunity to present Sustainable Utrecht during a meeting with the municipality of Utrecht, participation in workshop 3 October.

· Awesome Utrecht – platform to pitch Sustainable Utrecht 2030 (7 June), communication advice and suggestions for partners.

· Utrecht4GlobalGoals – publicity, participation workshop 3 October, interest in sustainable cooperation.

· Mantel van Sint Maarten 2022 - Domkerk – organization closing event November 11, Third prize Mantel van Sint Maarten, opportunity to present and network Sustainable Utrecht.

· Ecumenical Janskerk municipality of Utrecht - support for meeting October 9, 2021, participation in meetings September 3 and October 3, 2022, publicity via newsletter and announcements in the church.

· Serve the City Utrecht – flyers for meeting September 3, participation October 3, recruitment of clients for talks with students about gardening, source of information for students, supervision of volunteers and clients who want to garden together after the end of the student project.

· Energiebox – flyers for meetings September 3, October 3.

· Network Green Churches – information and contacts green churches in Utrecht, publicity via website and newsletter.

· Sustainability consultation churches Utrecht – hospitality during consultation.

· Neighborhood work room the Connection – Pillars. Hospitality for conversations with visitors September 7, cooperation with interview U in de Wijk Zuilen.

· Food bank Overvecht – collaboration with action energy savers Overvecht.

· Student association ENACTUS Utrecht – distribution of advertisements for volunteers, participation 3 October.

· Mission 030 – opportunity to pitch for young people who want to do Social Service, participation 3 October, network contacts.

· U Central – participation September 3, flyers for October 3, network contacts.

Tilburg University – Faculty of Catholic Theology – opportunity to pitch in April 2022.

· Energie U – consultation about cooperation, hospitality at meeting, cooperation with action energy savers Overvecht.

· ATD Vierde Wereld – cooperation in publicity, hospitality with film Joseph de Rebel (City Monastery) and theater Zie de Mens (Wilde Westen) – participation 3 September

· Utrecht City Council of Churches – hospitality October 6, consultation about cooperation

· Mijn Sofie – participation September 3, October 3, consultation about cooperation

· Laudato si – publicity in newsletter

· The PUP - publicity via website

· Wijkconnect Utrecht – publicity via website

· Diaconal platform Utrecht – publicity via website

· Utrecht 900 years city without walls – publicity via agenda

· DUIC – advertorials in newspaper, website and newsletter