Among the community activities, there has been a link between Bedford College’s foundation level students and Elstow Abbey Church. Students may have learning challenges but they have “dug in” to help.
The friendship was forged after a visit to the church tea gardens and talking to the Priest in charge Father Paul Messam.
Adult course manager Karen Fulford is a horticultural enthusiast and brought along the students to help clear the church yard and pick tonnes of tomatoes from an abandoned plot nearby. They turned them into soup and sold them as part of their Business and Catering training. That combined with other projects at the college campus brought the total to £55 towards a community appeal – every little counts.
