Allotments are a safe space in times of crisis | Allotments

As a former attribution holder to Glasgow, I read Robin Tyne’s article with empathy (“I joined each list”: the exhausting research of an allocation of Glasgow, September 2). Me too, I joined each waiting list in Glasgow before becoming a ball. There are not enough attributions to Glasgow and indeed through the United Kingdom. Although the roots of the company and other private attributions have a place, they can never replace those of the local authorities. Under the 2015 community empowerment law (Scotland), local Scottish authorities have the duty to provide attributions. We must find more space in our cities for them – spaces that have been proven to improve mental and physical health, at an affordable price.

In 1932, the Scottish Assignment Program for the unemployed was created. Plots have been provided, as well as grants for seeds and tools. The program was not only to provide a place for cultivating food, but also to prevent a mental health crisis, even if it would not have been said at the time. Plots have been found on existing attribution sites, but the program also worked with local authorities to create new sites.

We invite the attributions in times of crisis, and I believe that our conspiracy made me, my husband and our baby through the codvised locks. It gave us a safe outdoor place beyond our apartment to go.

The value of the powers must be recognized by the government. If we could find additional land in the 1930s, we can surely do it now without the need for expensive companies.
Dr Hannah Connelly
Hull