Bless Community Eco Allotment & Memory Garden, Upton

The Bless Community is a small charity that started during COVID-19 delivering meals and food parcels to vulnerable parishioners near Wentbridge. They had a vision: turn a neglected allotment into a space where people with dementia could work with the soil, children could learn about sustainability, and generations could meet.

We helped build it.

The project was completed through coordinated effort between Civcon, National Highways, Bless, and supply chain partners.

Upton is within three miles of the Wentbridge Viaduct — an area we work in. The National Highways relationship that made this possible reflects the kind of supply chain partnership we value: one where the contractor cares about more than the contract.

An eco allotment won't make headlines. But for the families using it — the parent whose relative has dementia, the child planting seeds for the first time — it's a real and lasting thing.