About
Squash is a bold and ambitious, award-winning community organisation, rooted and home-grown on Windsor Street, Liverpool 8 since 2010. We are a diverse group of local people with a broad range of skills, committed to effecting creative, participatory, positive social change in our neighbourhood through embracing participatory arts & design, regenerative urban agriculture and community enterprise.
Ours is a 100-year vision, inspired by nature; we are actively transforming our Windsor Street Neighbourhood into a people-powered place that is known throughout the world for being a playful, resilient and loving community where everybody thrives!
Squash is a Community Interest Company (CIC) – a not for profit membership organisation that is accountable to our community. We work alongside local residents, embracing art, creativity & food as essential tools to improve health and well-being. Taking a seasonal approach, we explore new ways for our neighbourhood to flourish through; participatory arts and community design practice, creating special, seasonal events, land-based rituals & festivals, promoting food growing, cooking, craft skills and enterprise and through providing meaningful training, volunteering, work & consultation.
Come and meet us on Windsor Street at one of the spaces co-designed by local people; at the Grapes Community Food Garden or at the Squash Building. Looking forward to meeting you!
THE SQUASH CREW:
ANDI OLIVER, PATRON. CHEF, BROADCASTER & WRITER 
ANGELICA VANASSE, ASSOCIATE ARTIST 
ANITA WELSH, FOOD WORKER & ASSOCIATE ARTIST 
BECKY VIPOND, COMMUNITY BUSINESS DIRECTOR & SOCIAL ARTIST 
CLARE OWENS, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & SOCIAL ARTIST 
DIANE GARRISON, BOARD MEMBER 
EDLIRA BUNGA, KITCHEN MANAGER 
ELLEN SCHWALLER, BOARD MEMBER 
HELLEN SONGA, BOARD MEMBER & ASSOCIATE ARTIST 
JACKIE SWANSON, HORTICULTURAL LEAD 
JULIE FILAIN, BAKER & WILD FOOD EXPERIMENTER 
KIM JOHNSON, BOARD MEMBER 
MARY COLSTAN, BOARD MEMBER & COMMUNITY BUSINESS ADVISOR 
SABA AHMED, BOARD MEMBER 
SUE MENA, FOOD WORKER
