A SOCIAL enterprise offering young people horticultural skills and experience has been given a funding boost.

Incredible Edible Oxford, which aims to empower people to grow their own food and take up jobs from garden design to working on ecosystems and protecting wildlife.

The company has now received a slice of a £390,000 European Social Fund pot assigned to Oxfordshire.

It will be used to provide specialist training to young people or anyone unemployed for more than six months.

Founder of Incredible Edible Oxford, Rachel Hammond, said: "We are excited to have been awarded this funding from the European Social Fund and Skills Funding Agency.

"It has enabled us to develop an innovative programme focused on delivering practical horticultural, agroecological and eco-building skills to a range of people who wouldn't otherwise be able to access this training.

To apply email courses@edibleoxford.org