Last week, I felt privileged to be able to visit the Idle Women trainee producers and trainee gardeners in Accrington and spend the day with them. I helped to recruit these women earlier in the year, some of whom came via Humraaz in Blackburn - an organisation which supports women survivors and their families affected by violence against women and girls.

The trainee producers programmed the day and the trainee gardeners gave me a tour of their allotment. We had a lovely lunch cooked at the allotment and I was given some beetroot to take home which we roasted with our Sunday dinner. Delicious!