Archive for the “Gardening” category
Gardening for health
Gardening for health, led by Home Valley Gardening Network, aims to create enjoyable outdoor allotment activities that help people to lead happy and healthy lives. The sessions take place each week at two different sites in Kirklees – Wooldale and New Mill and support those …
Gardening at Chantry
The gardening project at the Chantry Unit at Fieldhead, Wakefield, used its funding to purchase equipment, seeds, plants, storage etc as part of CHAMP: the Chantry Activity and Media Project. The project aimed to develop a range of meaningful gardening, cooking and media activities on …
Spuds and Buds gardening group
The Spuds and Buds gardening group provides an opportunity for service users at Enfield Down to take part in gardening activities and enjoy the independence of caring for their own plants. Enfield Down is a rehabilitation unit in Honley for people experiencing mental health difficulties. …
Caring Garden
The idea for the Caring Garden came from Krafty Koffee, which is a prototype of the Change Lab. The prototype aimed to link people in the community service users and carers with creative approaches to improve health and wellbeing. As a result, a steering group …
Carers Garden ‘Nature’s Gym’
The Carers Garden, also know as “Natures Gym”, is a space where people experiencing mental health problems can assess a garden to receive positive social support. Many people accessing the project are carers and service users who need help developing social interaction. The garden acts …
The ABLE Project- Innovation through nature
Innovation through nature has been offering diverse activities, aimed at skills training, personal development and social integration for people who use the Trust’s forensic services. The funding has enabled supported placements to help with new programmes within ABLE. Participants have gained both soft and hard …
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Shaw Lane Community Garden
The aim of the project was to build a series of raised beds, a polytunnel and a potting room to develop the Shaw Lane Community Garden/Allotment being developed by volunteers and service-users. Raised beds make the site more accessible to older participants and those with …