Growing Together - Gardenening Club (360G-HertsCF-A503131)
Funding Organization
£9,637
Recipient Organization
Expansion of an existing service aimed at supporting those with a chronic mental health condition.
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Grant Details
| Amount Applied For | 9637 |
| Amount Awarded | 9637 |
| Award Date | 2019-02-21T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code | E01023648 |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type | LSOA |
| Beneficiary Location: Name | North Hertfordshire 008E |
| Grant Programme: Code | January 2019 |
| Grant Programme: Title | HCC Community Grants |
| Last Modified | 2019-03-21T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Duration (months) | 11 |
| Planned Dates: End Date | 2020-02-28T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Start Date | 2019-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Primary age group | Adults (26 – 65) |
| Primary beneficiary | People with mental health issues |
| Primary ethnicity | All Ethnicities |
| Primary issue | Mental health |
| Recipient Org: Charity Number | 1148510 |
| Recipient Org: Company Number | 08105966 |
| Recipient Org: Description | Growing People is a small charity which works to help people in Stevenage and North Hertfordshire who have a severe mental health issue to reclaim the quality of their lives. We provide structured, Social and Therapeutic Horticulture (STH) sessions which use gardening and related activities to reduce the impact of mental health problems. Growing People’s Gardeners (clients) have a wide range of long-term mental health issues, including severe depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress, and schizophrenia. Around 60% of our Gardeners have additional physical or learning disabilities. Virtually all Gardeners identify loneliness, social isolation as major issues. Some self-harm or self-medicate with drugs or alcohol, some have suicidal tendencies, most have been unable to carry out paid work for a long time We offer half day therapy sessions, for up to seven gardeners at a time. Each session is run by a fully qualified horticultural therapist supported by two or three trained volunteers. Therapy is based on individual needs. Together with the therapist, each gardener sets their own goals to work towards developing a “toolkit” to help them live more positively with the mental health issues they face. Most sessions take place in the Orchard Garden at the Letchworth Centre for Healthy Living; we also provide twice weekly workshops at both the Acute Day Treatment Unit and Aston Mental Health Unit at Lister Hospital, Stevenage where we were recently shortlisted for an Integrated Care and Partnership Award. |
| Recipient Org: Web Address | http://www.growing-people.org.uk/ |