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Older people living in care are twice as likely to experience loneliness as those in the community.We are looking for friendly volunteers with an interest in helping others to gardening, to support…Continue
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Can You Help Combat Loneliness?
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Growing Support are looking for friendly volunteers with interests in gardening and supporting people, to help older people and people with dementia take part in gardening activities. You will…Continue
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We're looking for friendly volunteers to join our team working hard to enable people with dementia to stay physically and socially active.Join us and make a valuable contribution to your community,…Continue
Using Gardening to Address Social Isolation
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How You Can Help Tackle Social Isolation in Your CommunityRecent research shows up to 50% of older people living in care never go outside and they are twice as likely to experience severe loneliness…Continue
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Older people living in care are twice as likely to experience loneliness as those in the community.We are looking for friendly volunteers with an interest in helping others to gardening, to support…Continue
Tags: #givingback, #gardening, #volunteer
Can You Help Combat Loneliness?
Started Nov 29, 2017 0 Replies 0 Likes
Growing Support are looking for friendly volunteers with interests in gardening and supporting people, to help older people and people with dementia take part in gardening activities. You will…Continue
Join our volunteers!
Started Aug 17, 2017 0 Replies 0 Likes
We're looking for friendly volunteers to join our team working hard to enable people with dementia to stay physically and socially active.Join us and make a valuable contribution to your community,…Continue
Using Gardening to Address Social Isolation
Started May 3, 2017 0 Replies 0 Likes
How You Can Help Tackle Social Isolation in Your CommunityRecent research shows up to 50% of older people living in care never go outside and they are twice as likely to experience severe loneliness…Continue
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- Location:
- North Somerset, BANES and Bristol
- Projects I'm involved with:
- Growing Support runs gardening clubs in Residential Care Homes and Day Care settings as well as community gardens.
Loneliness and social isolation are increasingly recognised as serious public health issues. Older people and people with dementia are particularly at risk, especially those living in care homes where they may feel cut off from society.
Growing Support opens the door to the community. We recruit, train and coordinate volunteers providing a safe way for residents to enjoy a rich social interaction and maintain an active connection with the community.
- I am a:
- Involved in a Community Project
- Skills I am seeking:
- People who are keen to work with and support a group of older people and people with dementia in residential care / day care settings to develop and maintain a therapeutic garden. You don't need to be an expert. Just someone who has a passion for growing, and enabling others to do this too.
You need to be able to give at least 2 hours once a fortnight.
- Skills I can offer:
- Initial Induction Training
On the job training and support when working with participants from our Social and Therapeutic Horticulture Facilitators
Quarterly volunteer meetings where we provide training and an opportunity to socialise with your fellow volunteers
Peer mentor scheme
Valuable work experience
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Hi Growing Support :-)
I love your project and a couple of times have been asked by residential homes to ‘fix their garden’ (like it’s a quick mow the lawn job ;-)) I/we would love to have helped but we are not enough volunteers to keep our own park as we wish. Can you send us a direct contact email/telephone should we be asked again, or should we be able to remember who/which those homes were.
Also, IF any of your residents and your organisation is up for/able to have days out we would love to work with you to arrange something in the park.
Thank you for what you are doing!
Johnny for FoGP