Shipley Woodside Community Garden
People: Improving people’s mental wellbeing
We would like solar-generated electricity to pump water for our plants, to charge batteries for tools and craft equipment, to provide refreshments to visitors and presentations through a projector.
About this cause
Shipley Woodside Community Garden offers support through relationships while growing food and offering educational projects. We promote mental health and wellbeing and share expertise. We promote our values of Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share with the next generation, individuals and families locally. We promote environmental conservation in a friendly group and are fully inclusive.
How this cause brings people in the community together
We will offer a greater range of activities and increase opening times. Providing hot refreshments to volunteers and visitors encourages social interaction and aids mental and physical wellbeing. For example, manning our friendship bench, offering children soup at a holiday club, or a hot drink to an art group. Offering workshop activities with power tools targets isolated or vulnerable adults.