This week is National Well-being Week, celebrating horticultural therapy, nature connection and therapeutic conversations!
The 2023 edition of the Growing for Well-being resource pack is now available. It has 48 pages of activities suitable for all ages. You can request a downloadable copy for a small donation of £5. Your copy will be emailed to you shortly after payment has been received. Click here to download a copy.
The resource pack is suitable for home, schools, nurseries, colleges, youth clubs, businesses and care homes. The pack contains really fun and easy makes you can do both in the classroom, garden or office space. The pack has been designed to be perfect for all teaching staff, with full how to guides and National Curriculum details.
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If you would like to receive a glossy paper copy of the pack in the post which includes a set of stickers, click here to send a £9.50 donation to Life at No.27 and email your postal address to [email protected].
NEED AND PURPOSE
Annabelle Padwick, founder of Life at No.27, a leading horticultural therapy and mental health counselling provider, writes:
“Approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience mental ill health each year. Research and evidence highlights how beneficial the work we offer within Life at No.27, can be for children and adults experiencing mental ill health, low self-belief and isolation. Benefits include improved understanding of emotions, confidence, communication, and concentration.
“Gardening itself can also improve mental health, enable better physical health, provide an opportunity to connect with others, acquire new skills and enjoy the great outdoors.
“Research and evidence highlights how beneficial the work we offer within Life at No.27 can be for children and adults experiencing mental ill health, low self-belief and isolation. Benefits include improved understanding of emotions, confidence, communication, and concentration. Gardening itself can also improve mental health, enable better physical health, provide an opportunity to connect with others, acquire new skills and enjoy the great outdoors.
“We need to continue to offer free and low cost support to adults across the country, alternative education sessions for children within schools and our after school clubs. We need to build more sites and we need to connect with more communities. More children and adults need access to effective, safe and professional horticultural therapy, where they can grow and share openly at the same time.
“I set up this national week in 2019 as a way to raise awareness and offer support to those in need, that we can’t yet reach in person. I hope that our activity resources and interview chats offer relaxation, reflection and ideas, that may help you or others close to you who need a little extra support. “
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