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By Headway Lancaster and Morecambe Bay
Growing with Headway is an allotment wellbeing project supporting adults with an acquired brain injury. A disabled loo on site is essential and we need to raise the funds to pay for the annual hire
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Our Allotment Project plays an essential role in supporting our members own wellbeing goals through its therapeutic programme 'Growing with Headway'. All of our members are brain injury survivors. In 2018 we rented a neglected double plot and have worked hard to get it to where it is. It is our key meeting place where we grow fruit, veg and flowers as well as providing crafting and woodwork workshops. We support each other and have a lot of fun in the process. Lockdown both highlighted and necessitated the need for our own porta-loo on our plot as the distance to the shared loos would take at least 20 minutes each way for one of our members to get there. It has been the best addition to our plot and members who were deterred by the previous loo arrangement now feel more confident to spend time on the plot. We would not be able to deliver our wellbeing programme if we could not afford to pay for the hire of the loo. It is an essential requirement for our members and volunteers.
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All of our members understand only too well that living life with an acquired brain injury can be extremely challenging. Loneliness and exclusion are commonplace and can be extremely detrimental to a persons health and wellbeing. Our wellbeing programme has developed since 2018 and is a place that our members can call their own. They have all been instrumental in its development and it enables individuals to work towards their own wellbeing goals. Our volunteers and members have created a safe space where they feel included, can make friends and feel that they have a purpose. They learn new things, improve their fitness and above all they feel happy. The benefits of being in the fresh air and growing food are well documented. It has enabled us to develop a healthy eating programme and open up conversations around diet and exercise, which can be a challenging subject for many of our members. The greatest benefit of all is it is a safe space to be yourself and enjoy life.
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How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees) £1,572
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VolunteerHeadway Lancaster and Morecambe Bay is a small branch of the national brain injury charity, Headway UK . We are a volunteer group who are completely self-funding. We offer support and provide a social network to brain injury survivors, their families and carers. An acquired brain injury can occur as a result of a truama to the head through an accident or illness.
We focus on supporting our members physical and mental wellbeing via a number of projects which include, daytime drop ins, outdoor adventure weekends and our 'Growing with Headway' allotment project. 'Growing with Headway' provides a therapeutic green space for our community, enabling them to participate in and benefit from many of the physical and mental wellbeing outcomes associated with working in the natural environment.
Living with an acquired brain injury can make life extremely challenging. Most of our members are effected physically, mentally and emotionally. Many describe it as 'losing yourself and having to get to know a know a whole new you'. This in itself can be very distressing as a person has to cope with many challenging thoughts and feelings. Loss of speach, memory, sense of smell and taste, cognitve impairment, anger and depression. Exclusion and lonliness are common experiences as people often lose their jobs as well as their identity.
Having a place to go that gives you a sense of purpose, a safe place where there are others who understand where you are at, is vital to a persons self esteem. Once discharged from hospital, the services available to support you are very limited.
Our community group has been supporting survivors since 1981. Encouraging people to try new things, to come out of their comfort zones, to talk about how they are feeling, to be given the opportunity to make new friends and be with others. This is what we do. We suppport each other, we have fun and we enable people to grow in confidence and feel good about themselves.
Project Owner: Headway Lancaster and Morecambe Bay The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
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