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Improving the Touchbase Community Garden published their Delivery Report!11 months ago
We are Touchbase Care; a community group for people with disabilities, neuro-diverse conditions. We want to improve our accessible community garden and outdoor learning space. The outdoors is for all!
Touchbase has an incredible garden on the grounds of a local farm. Our members enjoy growing produce that is then used in our catering service. We also love using the garden as a space for learning and wellbeing, where members can enjoy being outdoors and experiencing nature in an accessible way. We want to continue to improve this space so that it can be used all year round. We'd like to plant an orchard, increase biodiversity and plant a sensory garden. Being outdoors has significant benefits for improving wellbeing. Our members will be involved, designing and painting an outdoor mural, as well as planting the new sensory garden.
What we'll deliver:
Why it's a great idea:
Taking a walk in the countryside, tending plants, or simply sitting and watching insects amongst the flowers. These activities can help calm the mind and bring a sense of wellbeing to the body. However, for disabled people access to the countryside can be difficult and thats where our community garden makes a difference. Our garden is accessible: members come to our garden using our accessible minibus and are able to enjoy the space without restriction. Our garden is ecologically sound: produce grown by our members is used by our catering team to provide lunches at the centre and we even have a composting toilet at the garden! Our garden is a great place to spend time: As well as working and growing plants our members use the space as somewhere to come and relax. We need to raise funds to make the space the best it can be and complete all our great plans and ideas that members have been working on. See the list of what we plan to deliver to find out more about what we're hoping to do.
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Brilliant news, thanks everyone!
Hi backers and prospectives, We've been sharing some videos over on our Facebook page, (touchbasecare) that show off the community garden, (often affectionately referred to as the farm by members). Head on over to check them out. We are making progress toward our fundraising target, pledge by pledge - while you're over there on social media, why not share a post and help us spread the word to more people.
Whoop, 20 people have pledged since fundraising began!
How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees) £3,829
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Target (inc. fees) £3,829
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VolunteerTouchbase Care is a dynamic community group, located in Folkestone’s Creative Quarter. We take an innovative and holistic approach to supporting adults and young people with physical disabilities, learning difficulties, neurodiversity and sensory impairment.
We want to improve the quality of life for our members by providing a range of support, advice and training opportunities to develop abilities, learn new skills, encourage social inclusion and enable people to live independently.
Many Touchbase members who use our services have said that their wellbeing has improved to such a degree thereby resulting in fewer visits to their G.P. All activities are supported by professional staff and volunteers trained in specialist care.
Project Owner: Touchbase Care The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
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