Launch event May 3rd, 12 noon – 4pm
Centre of the Earth Project, Norman Street, Winson Green, Birmingham, B18 7EP.
A NEW gardening project is being launched in Birmingham to brighten up run-down sites in the city and improve the physical and mental well-being of people with mental ill health.
Greener Future is a collaboration between Future Health and Social Care Association and the Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country. It has been made possible by a grant from the Ecominds, Mind, and the Big Lottery Fund.
Volunteers with mental health problems will be taken into sites around the city identified as needing regeneration by the Wildlife Trust. They will work alongside other trust volunteers and professionals to build seating areas, improve walk ways and carry out other maintenance work.
Three sites have already been identified for project volunteers to start work on following the launch on May 3rd. They are:
• Centre of the Earth, Winson Green – a former environmental education centre
• Park Hall Farm, Minworth – An area of remote farmland on the eastern edge of Birmingham
• Birmingham Eco Park, Small Heath
While other gardening projects exist to provide therapy, Green Future aims to develop skills and opportunities for volunteers to find paid employment.
For more information call project co-ordinator Gary Moore on 07894 386733.
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