Attended by Steve and Brooke
Who are ‘A Place to Grow?’
A Place to Grow is a community garden which helps to support positive mental health and wellbeing. The aim of project is to encourage and educate people to learn new things, eating healthily, increase physical exercise and socialise in a friendly safe environment.
A Place to Grow can offer:
- Gardening sessions
- Various Activities
- Volunteering
- Workshops and more
The site aims to support individuals who want to improve their mental health and wellbeing. Individuals who attend may have: long term health conditions, learning disabilities, recently bereaved, experiencing loneliness or would like to get more active!
On Saturday 30th July 2022, we attended their pop-up event where we were invited to showcase our service and increase awareness of Mental Health and Wellbeing and how to better manage this.
Steve and Brooke took along some resources to help further encourage people to get out, socialise and increase physical activity to highlight the importance of physical exercise, nature and the outdoors on mental health.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) have reported that increasing physical activity reduces symptoms of depression and anxiety, whilst Mental Health UK have reported that those who participate in regular physical activity have a 30% lower risk of depression whilst also improving mood and reducing anger, anxiety and stress!
How can I become more active?
There are many different ways we can become more physically active to aid our mental health. This could include:
