Assist defend our Towcester Therapy Yard open! – Life at No.27

Life at No.27 Therapy Allotments and Yard in Towcester has been open since 2019, offering free and low value psychological correctly being counselling, allotments and horticultural therapy for these in want contained in the realm people. 

Until we’re able to improve a minimal of £20,000 the entire enterprise in Towcester, Northamptonshire may want to shut in November 2024!

So we’ve launched a Crowdfunder promoting and advertising advertising marketing campaign and would love you to share it with any associates, household and native companies which might be involved in serving to. Correct proper right here is the hyperlink:

During the last 5 years we’ve strived to assist enhance the wellbeing of these nice neighborhood members who’re attend our classes. Whether or not or not or not it’s by self-refferal or GP referral. Providing weekly and twice weekly assist for adults experiencing nervousness, melancholy, PTSD, PND and challenges referring to loss, trauma and dependancy.

“Since gaining a small allotment at ‘Life at No.27’ my psychological correctly being and common appropriately being has under no circumstances been so good. The prospect to work with a bit of little bit of land and swap it correct proper right into a sustainable meals present has been unbelievable. I’ve planted and sowed seeds and week by week watched them flip correct proper right into a full meal for my household and I. It has given me headspace and perspective which no therapy may and I’m so grateful for this. To have this taken away undoes the whole work many people have put in to return this far not solely on our allotments nonetheless in addition to our psychological correctly being.” Grownup shopper gardener.

We now have now furthermore been working our weekly After School Membership for youngsters, which provides a secure, pleasing, outside house for the loosen up, play, specific themselves and look at new expertise after the college day.

“The ladies actually want it – thanks very relatively so much.” Mum or dad, 2024

Why we should always shut:

We depend on grant funding and donations to run the therapy yard and allotments and I not too means again discovered that following my utility, we haven’t been awarded the equivalent earlier grant we’ve that retains the positioning going yearly. Funding is getting tighter and tighter, which means the bigger well-known named charities are going for the smaller pots of funds, that us and completely totally different native teams depend on. Based mostly on this data, until we’re able to improve a minimal of £20,000 the entire enterprise in Towcester may want to shut in November.

What we have got to increase and why:

• £20,000 would allow us to recruit a therapy supervisor and counsellor to run the positioning and work with purchasers for the entire of 2025.
• An additional £8,000 would allow us to make it doable for the therapy yard is professionally maintained all by way of the entire yr.
• An additional £12,000 would allow us to recruit a trustworthy fundraising supervisor.

We’d love your assist to assist defend the positioning going and in order that we’re able to work inside the course of an additional sustainable plan in 2025.

Testimonials:

“As somebody who has tried CBT and speaking therapy however felt awkward being nostril to nostril with a stranger in a therapy room, seeing Annabelle all through the yard is a particular expertise. Annabelle places me cozy and having the trendy air, crops, birds, acutely conscious duties like planting seeds, weeding, touching and smelling the herbs, takes away all my self-consciousness and permits me to think about, really actually really feel and converse freely. It has given me the braveness and readability to make actually vital modifications in my life, and ongoing assist to navigate any difficulties and defend the positives“

ADULT 1-2-1 CLIENT

“It’s been good! It’s actually boosted my confidence.”

STUDENT – 13 YEARS OLD