Life at No.27 Remedy Allotments and Backyard in Towcester has been open since 2019, offering free and low price psychological well being counselling, allotments and horticultural remedy for these in want inside the area people. 

Until we are able to increase a minimal of £20,000 the entire venture in Towcester, Northamptonshire might want to shut in November 2024!

So we’ve got launched a Crowdfunder marketing campaign and would loveyou to share it with any associates, household and native companies which may be involved in serving to. Right here is the hyperlink:

During the last 5 years we’ve got strived to assist enhance the wellbeing of these wonderful neighborhood members who’re attend our classes. Whether 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 well being and normal properly being has by no means been so good. The chance to work with a bit of land and switch it right into a sustainable meals supply has been unbelievable. I’ve planted and sowed seeds and week by week watched them flip right into a full meal for my household and I. It has given me headspace and perspective which no remedy might and I’m so grateful for this. To have this taken away undoes all of the work many people have put in to return this far not solely on our allotments but in addition our psychological well being.” Grownup consumer gardener.

We have now additionally been working our weekly After Faculty Membership for kids, which offers a secure, enjoyable, outside area for the calm down, play, specific themselves and study new abilities after the college day.

“The ladies actually like it – thanks very a lot.” Mum or dad, 2024

Why we must shut:

We depend on grant funding and donations to run the remedy backyard and allotments and I not too long ago discovered that following my utility, we haven’t been awarded the same old grant we’ve got 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 different native teams depend on. Primarily based on this information, until we are able to increase a minimal of £20,000 the entire venture in Towcester might want to shut in November.

What we have to increase and why:

• £20,000 would allow us to recruit a remedy 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 sure that the remedy backyard is professionally maintained all through the entire yr.
• An additional £12,000 would allow us to recruit a devoted fundraising supervisor.

We might love your assist to assist preserve the positioning going and in order that we are able to work in the direction of a extra sustainable plan in 2025.

Testimonials:

“As somebody who has tried CBT and speaking remedy however felt awkward being nose to nose with a stranger in a remedy room, seeing Annabelle within the backyard is a distinct expertise. Annabelle places me comfortable and having the contemporary air, crops, birds, conscious duties like planting seeds, weeding, touching and smelling the herbs, takes away all my self-consciousness and permits me to assume, really feel and converse freely. It has given me the braveness and readability to make actually vital adjustments in my life, and ongoing assist to navigate any difficulties and preserve the positives“

ADULT 1-2-1 CLIENT

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

STUDENT – 13 YEARS OLD