Nice to see our slow worms again

Thank you to recently confirmed new sponsors

CADAS FREE Workshop - Sleep Better Naturally

Today in the undergrowth......

Quote for the week......

“The mind can go in a thousand directions.. but on this beautiful path.. I walk in peace. With each step.. the wind blows. With each step.. a flower blooms.” - Thich Nhat Hanh

Morning on the wildlife banking

Enjoying a dandelion on the wildlife banking

Preparing to give our lawns their first cut of the year

Growing together.....

Turned out nice again

FREE horticulture/wildlife training workshops

Following a successful grant from Peoples Health Trust, using money raised by Healthable Community Interest Company through The Health Lottery, we are pleased to confirm a programmed of FREE horticulture and wildlife based training workshops, as detailed in the poster below.

All places are by booking only.

Please note as places are limited on each session and to avoid disappointment, please book early.

You can book for a session by ringing 01229 876546 or by email to neighbourhoodmgt@barrowbc.gov.uk
  

Small tortoiseshell butterfly

Nesting time

Its beginning to brighten up

A little different...........

A variety of seedlings flourishing in the poly tunnel

Mark tending New Roots seedlings

Keep Britain Buzzing......

The FREE seeds have arrived from the Soil Associations Keep Britain Buzzing campaign.

FREE Meditation classes at CADAS

A bright and colourful day

Quote for the week.......

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Peoples Health Trust grant success

Marsh Street Arches and Garden CIC are very pleased to confirm that have been awarded a grant by People’s Health Trust using money raised by Healthable Community Interest Company through The Health Lottery.

Our voluntary Project Coordinator Graham Bromley said “This very generous grant award will help us expand our work in the community with people of all ages and abilities and enable us to provide a diverse range of horticulture based training workshop sessions. These workshops would include; growing your own food, seed propagation, harvesting and storing crops, composting, gardening for wildlife, foraging and cook and eat sessions. Our training programme will aim to make growing a fun, social activity and a great way to meet others in the community”

Healthable is a Community Interest Company committed to raising money to address health inequalities in Cumbria and Northumberland. www.healthablecic.org.uk

The Health Lottery is operated for and on behalf of 51 Community Interest Companies across England, Scotland and Wales, all holding society lottery licenses issued by the Gambling Commission.  www.healthlottery.co.uk 

People’s Health Trust is an independent charity addressing health inequalities across Great Britain. It works closely with each Community Interest Company distributing grants. www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk

A little colour around the lawn edging

A welcomed visit from a Robin

Completing another new raised planter

Nearly ready to be transplanted

Brathay Trust - Future Footprings work experience

Staff from Brathay Trust and young people involved with their Future Footprint programme helping us to maintain the community grow your own scheme. Their four week residential programme was targeted at 15-18-year olds in Barrow, with the intended outcome of developing work skills through a range of outdoor and indoor experiences which included: canoeing, hill walking, camp and bush craft and kayaking.

Quote for the week.....

“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumoured by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.” - Buddha

FREE Tai Chi classes at CADAS

The Health and Well-being Project at CADAS is offering FREE tai chi classes.

Making the most of the sunshine, however brief its appearance was

CADAS Open Day with FREE buffet. 11.30 am - 3 pm Thursday 9 May

CADAS are hosting an open day with FREE buffet between 11.30 am and 3.00 pm on Thursday 9th May.  Please confirm if you wish to attend so they know how much food to order! :)

Recycle clothes peg plant markers

Picture accredited to Hotbin Composting

Perhaps spring is back