Core Arts community garden
The Pitch
Focus Areas
Delivery plan
Budget breakdown
| MOT x 22 cubic metres + delivery | £1,080 |
| Hoggin 10mm to dust x 6 cubic metres + delivery | £1,248 |
| towards staffing to oversee volunteers/project management | £472 |
Beneficiaries
200 people
Who will benefit
Expected impact
The project will enable greater numbers of people, most adversely impacted by COVID-19, to lead more resilient, creative, and socially connected lives using horticulture, engaging with the natural world within an integrated community setting. Empowering people to impact positively on their environment, and themselves, to promote recovery and ongoing self-care; using shared common goals to better prepare for future challenges. This intervention combines community stewardship of underused open spaces whilst challenging stigma around mental ill-health by empowering our NHS referred adults to lead on the project in collaboration with the community: thereby challenging stigma through community participation in a joint beneficial endeavour. The site will provide a safe outdoor space for local people and families to enjoy and come together. Direct service engagement with 100 - 200 people per annum, visitors to the garden approx 2,000+ building year on year.
Track record
Core Landscapes has a 10 year successful track record of working with adults suffering mental ill-health alongside vulnerable and excluded communities in greater London, our work is governed by local need. Project report from Hackney on the benefits of our community green interventions: https://www.corearts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/CORELANDSCAPES_REPORT_2023_LOW_RES.pdf Project report from Whitechapel site; https://www.corearts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/corelandscapes-report-web.pdf Feedback: "I feel a lot calmer after I have been here. I have recently had some stress and mental health issues and found coming here doing gardening has really put it into perspective." " I have gained coping skills that allowed me to manage things a lot better." "I really love it hear - it has helped me so much." "I like getting out of my flat. When I'm in my flat I think too much, when I'm here I stop thinking about those things."