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Author Archives: Share Community Garden
We’ve been incredibly fortunate to have our garden in Tooting and for some time we’ve been offering mental health respite, running art and independent living classes outdoors. We’ll soon be resuming full horticultural training for our students and we’ll continue to use the...
We’re also delighted to welcome back some of our students for respite and therapeutic gardening. Our priority is their safety and wellbeing and our reduced opening hours reflect this as currently we can only welcome customers when we’re not running student sessions.
Lockdown has been...
Rachel Healy, Marketing and Communications Manager at Share Community is celebrating spring as daffodils burst into bloom!
Once more commonly known as Narcissus, the humble daffodil is a much-loved flower that traditionally heralds the start of spring as it starts bursting through the ground....
Rachel Healy, Marketing and Communications Manager at Share Community has exciting news about Share Nurseries in Tooting!
We feel it’s about time we launched dedicated social media accounts for Share Nurseries, our social enterprise in Tooting, selling a wide range of organically grown...
Rachel Healy, Marketing and Communications Manager at Share Community (who run the Share Community Garden and Nurseries in Tooting) on the New Year and a new opportunity!
If you love gardening and being outdoors and want to help support adults with learning disabilities to live more...
Rachel Healy, Marketing and Communications Manager at Share Community (who run the Share Community Garden and Nurseries in Tooting) is feeling festive as they’re now offering wreaths and table decorations!
Share Nurseries, our social enterprise providing plants and garden creations,...
Just because the weather is turning colder doesn’t mean there’s less work to be done! Students are working really hard this month in the garden preparing our veg for sale, by sowing seeds and placing them in heated units. We’ll also be lifting and dividing plants from the garden, for...
So what can we do in our everyday lives to help ensure that everybody feels included? How should you treat somebody who has a learning disability?
Be patient – some people with a learning disability may need time to communicate. Don’t rush, give them some time and space and go at their...
But we also look at the entire life experience and our Go Anywhere Do Anything programme is all about social inclusion and having fun. We organise days out like going to football matches, beach trips or even going clubbing. These trips make a real difference to people’s lives. But we need the...
Right now our garden and nursery are flourishing. All plants are grown and cultivated by our students and they’re available to buy. This means that by supporting this local social enterprise you’re making a real difference to people’s lives.
All good reasons to get your gardening on...
Jul, 24, 2019
All of these things are reflected in a number of programmes, initiatives and projects that we run for people with learning disabilities and autism at Share. For example:
Our training and advocacy work teaches our students valuable independent life skills, highlighting the importance of choice and...
Jun, 24, 2019
Kavita Bowry, Communications and Development Manager at Share Community (who run the Share Community Garden and Nurseries in Tooting) is excited about the annual Garden Party!
It’s summer time, which means it’s party time! Yes, the ...
May, 29, 2019
Kavita Bowry, Communications and Development Manager at Share Community (who run the Share Community Garden and Nurseries in Tooting) explains how they’re on a mission to take learning out of the classroom and into the...
Kavita Bowry, Communications and Development Manager at Share Community has some exciting news for the Wandsworth voluntary sector!
Voluntary organisations in Wandsworth, including Share Community, have been working together over the past few...
Kavita Bowry, Communications and Development Manager at Share Community is looking for people to help Tooting’s Share Garden grow!
You’ve heard me waxing lyrical about the Share Garden many a time in this blog. It’s a place I ...
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