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What’s been going on in the Flourish garden
February- May is known as the hungry gap however it has been a hive of activity in the Flourish garden these past few months. This period in spring describes the time when overwintering crops e.g. cabbages, leeks and parsnips are finishing and early summer crops sown in spring are not yet ready to harvest. Growing …
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Marathon Man completes epic challenge of running 44 marathons over 44 consecutive days in aid of Livability Holton Lee
Today, Peter Thompson successfully ran his 44th marathon in 44 consecutive days to complete his ‘Marathons for the Mind’ challenge. Starting in Russia on April 1st, Pete ran a marathon in every country in Europe to raise awareness for mental health and funds on behalf of the charities Livability Holton Lee and MIND. Pete received …
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Boost to disabled access at Livability Holton Lee
In recent weeks, Livability Holton Lee has received a major boost by securing a grant from Viridor Credits Environmental Company, through the Landfill Communities Fund. This award will support disabled people enjoy full accessibility, whatever their mobility, 365 days a year through the reparation and development of the Heathland tracks around the wellbeing centre. The …
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44 marathons, 44 European countries, 44 consecutive days
On April 1st 2017 Peter Thompson is beginning an epic adventure on behalf of Livability Holton Lee’s Flourish project and MIND. He will be attempting to run an incredible 44 marathons in 44 days – a marathon within every country in Europe. Peter says he has three main aims: To raise support for mental health …
Read moreHolton Lee joins The Big Give Christmas Challenge to support Flourish
Starting today, Livability is taking part in The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2016 to raise money for the Flourish project at Holton Lee. For three days only, any donations made to Livability online being doubled through the scheme. “This Christmas, Livability‘s message is all about why Friendship Really Matters. Many disabled people are at risk …
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Springing into action: preparing for a new season with Flourish
Livability Holton Lee always gets a bit more interesting when the season starts to change. From our Growing Futures horticultural therapy project to our Flourish wellbeing scheme, we look at what to look out for in our gardens at Livability Holton Lee. The redesign of the garden is well underway with the successful merge of …
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Three things we are doing in Flourish this year
We’re passionate about our gardens. In the Flourish programme we use the context of gardening and landscaping to encourage friendship, teamwork and wellbeing. Last year we saw Flourish grow and develop and to carry on building on our successes, here are three things we’re doing this year. We are redesigning and expanding the market garden …
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Meet the team: Shirley Walker
So much goes on at Livability Holton Lee. Its 350 acres are buzzing with activity in the form of garden projects, ecotherapy programmes and studio workshops and classes, just to name a few. So we’d like to introduce the people that help make Livability Holton Lee a beautiful and welcoming place, starting with events organiser …
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What does 2016 hold for Livability Holton Lee?
The year just gone saw a lot of things change and grow here at Livability Holton Lee and in 2016 there’s a lot more to come. Director Neil Stevens outlines what to look out for this year at the wellbeing discovery centre. As we develop Livability Holton Lee, we are planning a number of creative …
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