Great Outdoors Project
Practitioner
Workshop
Visit to Offshoots Permaculture Project, Burnley
7th May 2009
A group of 20 Knowsley health practitioners and community champions went on a fact finding trip to the award winning Target Wellbeing project in Burnley, Offshoots in Townley Park.
Manager Phil Dewhurst had inspired everyone at our November 2008 Nature and Public Health open day at the National Wildflower Centre, with his presentation about this organic food growing project in the heart of Burnley. We wanted to see some best practice and learn more about how we could start to develop community food growing in Knowsley to improve health and wellbeing.
Great Outdoors is talking to local people about the impact that nature and wildflowers have on their physical and mental health and wellbeing. We have started some conversations called' Nature on the Bench'. People sit and chat with us about their experience - and love for - nature and wildflowers and help us to understand more about how nature supports us in our daily lives.
We
also want to trace older peoples' memories of the close contact they enjoyed
with nature,
and use this to encourage local action now for wildflowers and health.
We will be adding more ' Nature on the Bench' conversations - if you are a Knowsley resident and would like to take part, please contact jpell@landlife.org.uk or tel Janet Pell 0151 737 1819
Old
Rough wildflower site
This site can be found opposite Valley Road/Old Rough Lane, Kirkby,
Merseyside and was sown with the help of local volunteers.
The video was made in July 2007.
Walkers were given a guided tour of Court Hey Park and enjoyed a fine day out in the fresh air as well as experiencing a healthy stroll.
More pictures can be found on our Images page.
Opening Events
Video footage from the Great Outdoors Opening events on
Friday 14th March 2008 at the Old Rough, Valley Road/Old Rough Lane
and Sunday 16th March in Wignall Park, Kirkby, Knowsley.
Local residents were able to sow seed and
have some fun with artists Urban Canvas.
