About the project
A Community Benefit Company tackling the wider determinants of health, through food, community allotments and social connections. Respondong to local interests, this includes a creative workshop, tool exchange, medical garden and mini lending hubs. Through behaviour change towards the environment and health they are achieving greater individual and community resilience.
Local capacity created
A sense of agency creating an appetite for collaboration and change
Community-led ways of tackling the social determinants of poor health
Use of existing and new activities to improve health
People taking individual and collective responsibility for their health
Impact achieved
Taking pressure off acute services and over-stretched GPs
Improved health and social connections, increasing a sense of belonging
Flourishing indoor and outdoor activities, improving physical and mental wellbeing