Growing for Well-being
Friday 11th December, 2009, 9.30-4.00

Ideal for All’s Independent Living Centre is a multi stranded approach to tackle the exclusion, ill health and poverty that needlessly accompany disability. Their vision is one of people growing their own solutions and a key part of this the availability of affordable local fresh food and its consumption.

This one day event in partnership with Ideal for All, will look at:

10am -12 noon: Integrated strategies for well-being with presentations by -

• Laura Davis:  the history and development of the Community Supported Agriculture in Sandwell
• Helen Sneyd: the Growing Opportunities programme and the links to health.
• Rosie Edwards: on an anti-poverty agenda at the heart of local communities and a sustainable local economy
• More details on speakers below

• the Salop Road Market Garden
• And Malthouse Garden – designed for accessibility

• Maxine Small & Vicky Phipps: talk about Direct Payments and the, soon to be introduced, Personalisation Budgets which allow service users to define how their care is organised.

To book a place on this free event please contact the Community Composting Network on 0114 258 0483 or dowload the attached booking form.