Orchard House is a move on service for adults with mental health needs.We are looking for a gardening volunteer to develop and run sessions as our service users are reallykeen to make use of our fantastic garden space. We have a very large back garden with space forgrowing plants and vegetables.
We are looking for people who have a good knowledge of gardening, in particular growing andlooking after plants and would like to pass on that knowledge. The gardening sessions will run on aweekly basis and our service users will be included in the decision making. The volunteer role willalso involve an element of fundraising for our gardening project and we’d welcome your ideas andsupport with this.
If you love gardening and have experience of allotments, or planting and growing vegetables in yourback garden then this is the volunteering opportunity for you!We support our volunteers with an Induction, training for the role, a named volunteer supervisor, amonthly newsletter and a monthly online peer support group.
Duties: Coming up with ideas for gardening sessions Sharing knowledge of how to grow plants and look after the garden space Clearing away at the end of the session Helping to promote the sessions to service users
As a volunteer with Creative Support we offer training for your role, access to a volunteer supervisor,an induction, a monthly volunteer newsletter, and an online volunteer support network group onZoom.
