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The Garden Friend

Registered

Charity no. 110420 Date registered. 30/01/2025

Public benefits

The charity supports primary healthcare services where a GP or other medical professional can not. For example dealing with Isolation and Loneliness. Providing an option for increased physical exercise. Building strength and flexibility. Promoting healthy eating and encouraging weight loss. Building Self-Esteem and Bringing a Sense of Achievement.

By engaging in activities such as physical movement and spending time outdoors, as well as caring for and nurturing plants, gardening has proven to have positive effects on out mental and physical health. It can provide a sense of purpose and accomplishment, which can greatly contribute to out mental well-being. None that i am aware of. The general public of Hillsborough and the surrounding areas. It is completely necessary in helping to reduce the rate of suicide in Northern Ireland. Also through nature plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen, helping to regulate our planet's climate. Growing plants cultivates Biodiversity by providing pollinators, supporting wildlife and healthier fruit and vegetables.

What your organisation does

Provides a facility for groups of individuals, in an idyllic location. To take part in community gardening. Individuals will learn how to grow fruit, vegetables, herbs and cut flowers. It will be an opportunity for them to dispense their 'green prescription' from their primary care professional. Working as part of a group avoiding isolation and

loneliness. The gardening will provide the therapy and the many mental and physical benefits it provides.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives

Who the charity helps

  • General public
  • General public

How the charity works

  • Community development
  • Medical/health/sickness

Charitable purposes

The purpose of the charity is to improve the mental and physical wellbeing of others through gardening, specifically by: Increasing Exercise, Improved Diet, Time in Nature, Reducing Stress Levels, Providing Social Connection, Improved Mood, Increased Strength, Weight Loss, Building Self-Esteem and Bringing a Sense of Accomplishment.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name


  • 4 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Mr Timothy Turner, 14 Ballymurphy Road, Hillsborough, BT26 6BU

Trustee board

Trustee
Mr Timothy Turner
Mrs Thelma Alexandra Turner
Rev Mark Frederick Taylor
Miss Anneke Taylor

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland