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Removed
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This charity was removed from the register on 18 Dec 2019
- Charity no. 102303
- Date registered. 17/08/2016
Public benefits
To improve the health and well-being of disadvantaged, vulnerable and hard-to-reach individuals living in Northern Ireland with emotional and mental health difficulties, through the use of STH (Social & Therapeutic Horticulture) & nature based therapeutic activities; providing meaningful occupation, feelings of self-worth and confidence, a
reconnection with nature, sense of achievement, social activity, and also psychoeducation by way of understanding the importance of positive mental and emotional health and how to achieve this through Green Care. These benefits are demonstrated via qualitative and a range of standardised quantitative measurement tools including self-administered questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and practitioners observation notes. There is no private benefit or harm flowing from the purposes and the beneficiaries are the general public.
What your organisation does
Blossoms provides Social and Therapeutic Horticulture (STH) and nature-based therapeutic services through a wide range of sessions at their purpose built therapy garden. These services include a full 8 week STH referral based programme, monthly STH sessions, community based STH sessions, one off STH sessions, monthly nature-based mindfulness days,
seasonal nature-based mindfulness days, and presentations on the use of Green Care & STH in Northern Ireland.
The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Ex-offenders and prisoners
- General public
- Interface communities
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Victim support
How the charity works
- Counselling/support
- Education/training
- Environment/sustainable development/conservation
- Research/evaluation
Charitable purposes
To provide nature-based therapies for people living with mental and emotional health difficulties, and to promote, develop and facilitate the ever growing use of Social and Therapeutic Horticulture; used alone and integrated with other therapies, as a life enhancing practice, a means of stress reduction and improvement in health and well-being.