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and support services to support
the women.
Groundwork NI – Pop-up and
Grow Workshops
Groundwork NI deliver services
and support across the region
and have partnered with Choice
to deliver six Pop-up and Grow
workshops across the Choice
Community Network.
Assist NI – Social Inclusion and
Development Programme
I Assist-NI is a charity that works
with people from the BAME
communities suffering long-term
illnesses and disabilities and who
have been living in Belfast and
surrounding areas. Their aim is
to counter social isolation and
serve as a base for community
development.
The workshop lasts 2.5 hours with
a maximum participant numbers of
12 per workshop. This workshop
brings a mobile garden workshop
to the community, teaching them
the basics of growing their own
food and lets them touch, smell
and sample produce they could
grow at home.
The benefits of getting involved
in growing their own are clearly
explained to participants, and
includes reference to local spaces
they could use (community
gardens/allotments etc) and the
legacy is that some will continue
to grow their own.
The Social Inclusion and
Development Programme (SIDP)
brought together 30 men and
women from the refugee and
asylum seeking community,
minority ethnic groups and
settled/indigenous community.
They participated in a series of
workshops, group work sessions,
and information sessions with
the aim of reducing isolation,
improving health and wellbeing, promoting inclusion and
good relations and providing
volunteering opportunities
to individuals affected by
intersectional discrimination.
The workshops help people come
together to change the places
where they live for the better
and to develop their skills, build
their confidence, improve mental
health and wellbeing and make
new friendships. It is aimed at
giving communities the tools to
take the lead for themselves and
support collective action to tackle
environmental challenges.
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