About The Project - Growing Lives 

Growing Lives provides a combination of skill-building and learning activities with personalised support to help people in recovery develop their social networks, improve their wellbeing and move closer to education, training and employment.

 Activities include:

• Workshop: wood-working and upcycling furniture
• Bike club: restoring bicycles and group bike rides
• Gardening: growing fruit, vegetables, herbs and plants, tending to the pond and learning about wildlife
• Cooking: building cooking, nutrition and budgeting skills by preparing breakfasts and lunches, often made using produce grown in the garden
• Arts & crafts: including mosaic making, sewing, crochet and paper crafts
• IT skills: a chance to develop digital skills and connect with people and services online
• Walks and visits to local parks and sights of interest

There is also a strong element of employability support. Navigators give help and guidance around job search, interview skills and overcoming barriers to accessing education, training or employment. This includes one-to-one Careers, Information, Advice and Guidance sessions with a Level 6 careers development professional.