Growing Together
Welcome to the Growing Together website. Growing Together is a highly practical project working with the community of the Fountain Estate in Londonderry. The overall aim of the programme is to support local people to work together in order to enhance the quality of life for everyone living in this area.
The name has been chosen as it reflects the positive and interactive nature of the project which aims to engage all sections of the community and create intra community networks. Part of the project involves community gardening and so the name Growing Together is particularly appropriate. The project is a social support in the local area, enabling the community to work together and support each other through the various elements of the project.
Growing Together provides various activities which the community can participate in. These activities promote physical wellbeing and positive mental health; and the family activities encourage families to spend quality time together.
These activities include:
- Community gardening
- Community based training workshops and information sessions
- Healthy body/healthy mind – yoga/pilates etc.
- Cooking on a budget – hands on training
- Healthy eating and nutritional education
- First Aid training
- Various teambuilding, sporting and outdoor activities
