About Us
Growing Well is an award winning, farm-based charity, that promotes mental health recovery and well-being by encouraging involvement in our successful, inspirational, community-focused organic growing and training social enterprise.
Our team members farm ten acres of Low Sizergh Farm under Soil Association organic certification, growing a wide range of seasonal produce which is sold to local people through our Cropshare scheme (a Community Supported Agriculture scheme). Amongst all this activity we train people in horticulture and run a successful programme of farm visits for school children.
Growing Well is CEVAS accredited for managing people on farms and is a City and Guilds centre for learning. We won the North-West Award for Sustainable Food and Farming in 2008, were awarded Cumbrian Social Enterprise in 2008, 2009/2010 and were the North-West winner in the 2010 Social Vision Awards.
Our work in mental health recovery is supported by a grant from Ecominds, and our education and outreach work is supported by a grant from Local Food, both which administer funds from the Big Lottery.
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