Flourishing nature and food activities with Disabled people at Redcatch
Over the last year, Redcatch Community Garden have been commissioned by Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership to deliver activities focused on food and nature, with and for Disabled people. The commission championed the food and nature priorities set by Bristol’s community of Disabled people in their community climate action plan. This plan supports Bristol’s commitment to a just transition by ensuring that Disabled people are at the heart of local climate action.
This commission is part of the Climate and Disability strand of our National Lottery funded Community Climate Action Project. The team at Redcatch Community Garden have written a report to share their experience of facilitating climate-based activities with and for Disabled people.
Throughout the project, Redcatch have run:
- A weekly wellbeing in the garden group for Disabled people to grow food and learn new gardening skills.
- An art therapy group for people with Dementia and their carers, creating nature-inspired artwork and facilitating climate conversations.
- 1,314 community lunches providing a free freshly prepared meal, opportunities for social interaction and access to information.
- Accessible cooking sessions with both Disabled adults and children with additional educational needs. 122 people attended.
- Weekly group of Disabled community members planning, cooking and distributing 377 boxed fresh and frozen meals to other Disabled people.
“Nature for me is a great healer. For wellbeing it’s fantastic. This morning in the Garden we had the robin bobbing around, and around the side of the Garden you get the blackberries and things like that. Even though you’re in the middle of a city, it’s like being in the countryside.”
Martin, project participant
Download the report to read more about their work, tips for other organisations, and what’s next for Redcatch Community Garden.
“Redcatch Community Garden was delighted to work with Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership to deliver a diverse programme of sessions as part of our Climate and Disability commission. Throughout this collaboration, we have welcomed many new organisations and individuals into the garden; people who have discovered meaningful connections with both nature and their local community. We have established relationships that we are confident will continue to flourish well into the future.” Kate Swain, CEO, Redcatch Community Garden
There is now a suite of resources available from the Climate & Disability project, promoting climate action that is inclusive of, and accessible to Disabled people.
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