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Root & Branch
Therapeutic gardening and rural crafts for people
in Oxfordshire who
experience mental health difficulties
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You can benefit
from attending Root & Branch through
- experiencing the therapeutic effects of gardening
- being involved in interesting and
stimulating activities
- meeting new people
- learning new skills
- becoming more physically active
- gaining work experience
- recovering confidence and self esteem
- spending time in the countryside
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Our autumn 2008 newsletter is now
available. Download it, to learn about all the great
progress we have made over the recent months to upgrade our
facilities, introduce new activities and, above all, help so many
people to improve their mental health and so move on with their
lives.
Email us if you want
to go on our email distribution list. We will send you
future newsletters when they come out and send you notices of
events.
Click
here to download the newsletter as a pdf file (591 kb).
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Winter at R&B is a time of
keping warm as well as clearing the garden for spring.
Find out more.
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Autumn is the time for harvesting
produce and planting for the spring. Meanwhile the last of
the flowers are with us attracting the bees and other
insects. Click here to see
some pictures of Root & Branch in autumn. |
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Uchi kuri and orange soup.
We have a great harvest of uchi kuri so are finding great ways to
use the squash. Check out a fun
recipe. |
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In August, Root & Branch shut down
for two weeks to take out our old kitchen and start work
on installing a new
one. Things took longer than expected but the new kitchen is
taking shape. Find out more. |
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We held our 2008 Open Day on Sunday June
29. This was a great success bringing in nearly
£1000. Activities for all the family included sales of
bric-a-brac, plants, crafts, and cakes; demonstrations of our
activities, and games, storytelling and music. See more pictures here. |
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In March, Root & Branch was pleased
to welcome Faith Mitchell as our new manager. She has worked
before in teaching, tourism and charity management. We had a
party to welcome Faith and say goodbye to our previous manager,
Liz Clarke. Find out more and
see pictures of the party, which included a tree-planting
ceremony. |
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Forget the Da Vinci Code,
discover the secrets of our Root & Branch logo.
The designer tells us how she came up with the idea. Click
here for the secrets! |
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Why not join us as a volunteer?
You will find it to be fun and rewarding work. Find
out more. |
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We are looking for a Healthy Eating
Co-ordinator. This is an exciting new post based at Root
& Branch but covering other community mental health settings
in Oxfordshire. Applications now closed and
post filled - details to follow |
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Note that the
contents of this web site are the copyright of Root & Branch
Westmill (unless otherwise state). For permission to use
pictures and other information, email
the web site manager
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