Walking Out of the Darkness for Grow

As we come to the end of Mental Health Awareness week we wanted to share with you the news that Grow will be taking part in the Walking Out of the Darkness walk taking place on Brighton and Hove seafront on Sunday 24th June.  Walking Out of the Darkness is a unique mental health awareness and suicide prevention event which brings together mental health charities, members of the public, schools universities and businesses and local authority councillors etc to walk and talk together with the aim of raising awareness of mental health challenges, and to raise money for local charities – like Grow.  There are several events all over the country including this one in Brighton on 24th June.  The walk is approx. 9 miles and goes from Hove Lawns along the seafront to the marina and back. 

We’d love you to support us if you can in any of the following ways:

• Walk with us and raise money for Grow
• Sponsor us from the comfort of your armchair!
• Spread the word amongst your friends, family, neighbours etc

Walk with us

If you’d like to walk with us you will need to register with Walking Out of the Darkness here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brighton-sunday-24-june-2018-tickets-42716562388

When you click on this link it will ask you if you want to sign up as an individual or Team.  IF you type Grow in the Team Name it should hopefully appear and you can add your name to be part of the Grow Team.

There is a £10 registration fee which does not go to Grow but goes to Walking Out of the Darkness to pay for the costs of putting on the event. 

Once you have registered you will receive a free t-shirt in the post which we will customise on the day to show that you’re walking for Grow

You can then start sharing the fundraising link below with your friends and family and getting them to sponsor you for the walk.

If you do register could you please drop us an email at info@growingwellbeing.org.uk to let us know you’ll be getting involved so we can let you have any last minute details etc.

Sponsor Us

We have set up an event page on our MyDonate giving page where you can pledge your support to us

The link to the page is here:

http://mydonate.bt.com/events/walkforgrow/465525

Spread the Word

Please feel free to share this email, the Facebook post, the Twitter link (these will both appear on Facebook and Twitter shortly) or the MyDonate link with anyone you think might be interested.  Let’s get as many people walking or supporting us as we can

Change of date for next Grow Season

With the current Grow Season almost finished it's time to turn our thoughts to Season 22.  We were hoping to start this in May however the Beast from the East delayed the start of Season 21 with its icy temperatures and snowy grounds so we'll be a little later now.

The new dates for Season 22 are now 14th June - 2nd August 2018.  If you or someone you know is interested in joining us we'd love to hear from you. 

Contact us now on info@growingwellbeing.org.uk

Call us or drop us a text to 07557 501557

Happy News for a Happy New Year

Happy New Year (rather belatedly) to all our supporters and friends,  We hope that 2018 will be fruitful and abundant for you in every way possible!

We are delighted to announce that we have now been able to book in dates for the next couple of Seasons of Grow.  The next Season will start on 1st March and run through to 19th April and we are now taking registrations for this course so if you or anyone you know could benefit from some time out in nature with others in beautiful Sussex countryside then please get in touch at info@growingwellbeing.org.uk or follow the link on the What We Do page.

These 2 Seasons have been made possible by the amazing support we have received from the following:

Ernest Kleinwort Trust, Brighton & Hove City Council, Soul of the City Choir, local companies Brandwatch and CogApp, everyone who donated to our Grow Your Tenner campaign through LocalGiving and everyone who came along to our fundraising Winter Warmer Walk. 

We are also very grateful to the wonderful people who donated prizes to our Winter Prize Draw including MyBrighton Hotel, British Airways i360, Camilla and Roly, National Trust, Dyke Golf Club, School of the Wild, Tristan Gooley, The Royal Oak pub in Poynings, The Outdoor Project, Panna Chocolate and Good Money Vouchers Scheme.  We couldn't have raised the money we did without you.

Register now for our winter warmer fundraising walk 30th December

If you'd like to come on the Grow Winter Warmer Fundraising walk and Open Day on 30th December we'd love to see you and there are still places left.

We'll be meeting at the National Trust Information Trailer at Devil's Dyke car park and there will be a choice of guided walks to Saddlescombe Farm led by National Trust volunteers setting off at 11am and 12.15pm.

For non-walkers there will be a minibus shuttle from Devils Dyke to Saddlescombe Farm at 11.30 and 12.30

At the farm we'll be serving homemade soup and bread baked in the outdoor clay oven.  There will be chances to try out green woodworking and whittling, skittles, some creative activities and the opportunity to learn all about Grow and what we do.  

It's the perfect antidote to Christmas over-indulgence!! Come along, get outside, feel better and help raise money for Grow.

Registration can be done online here or at the National Trust Info trailer on the day.  Price is £10 (£5 concessions - over 60, under 16, on benefits, students or Grow members) and for groups of 4 booking together the £5 concession rate applies to everyone.

Grand Winter Prize Draw

More exciting fundraising news this week as we announce our Grand Winter Prize Draw.  Tickets are just £1 each and for that small amount of money you could be in with a chance of winning some amazing and unique (mostly) nature connected prizes.

Top prize is a one night stay for 2 with breakfast in the eco-friendly MyBrighton Hotel.  We've also got a £45 box of Saddlescombe Farm lamb up for grabs, workshops with National Trust and School of the Wild, flights on the i360, a trial golf session at Devils Dyke Golf Club and lots more prizes being added by the day.

Tickets will be on sale at our Grow Social on 13th Dec, the Soul of the City gig on 16th December and our Winter Warmer Fundraising walk and open day on 30th December but if you're not going to be at any of those and would like the chance to buy some tickets do get in touch at info@growingwellbeing.org.uk