Join us for a Winter Wander

Back by popular demand - we’re delighted to announce our annual Winter Wander Walk and Fundraising Open Day is taking place again this year on Sunday 30th December 2018.

If you’re looking for an opportunity to get off the sofa after the excesses of the festive Season and fill your lungs with some lovely South Downs air, while raising some much needed funds for Grow then this is the event for you!

The day will start with guided walks from Devils Dyke Pub Car Park at 11am and 12.15pm down to the National Trust’s beautiful Saddlescombe Farm.  The number 77 bus goes up to the Devils Dyke from central Brighton arriving at 10.46 and 12.01 or you can park in the pub car park.  We’ll also be running a minibus shuttle down to the farm for those that can’t manage the walk.

At the farm there will be hot soup and bread made in the clay oven, the chance to try out some great nature based craft activities and of course there will always be cake! There’ll also be an exhibition of Grow creativity and a chance to find out about our work from those who have participated in the project. We’ll also be selling raffle tickets for the Grow Winter Prize Draw with some great prizes to be won and the day will finish at 3pm.

Tickets for the event are just £6 (+fees) for Grow members and concessions or £12 for non-Growers and are available from https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3914360 or you can just turn up on the day (but it helps if we know you’re coming in advance for catering!)

We look forward to seeing you out on the Downs

New Grow Season dates

Dates for the next Grow Season (Season 23) have just been finalised.  We'll be running the next  group from Thursday 11th October to 29th November 2018 and will be looking forward to another nourishing and inspiring time out on the South Downs.

If you'd like to join us (or know someone who could benefit) please get in touch with us by:

email at info@growingwellbeing.org.uk or text us on 07557 501557

We'd love to hear from you - nature awaits!

Well done and thank you!

Well done and a massive thank you to all the walkers who took part in the Walking out of the Darkness event on Sunday 24th June.  We had a beautiful day for the 10 mile walk along Brighton and Hove seafront.  Thanks to them and their supporters we have so far raised over £1200 from the walk with more sponsor money still to come in.  What an amazing achievement.

Thanks especially to Suzi from Season 1 of Grow who asked people to sponsor her for the walk instead of giving her birthday presents!  Belated happy birthday Suzi and thanks too to Jane and Manou, Jim, Emily, Chaun, Chiara, Tor and Jane C

Still time to donate if you haven't had chance to yet by clicking here: 

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

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