Growing Well Cumbria

RECRUITING: Manager (Tebay) - Maternity Cover, 12 months Jan-Dec 2025 inclusive 12-month contract / 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri) / £28,000 - £32,000 p.a. (dependent on experience) Can you confidently lead a multidisciplinary team in the delivery of our mental health service, which will support up to 72 people per week, alongside a thriving horticultural enterprise? We are looking for a dynamic and compassionate leader to caretake the management of all operations at our Eden-based mental health charity. Management and leadership skills are essential for this engaging and rewarding role. This is a 12-month contract commencing January 2025, but there is some flexibility on start dates for the right person. Deadline for applications: 12 noon, Friday 28th November Interviews take place on Monday 2nd December For more information and to apply, please visit https://lnkd.in/ewHTyCu9

RECRUITING: Manager (Tebay) - Maternity Cover, 12 months Jan-Dec 2025 inclusive 12-month contract / 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri) / £28,000 - £32,000 p.a. (dependent on experience) Can you confidently lead a multidisciplinary team in the delivery of our mental health service, which will support up to 72 people per week, alongside a thriving horticultural enterprise? We are looking for a dynamic and compassionate leader to caretake the management of all operations at our Eden-based mental health charity. Management and leadership skills are essential for this engaging and rewarding role. This is a 12-month contract commencing January 2025, but there is some flexibility on start dates for the right person. Deadline for applications: 12 noon, Friday 28th November Interviews take place on Monday 2nd December For more information and to apply, please visit https://lnkd.in/ewHTyCu9

Cumbria Tourism has partnered with mental health charity; Growing Well Cumbria to offer mental health training support for local visitor economy employers. The training offers in-depth reviews of your current recruitment processes, current approach to employee sickness and helping to build a phased return to work package. You will gain a better understanding of spotting the signs of mental health in the workplace and learn about promoting positive mental health. These courses have been funded through our UKSPF Welcome to Work in the Visitor Economy projects, in partnership with Cumberland and Westmorland & Furness Council. We have three upcoming Training Sessions: 🔸8th November: 09:00-16:00 at Growing Well, Tebay Northbound Services - https://lnkd.in/eaSEYe8v 🔸15th November: 09:00-16:00 at Growing Well, Sizergh - https://lnkd.in/eErEr4YR 🔸20th November: 09:00-16:00 at Growing Well, Egremont - https://lnkd.in/e4JKNU9F

PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES…. …the idiom involves stones but in our case it was storms. 💨 ☔️ 🌬️⚡️🌪️🌫️ Thankfully (let’s chuck in a meteorological idiom as well) every cloud has a silver lining. 💫 That came in the shape of the amazing William King and team. Storm damage to Growing Well Cumbria in Egremont on Sunday night led to a lot of smashed glass and some costly structural damage too, rendering the site unsafe and some of our beneficiary activities needing to be postponed. Thanks to Will and team, tower scaffolding was brought in today and all glass removed, frames put back in place and everything made temporarily safe whilst we raise funds and/or find support for a long-term solution. This man and his company have been unwavering in their support and generosity for our charity and I just want to say a huge thank you from all of us here. With your help, we’ve got the show back on the road quickly and safely, and we couldn’t have done that without you. 🙏

RECRUITING: Activity Lead (Growing) at Growing Well Tebay Services Full Time, Permanent Role - £25,000 p.a. We are seeking an experienced grower with excellent horticultural and interpersonal skills to lead the field-based activity for our beneficiaries at our Tebay site, and deliver on our growing for commercial supply chains. The horticultural context is key to our charity as it provides a safe, supportive working environment to nurture mental health recovery. This is an exciting time to join Growing Well as this role also includes assisting with our new project to develop and grow a commercial tree nursery on the Tebay site to supply Cumbria-based planting schemes. Horticultural experience essential (previous work with trees particularly valued), therapeutic experience desired. Experience of training or leading groups is also preferred. For more information, visit https://lnkd.in/ewHTyCu9 Deadline for applications: 12 noon, Friday 15 November #CumbriaJobs #HorticulturalJobs #JobsNorthWest #CharityJobs

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY - 10.10.24 World Mental Health Day is celebrated every year on 10 October. This year’s theme set by the World Federation of Mental Health is “workplace mental health”. The theme highlights the importance of addressing mental health and wellbeing in the workplace, for the benefit of people, organisations, and communities. At Growing Well, we offer bespoke support pathways for people in your workplace who are at risk of, or experiencing, mental ill health. We also provide support for employers, giving you the confidence and assurance to be there for your staff in the best and safest ways possible. Our workforce programmes are professionally designed and led by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, so you can rely on a professional, thorough and evidence-based approach. If you’d like more information, please contact us on info@growingwell.co.uk 🌱🌱🌱 #WorldMentalHealthDay #WorldMentalHealthDay2024 #Workplace #MentalHealth #EmployerWellbeing #EmployeeWellbeing #HealthyWorkforce #Productivity #Community #Charity #RecoveryThroughActivity #ClinicalPsychology #Cumbria #GettingWorkReady #ReturnToWork

20 for 20 fundraising events are coming in thick and fast this month, in celebration of our 20 years. This one’s a right tasty morsel! Next Tuesday at our Egremont site, the amazing Dosa Chaska will be hosting a Dosa making experience to help raise awareness and funds for our charity. Have fun, learn a new skill and eat the most delicious food all at the same time as supporting two brilliant not-for-profit organisations. What’s not to like? Please contact Hannah@growingwell.co.uk to book your place. First come, first served. 🍽️

Great to be back at Growing Well Cumbria today for their official Launch (wearing a different hat). The beds we made with colleagues from #MottMacDonald are looking good. There was tremendous support from across industry recognising the contribution the NDA have made to this great project. There are MANY WAYS for individuals and companies to get involved and help support the work Growing Well does which is front line support to help people and take the pressure of NHS services. #getinvolved #Cumbria #Egremont #socialvalue

Growing Well West Cumbria - Official Launch Ceremony, 1.10.24 We were absolutely bowled over by the support shown for our official launch ceremony at Growing Well West Cumbria, which took place in the sunshine yesterday (three months later than originally billed, due to the period of political sensitivity surrounding the General Election back in early summer). A huge thanks to everyone who attended and everyone who has supported this site so far. Big thanks to David Peattie FREng HonFNucI, CEO of The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, for doing the honours and cutting the ribbon on our largest glasshouse, to declare us officially open. Thanks also to our major project funders The National Lottery Community Fund, The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Copeland Community Fund, Cumberland Council and The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority for making this vision a possibility. Thanks also to guests Marc Goodwin, town crier, for bringing some real pomp to the occasion, Josh MacAlister MP for his continuing endorsement of our work. Everyone there yesterday has helped or contributed to this project in some way and we are forever grateful for your support. Big thanks, also, to our brilliant trustees, staff, volunteers and friends of Growing Well for making yesterday an occasion to remember. We are proud to formalise our commitment to West Cumbria and support mental health need in the area now and for years to come, AND supply the local communities with the freshest, most beautiful produce, grown right here in Egremont! #mentalhealth #westcumbria #horticulture #socialvalue #economicactivity #partnerships #communities #celebration #launch #pesticidefree #greenspaces #LandSkills #nature #sunshine #wellbeing #cumbria #thankyou

A HUGE thanks to the 25 walkers from Hill Dickinson Health Lawyers and Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust who yesterday embarked on their 'Cumbria 5 Peaks Challenge' to fundraise for our #20for20 campaign. They boxed off Rossett Pike, Allen Crags, Great End and Ill Crag, finishing off with an ascent of Scafell Pike - the highest mountain in England. This was the team first thing yesterday morning, all smiles and full of energy despite having travelled from as far away as Manchester, Warrington and Blackpool 😀 So far they have raised an amazing £2,725 from their fundraising efforts but it's not too late to support them via the link below 👇 https://lnkd.in/eFvictEN