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Volunteer with us
What we do Our Gardening Groups are friendly, free and take place weekly, all-year-round on sites across Leeds. Our Community Gardening Volunteers get the chance to grow their own food and flowers, gain and share skills, and learn about horticulture whilst improving their health and wellbeing in the local environment. All levels of knowledge and experience are very welcome! Why volunteer with us?
Volunteer benefits As well as Gardening Groups, we also run all sorts of exciting events each year for our Volunteers. These include day trips, educational workshops, sports days, seasonal celebrations and much, more more. We can provide bus passes for eligible Volunteers. Extra info We promote informal peer-support within our groups, sharing experiences and supporting one another in a sustainable way. Staff are not able to offer one-to-support in these groups, if you need extra support in the garden, please contact us to discuss this. If you have any questions or if you’re not sure whether Community Gardening is for you, feel free to get in touch! You can fill in our registration form online, or email us for more info. volunteer@hydeparksource.org |
I've made some great friends and everyone is really supportive |
My anxiety has improved |
Getting outdoors makes me very happy |
Outdoors, Active & Well
We are committed to increasing the potential of individuals and communities. Volunteers are integral to what we do and we have a number of opportunities available. We run four weekly gardening groups in Leeds. As a community garden volunteer you will :
Get Outdoors: Join a weekly community group, get some fresh air and learn new skills Be Active: Improve your fitness, make a change in your community and connect with local people Feel Well: Improve or maintain your wellbeing in a relaxed and safe environment whilst giving and receiving informal peer support. We are committed to following best practice and guidelines for volunteering and have received our Volunteer Quality Mark. A BIG thank you to our funders the National Lottery Community Fund. This project is funded until 2027. |
Live Well Leeds
Live Well Leeds is a community based Mental Health Service and is brought to you by 16 different organisations. Whether it's poetry or cooking, counselling or walking, art or gardening there's lots of things to get involved in.
We are running two weekly gardening groups based at Kirkstall Abbey in Kirkstall and St.Mary's Roof Garden in Chapeltown. Grow your own veg and flowers Gain skills and meet people Improve health and wellbeing Make the grounds beautiful Nature walks and crafts On site cooking sessions You will need to be referred by Live Well Leeds but if you would like further information about the groups please contact our staff facilitator Claire who runs the sessions - [email protected] A BIG thank you to our funder Live Well Leeds. This project is funded until 2025. |
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Our Community Gardens
We have an induction process for our groups so please do not turn up without prior contact. If you have attended a group in the past then please contact the session facilitator and they can let you know if there is space for you to return.
Please email [email protected]
You can also leave a message on our answer machine to request a call back 0113 2458863 or text us on 07873157076.
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Pennington Street Woodhouse |
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Armley Mills Armley |