Volunteer work buddies - Gardening

Care in the Garden is a CIC - a not for profit organisation based at Palmers Brook Community Nursery, Wootton. We offer a variety of supported work-based opportunities, primarily to people with learning disabilities, mental health issues and early-onset dementia. .

If you have a passion for gardening and have a few hours to spare each week, you could help to give someone real purpose in life by acting as their work buddy.

We are currently seeking volunteers for our work-buddy scheme. We believe it is a human right that everyone should be offered the opportunity to have a full and meaningful life. Some people need extra help and support to achieve this, which is where our work-buddy scheme comes in. Work buddies can support and encourage individuals to learn new skills, be part of a team, and reach their full potential.”

As well as working at the nursery, groups leave the site to fulfil local commercial and domestic gardening contracts. They learning skills like mowing, strimming and hedge cutting and also help with our planting contracts.

Giving just four hours a week to this innovative, friendly community venture would make a real difference to the people Care In The Garden supports and our volunteers find it very rewarding experience too.

Skills

We are looking for friendly, approachable, patient people with good senses of humour who have a skill or a passion to share with others!

Ideally you would be over 18 and a DBS check would be required.

If you feel that you can work with our supported workers to help them work safely and develop new skills, then this may be the volunteering role for you.