OPEN GARDEN 2023
Building on the success of our open days last year, we decided to just have the one event and invite everyone we knew! The Mayor opened for us and we hosted The High Sheriff, several local councillors, representatives from funders, partners and other dementia…
Communities Supporting Communities – it’s a real thing!
How wonderful to have received so much support from other local community organisations. This month we have been chosen as the Charity of the Year for Stevenage Grange Rotary, Fairview Road Residents Association and the new Mayor of Stevenage. Add to this Lessiters (the…
These are our values – and we’re sticking to them!
We have been looking at Values for The Red Shed and with input from our participants and volunteers. Values for an organisation are ‘the fundamental beliefs and principles that guide the work you do and the way you do it. ‘Values illustrate the culture…
CHARITY REG 1202545!!
Today we have received the final comfirmation from the Charities Commission that our application to become a Charity has been accepted. We are now officially The Red Shed Project Charitable Incorporated Organisation – or to us and our friends we’re still just The Red…
Fund Raising First!
Our first QUIZ NIGHT to raise funds for The Red Shed work was an amazing success. We raised £847.14 on the night and some additional donations brought the grand total to £1178.54 – and all while having fun and eating fish and chips! The…
New Year – New Values
2023 is here with all the promise of another exciting 5th year for The Red Shed. We have lots to look forward to and we have now got our Values to make sure that we retain all that’s good and important to our organisation…
Viatris Volunteers – What a Crew!
The team at The Red Shed have many talents and keep our organisation running effectively all year round. But…..we don’t always have enough time for all the maintenance needed to keep our Garden looking fabulous and sometimes we need a little help with things…
Pride Of Stevenage Awards
As founder of The Red Shed, I was very proud to receive the Caring Award at The Pride of Stevenage Awards this month. I was nominated by a carer who comes along to The Red Shed Garden Clubs, which made it even more special….
Feedback in 3D
The original red shed is turning and little pink in the sun! So – before it gets a new coat of paint we took the opportunity to do some graffiti and we asked some participants to paint something they feel about being at The…
Hot Hot Hot
What a month! We have experienced record breaking hot weather and an acute lack of rainfall. The Red Shed garden has suffered and even with copious watering we have lost some of our plants and the vegetables are poor. It’s not only the fuana…
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