Working Together
Today we held our first Stakeholders meeting. Our volunteer team and Garden Club participants were all invited to look back at last year and help to make plans for this year. It was great to get together and to have feedback from the people…
A Merry Christmas and what a year to celebrate!
Our goal for our first year was to build a garden and start regular workshops for people living with dementia, their carers and families. Looking back over the last very busy months it looks like we have acheived that goal and even more. We…
Solid foundations for 2020
We are delighted to say that in the last couple of days we have received funding for our new Young Onset Dementia gardening group. The funding has come from Hertfordshire Community Foundation and the sessions will start on January 8th 2020. Curently services available…
Quiztastic Success!
The Red Shed Project acheived brilliant success at a recent quiz night run by Hampson Park Community Centre in Stevenage. When we heard that they planned to donated some of the funds they raised to us – and that there was a fish and…
Pride Awards 2019
We were surprised and proud of new of our nomination for a Pride of Stevenage Award this month. We were nominated by St Vincents School who we have been such an enormous support to us since we started up last year.
Then and Now
Having a clear out of the photo file today and I came across one of the first pictures taken in the garden. I remember the day really well – it was July 2018 and I was measuring up to see how big the piece…
Older Peoples Day
We had an information stall at Stevenage Borough Councils Older Peoples Day event. There were lots of stalls there for local organisations, showcasing the services that are available in the area. We met lots of new people, gave out leaflets and pencilled in a…
Age UK Young Onset Dementia group come for another visit
We were really pleased to welcome the Age Uk YOD group back to our garden. They noticed a difference – when they last visited there were no paths and the patio was still a stack of paving slabs! After a stroll around the garden…
Launching our first workshops for Carers
We are really proud to announce that we are launching our first set of workshops for Carers this August. The workshops are funded by Stevenage Community Trust. The Trust was created in 1990 and is supported by local businesses and generous individuals to provide…
Open Day – A Sunny Success
Today The Red Shed Project hosted a Cupcake Day event to raise funds for The Alzheimer’s Society. We invited our neighbours at St Josephs Church to come along as well as the families of our Garden Club members. The cake table was loaded and…