Our Seeds of Change Project

Our Social Mediation and Self Help (SMASH) team is back with another #SMASHGrows project!

Following the Trees4Life project, his time, the initiative is called the Seeds of Change.

As part of this, the team are working hard to donate hampers that contain a mixture of fruit, herbs, vegetables, flowers seeds, propagator boxes, compost, pots, labels, trowels, watering cans and gardening gloves, to schools across the East Riding of Yorkshire.

The goal of this project is to help young people in our communities learn about emotional wellbeing, sustainability and food production. It is important to us to help our young people understand how, just like us, seeds and plants come in all shapes and sizes, and require different types of support to thrive.

The Cherry Tree Centre in Beverley has generously provided the funding for this project to support the SMASH team in their important early intervention and emotional wellbeing work.

Upon receiving hampers, the local schools are informed that the produce grown using these supplies can be donated back to The Cherry Tree Centre if they wish, as the Centre runs their Food 4 Families project, a social pantry which has donated 20 tonnes of food to families facing hardship over the last 12 months.

On the other hand, the food grown can also be used by the students in their studies such as home economics, science, biology and allow the students to learn about the environment, the impact they can have on the world around them, and how this can, in turn, positively benefit their mental wellbeing and resilience.