Community Wellbeing Projects

CAN aims to connect people to activities, services and projects happening in their community or in their city, in order to support their well-being. This is our version of Social Prescribing. We  may connect and support people to access leisure activities, refer them to services to meet their basic needs such as Food Banks and Pantries, welfare and debt advice, other mental health projects, and further services provided in the city.

The Mother Gardens project emerged out of Food Forest Brum, as a method for local food groups themselves to grow, share and receive plants. Mother Gardens may allocate nursery beds for propogation on their site, or simply dig up and share surplus plants that have spread and multiplied. Therefore any group or individual can sign up as a Mother garden regardless of the level of expertise or time available.
Plants are then shared to groups and individuals in their local areas or with other Mother gardens across t ...

This project has now ended.

Watch out for new projects to come, and for news about our allotment activities starting soon.

(Spring to Life ran a programme over the winter and into early spring to continue supporting people to stay active (mind and body), healthy, and connected with others. The programme was co-designed with participants from previous activities.)

Food Forest Brum
For several years we have been working with communities to create permanent food landscapes, where all people can access fresh food in their open spaces.
We provide a range of perennial edible plants free of charge to local groups in Birmingham and surrounding areas . This can range from fruit and nut trees trees, soft fruit shrubs, herbs and perennial vegetables. These will go in a range of settings such as community orchards, edible hedges, forest gardens, as well as to be planted individually or f ...

We have an allotment in Kings Norton South. Come along and meet a group of friendly local people. We run regular gardening sessions through the year from planting to harvesting. We aim to help people engage with therapeutic social horticulture to support their mental health. We are working to make the allotment site accessible for all, with some raised beds.
Bells Sports Field Allotments,some
Masshouse Lane, B38 9AH
For more information or to sign-up contact us:
Phone/text Sian on 07543 592 777 
or email ...

We are proud to have received this certificate from Birmingham City Council for one of the grant-funded projects we run in the community in southwest Birmingham. This enabled us to support people through our Community Anchoring Network (CAN) work in the West Heath area.