We are involved in several different projects in the community, including the Allotment and Winter Wellbeing chats in Kings Norton, Mother Gardens, Walking in nature, restoration of an orchard in Kings Norton, and Food Forest Brum. Details of these are found on this page. Spring to Life is passionate about helping people, which includes helping people to build strong relationships with their families, their friends and their wider communities. Many of our community projects help people to make connections wiht other local people through enjoying being outdoors in nature, and to become involved in planting and growing food to benefit themselves and their community. One user recently commented: It was good to be out of doors, it didn’t feel pressurised. I liked being with other people.
06 Feb 2025 Bereavement Cafe starts 21st March Perry Common
Our Bereavement Cafe at Sycamore Court, 46 Buxton Rd, Perry Common, B23 5GA, starts on Friday 21st March from 10.30 am till 12.00, monthly for a year. This is a group for people who would like to connect with others who have been bereaved, whether recently, or a bit longer ago, to share your story, be heard, get support and also find creative ways of working through grief. For more information or to join the group please email lorraine@springtolife.org or phone 07421502705 or 07799245403
Out Allotment sessions will begin again in spring 2025. A group of our regular attendees met with the team recently for a social and to plan the new season. Keep an eye on this community Projects page or the news section for more details nearer the time. See the News section for what we achieved during 2024 at the allotment.
This year we have begun to fully develop our eco-therapy programme, titled 'Well-being in the Green' in Kings Norton South. We hope to do more in 2025. With funding from the National Lottery, we ran a collection of activities that had a range of ways of connecting therapeutically with nature: Nature walks, forest garden / orchard workdays, and eco-writing for well-being. The idea has been to run a programme where benefits can be gained through different means: being in nature, making positive improvements ...
This reflective poem was written by one of the participants at the eco-writing event, and we are grateful for their permission to share it. The participants were invited to reflect on how the Autumn colours of the leaves, and the changes the season brings, relate to our lives.
“My green is a brightness, an attitude of positivity. A readiness to tackle life and whatever it brings.
My yellow and orange is a fortitude that carries me through the long dark nights to come with help from my tv, my cat, my friends on t ...
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 ...
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 ...