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Health benefits of allotments and allotment gardening
Allotments for healthy living
Report by MERCi on behalf of the Joint Health Unit.
113ARI factsheet: Allotments for all
Allotments provide a number of health and social benefits but are often inaccessible for the people they could most benefit. Many managers and associations are keen to improve access to their sites. The need to do so is underlined by the Disability Discri ...
113Effect of exposure to natural environment on health ine...
Mitchell, R & Popham, F (2008) Effect of exposure to natural environment on health inequalities: an observation population study. In The Lancet, 372: pp1655 – 60. Please note The document link is to the abstract of this academic paper which is publically available. For a copy of the complete paper please contact the publisher direct.
113Health benefits of 'grow your own' food in urban areas
Academic research by J Leake et al. The full title of this report is"Health benefits of 'grow your own' food in urban areas: implications for contaminated land risk assessment and risk management".
113Health, well-being and social inclusion of vulnerable a...
This was the focus of the first large-scale research of Social and Therapeutic Horticulture, funded by the BIG Lottery from 2002-2005 and carried out by Thrive in partnership with the Loughborough University. The project was prompted by the fact that, although there was (and continues to be) growing interest among health and social and therapeutic value of horticulture, there was little evidence that demonstrates the range of outcomes for vulnerable groups. It addresses the gap in knowledge and presents findings of the ‘Growing Together’ study, the first detailed study of horticulture and gardening projects across the UK. Drawing on the results of a survey of over 800 projects, and in-depth case studies and interviews with vulnerable adults who use horticulture and gardening as a form of therapy, the report: Describes and discusses the benefits to vulnerable adults of attending gardening and horticulture projects; Provides demographic information about the distribution of projects in the UK and participation in these projects by vulnerable adults; Analyses the processes involved in promoting and achieving health and well-being outcomes using gardening, horticulture and related activities; Makes policy and practice recommendations in respect of how best to promote social inclusion using social and therapeutic horticulture. The report is aimed at policy makers, professionals, researchers and students in the fields of health and social care and occupational and horticultural therapy who are hungry for hard evidence in this new field, as well as anyone interested in addressing the needs of vulnerable and socially excluded adults. This report complements a practice guide, Growing together: a practice guide to promoting social inclusion through gardening and horticulture, which is also available from Thrive Publications.
113Impact of an allotment group on mental health clients
Fieldhouse, J (2003) The Impact of an Allotment Group on Mental Health Clients’ Health, Wellbeing and Social Networking. In British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66(7) pp. 286 – 296. Please note The document link is to the abstract of this academic paper which is publically available. For a copy of the complete paper please contact the publisher direct.
113Manchester Harvest - Report
This report summarises the benefits of allotment gardening particularly from a health perspective. It is the result of a project exploring the potential of allotments to be used as green byms for therapeutic horticulture with particular reference to how t ...
113The Healing Fields
This volume describes the pioneering horticultural therapy work of the Natural Growth Project at the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, where psychotherapy takes place in a natural setting on allotments and in a Remembrance Garden. ...
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