You can call in at Besson Street Community Garden anytime until Easter and get a hot drink or a cuppa soup and some biscuits, you can join in our activities and you will always be guaranteed of a warm welcome. So if you are passing or fancy getting out of the house, meeting some new people and seeing some friendly faces call into Besson Street Community Garden. Continue reading “New Cross Gate Trust joins Warm Welcomes Programme”
By Jill Mountford
Personally, I prefer contentment over happiness any day of the week. Happiness depends too much on external factors whereas contentment is more about attitude and state of mind. We have little control over many external factors but we can work on and have more control over our attitude and how we feel. Happiness is perhaps short term while contentment can be much more long term.
Continue reading “How do we really achieve a little bit of happiness?”
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Cuppa Club – third Friday every month
If you are over 50 and enjoy a cuppa, some cake and a chat why not join the JOY Cuppa Club?
We meet the third Friday every month at Besson Street Community Garden (indoor space and outdoor space available). Please join us!
Green fingers? Join our gardening club – Mondays and Wednesdays
The garden is maintained entirely by our fabulous volunteer gardening team. Some of whom are experienced and knowledgeable while others are new to gardening and learning as they go along. We have a warm welcome extended to anyone with any level of experience and knowledge who wants to join our team.
Why not come along, meet the volunteers, look around the garden and see if it something you would like to be part of. Gardening keeps us both mentally and physically fit and being connected to nature and other people makes life so much better.
Gardening club meets every Monday 1 pm to 3 pm and every Wednesday 12 noon till 2 pm.
Just turn up.
Take some time for yourself with mindful movements that connect us with our bodies and breath.
Wednesdays, 2pm-3pm
At Besson Street Community Garden, SE14 5AE
No booking required. Pay-as-you-feel.
Are you looking to improve your mental wellbeing in 2021?
Do you want to meet new and likeminded people from New Cross Gate?
Would you benefit from being part of a supportive community?
Then the New Cross Gate Trust’s new Peer to Peer Mental Wellbeing Support Group might be the group for you!
Continue reading “Peer to Peer Mental Wellbeing Support Group”