Create Wellbeing Eat Well: Brightergrounds project

Following the announcement in relation to successfully securing funding, we are happy to announce the third part of the project Create Wellbeing Eat Well’, the Brightergrounds project.

Staff, patients and volunteers use our land and its environment every day, and it is our mission to support the improvement and conservation of those spaces. As part of the funding (Learn more about the funding here), we will be:

Working with Lymington Hospital League of Friends to develop a new footpath trail from the entrance of Lymington New Forest Hospital, through a wooded area, to the Lymington River, signposted with carved way markers.
Repair and extend the boardwalk at Tatchbury Mount, making it fully accessible.
Create a new pond at Tatchbury to provide a natural habitat for newts and other amphibians.

The above construction jobs will be completed by local experts with the support of volunteers.

If you would like to know more or to get involved, please contact:
dominic.lodge@southernhealth.nhs.uk

Brighterway secure NHS charities together funding

In 2021, NHS Charities Together launched a grant fund enabling NHS organisations to support the long-term health and recovery of NHS staff, patients, community, and volunteers impacted by COVID- 19.
Following consultation across the Trust, our Charity Brighterway submitted a grant to fund three areas of work, which included:

To develop and deliver a Trust ‘Incredible Edible Community’.
To develop and produce following staff engagement a Healthy Eating Recipe book.
To develop existing and new walks, trails, and conservation areas across some Trust sites.

We are pleased to announce our submission was successful and Brighterway has secured £143k to deliver this work over a two-year period.

Chris Dixon, Charity Manager commented: “This is an amazing opportunity to impact many areas and people of the Trust and to bring people together to support their health and wellbeing.” Over the coming weeks we will give you more information about the projects and how you can get involved.

Eat the Brighterway

Following our early announcement in relation to successfully securing funding, we can share our Brighterway Healthy Eating Book Recipe Project. A project to secure a legacy from this funding.

Over the coming weeks and months, we will be asking the southern health community for health recipes that you may use. They may be your own or family traditions. We will then select a range of recipes that will be incorporated in to a Brighterway Recipe Book. We are asking predominantly for healthy recipes, but there will not be anything to stop the odd, sweet treat.

The book will then be given to all staff as a way of us supporting your health and wellbeing.

Chris Dixon, Charity Manager commented “this is a brilliant opportunity for staff to get involved in a project that will have a true impact on the eating habits of the southern health community. Creating a long-lasting legacy for the trust, but also sharing those family recipes that have become tradition”

For more information get in touch with us on our social media accounts or at charity@southernhealth.nhs.uk