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Grant #75647 to Keyham Community Sparks - £500

Keyham Sparks Grant Ref:RE18605

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Grant #75647

Submitted by Joanna RuminskaApproved by Rowan Edwards

May 5, 2022

Request Details
Foraging for mental wellbeing

Foraging experience that I offer to the public is all about being outside, sustainability, education and showing respect to Mother Nature. We walk and talk a lot while identifying wild edibles. I talk a lot about medicinal usage of wild herbs and referring to folklore stories. I don't go out with people to harvest bagfuls of wild plants! It's more like running an outdoor mindfulness session.

During "Foraging for Mental Wellbeing" sessions, I entirely focus on attendees' mental wellbeing. We walk at a gentle pace and talk a lot about plants. People always say how relaxed they feel during and after the session.

I would love to be able to offer my service free of charge for my local communities. I would love my "Foraging for mental wellbeing" could  be accessible by lots of people, who can clearly benefit from it. I think it's amazing and it's so important to take people outdoors, interest them in nature and rebuild our connection with the natural environment; the connection that somehow has been lost. I truly believe that if people realise that the natural environment is good for them they will be taking care of it better. 
£500.00 GBP

Total amount £500.00 GBP

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Expense Amount: £500.00
Payment Processor Fee: £0.00
Net Amount for Keyham Community Sparks - £500: £500.00
Collective balance
£2.86 GBP

Current Fiscal Host
The Social Change Nest

Expense policies
1. A project must have been approved via the £500 Keyham Community Sparks process.
2. Allowable expenses are:
  • Travel and subsidence
  • Equipment
  • Individual support: Food, Prescriptions & medicine, Essential household items, Topping up utilities (eg. gas, electric, phone, water)
  • Training
  • Someone’s time 
Evidence required
  • Photo of receipts.
  • In lieu of a receipt, groups or organisations with under £100K turnover a year may apply for an advance payment by providing a breakdown of what will be purchased and why it was not possible to obtain a receipt, invoice, or purchase order.
  • Groups or organisations with over £100K turnover a year are ineligible for advance payments.
 

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Collective balance

£2.86 GBP