This already happens just up the road! (well a version of it anyway)..... North Glasgow Community Food Initiative (http://www.ngcfi.org.uk/) in partnership with NHS 'keepwell' (http://www.keepwellscotland.com/index.aspx ) have project where people in the area can be 'referred' by their GP for gardening on the allotments we visited last weekend - see blurb under Glasgow activities:
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Food, Weight and Physical Activity
There are a range of services including Milton Food Project (Waist Winners), Glasgow Weight Management Service, Outdoor Gardening Gym, and Eat Up (Hearty Eating).
0141 201 4956
Practice and Self Referral
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It runs every Friday at the allotments. The keep well project is aimed at people 45-64 in deprived areas, but you could get involved via NGCFI even if don't fit this age group :-). Claire from NGCFI said they'd not had many people getting involved so far though, but I think its quite a recent set up.
This already happens just up
This already happens just up the road! (well a version of it anyway)..... North Glasgow Community Food Initiative (http://www.ngcfi.org.uk/) in partnership with NHS 'keepwell' (http://www.keepwellscotland.com/index.aspx ) have project where people in the area can be 'referred' by their GP for gardening on the allotments we visited last weekend - see blurb under Glasgow activities:
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Food, Weight and Physical Activity
There are a range of services including Milton Food Project (Waist Winners), Glasgow Weight Management Service, Outdoor Gardening Gym, and Eat Up (Hearty Eating).
0141 201 4956
Practice and Self Referral
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It runs every Friday at the allotments. The keep well project is aimed at people 45-64 in deprived areas, but you could get involved via NGCFI even if don't fit this age group :-). Claire from NGCFI said they'd not had many people getting involved so far though, but I think its quite a recent set up.