Ecotherapy Awareness workshop 22nd May!

We will be hosting a one day workshop, ‘Ecotherapy Awareness’. This is open to anyone and led by Andy McGeeney here in High Woods Country Park , Colchester , on Wednesday 22^nd May. Booking is essential - places are limited so if you are interested please book up asap. £45 for organisations, £35 self funded individuals, £25 unwaged/students.

 

Andy says:

‘Ecotherapy is much more than a walk in the woods. The invitation is to spend a day outdoors with the intention of creating a deeper connection to Nature and in the process increase our sense of well-being. The use of the outdoors for well-being is becoming increasingly popular. The ecotherapy I train people to use is leading edge in its use of specific activities that bring people closer to nature and in turn improves their well-being. You will experience the ecotherapy activities I do with my clients and receive the positive benefits for yourself. There will also be an opportunity to reflect on ecotherapy and how it relates to your professional work.’

 

To access the booking form, click the link below, scroll down page click ‘download information and booking form’ and select ‘Colchester’.

http://www.andymcgeeney.com/experience.html

 

Best wishes

Jo Wheatley

Community Gardener, BIG Garden 

tel 01206 855287    mobile 07950 243904

Colchester Borough Council

Community Services

High Woods CP, Turner Rd , CO4 5JR

 

mailto:jo.wheatley@colchester.gov.uk

The BIG Garden organic food growing project is open for visits, volunteering and garden therapy.

The garden is open for visits and volunteering from 10am to 1pm from Monday to Thursday and on alternate Saturdays, 13th & 27th April; NB 11th May will be 12 to 3pm; & 25th May; 8th & 22nd June.

Health referrals 10.30am to 1pm Monday to Thursday - see the website for further information and to download a referral form and guidelines:

http://www.colchester.gov.uk/biggarden

Colchester, Essex

County town: pop. 155,000
Timeline: Started October ’09.

Transition Colchester (TC) continues on its transition journey working alongside its neighbouring initiatives, Transition Wivenhoe, Stour Valley and Nayland. Its core group normally meets monthly at the Quaker Meeting House, Church St, Colchester. Early in 2010 two of the group attended a Transition Training event sponsored by Colchester BC and met with fellow Transitioners from across the region. In April one of the group went to Cuba to see firsthand the organoponicos (urban market gardens). This informed a public showing of the film Power of the Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil in June. Over the summer two of the group attended a permaculture course at the Apricot Centre

The group recognizes that Colchester already has a fair number of green-minded groups and not wishing to dilute others’ energies sees TTC developing a role in facilitating effective communication and interaction between these groups, for example, Walk Colchester .To this end TTC is currently working up a directory of Transition focused groups/organizations in Colchester.

Contact Person:
Robert Parkes
Email:
info@transitioncolchester.org.uk
Website: transitioncolchester.org.uk

Photo: Transition Talk Training at Colchester February 2010