Community Collaboration - Eden Project Communities

12pm: LUNCH at Garvagh Community Development Trust: sandwiches and soups, tea and coffee and vegan and coeliac options are available. Please let us know if you have dietary requirements at the time of booking. We will then take a walk to Garvagh Forest.
1pm: World Cafe in Garvagh Forest (weather permitting): We will get groups moving from one topic table to the next to draw out strengths, possibilities, collaboration opportunities. for more info: http://www.theworldcafe.com/key-concepts-resources/world-cafe-method/

2.15pm - Walk back to the GCDT cafe for tea, coffee and chat.

3.00 – 4pm What are you planning?: We will ask each person to name one thing they plan to achieve for the community or to tell us their plans to get involved in The Big Lunch or Big Walk, in the next 3 -4 months before the next get-together.

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Garvagh and District Development Association provides a welcoming, safe and neutral environment for people of all ages to meet and join many activities, classes and social events that are on offer. Garvagh People's Forest is a five year project funded by the Big Lottery to grow the value of Garvagh Forest with and for local people. Garvagh Forest School is a cross community partnership between five primary schools in the area with two more about to join. There is also an adult version: 'Unplugged in Garvagh Forest' taking place in their heated yurt in the forest, where they have sessions in making useful items out of reclaimed wood, crocheting, map making and mindfulness.

Eden Project Communities is funded by the national lottery to celebrate communities and inspire and connect community initiatives all over the UK. We have a network of people active in their community all over the UK who support and invigorate each other, and this gathering is designed to encourage deeper connections.

DATE AND TIME

Wed 18 April 2018

12:00 – 16:00 BST

Add to Calendar

LOCATION

Garvagh Community Building

85 main Street

Garvagh

BT51 5AB

View Map

Organiser:Eden Project Communities

Organiser of Community Collaboration - Eden Project Communities

Why does it matter?

Eden Project Communities

Have you ever thought about whether you enjoy your community? What part you play in it? Your influence and your impact?

We live in a digital age where we can connect with friends, family and colleagues all over the world in a heartbeat. But what do we know about the people who live right next door to us, or across the street? And what effect might knowing those who are our nearest, if not our dearest, have on us as individuals, on how we feel about where we live, and on society as a whole…? 

The relationships we have where we live and work have a major impact on our health and happiness — people actually live longer if they have more frequent social contact.*

It's not just health that improves as a result. Having lunch with your neighbours, for example, doesn’t sound like the obvious way to tackle crime, reduce loneliness and isolation or quell community tensions. But the people who take part in The Big Lunch tell us they feel less isolated, that they feel safer where they live, and that people from different backgrounds come together and become friends. The experience leads people to do more in their communities, with many people starting new initiatives to benefit their whole community as a result.

We know that connected communities can tackle challenges better when they tackle them together. We support the doers, the mucker inners, the DIYers who make good things happen and take action, no matter how little that action may be, because small steps make a big difference.