Get Involved
To attend WELLIES you need to be referred by:
- Community Mental Health Team
- Job Centre
- Building Resilient Families
- Pathway Project
- Shaw Trust
- Housing officer
- Social Prescriber
- Support worker
If unsure, get in touch and we’ll do our best to help.
Participants attending on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday should be 19+ and live in Staffordshire. They need to be able to fill in their own enrolment form and set and monitor some personal goals and targets.
If you would like further information you can contact us at:
WELLIES Office, c/o Growing Rural Enterprise Ltd
The Old Village Stores
Main Road
Sudbury
Ashbourne
Derbyshire
DE6 5HS
Email: info@growingruralenterprise.co.uk
Julie White: 07971 666474
Nick Platt: 07767 844921
Twitter: JulieGrowRural or NickGRELtd
Or you can complete the WELLIES referral form below and return to info@growingruralenterprise.co.uk
Members of the WELLIES Project can join our closed Facebook group ‘WELLIES Project Private Group’ to share pictures and experiences. There are also closed Facebook groups set up for each specific course where instructional videos, ideas, tips and tutor and peer support is ongoing.
We also warmly welcome anyone who refers people to the project to visit themselves. We are also happy to organise taster days.
Staffordshire Care Farming Development CIC
Tel: 07971 666474 / 01283 585455
info:scfdcic.org.uk
www.welliesproject.org.uk
The Old Village Stores, Main Road, Sudbury, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. DE6 5HS
Company number: 07328809
WELLIES Referral Form
The WELLIES Project works with adults (19+) recovering from poor mental health. It offers therapeutic activities with animals, plants, creativity and the countryside for Staffordshire residents (except City of Stoke).
It is run by Staffordshire Care Farming Development CIC and is based on the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border.
If you know someone who would benefit from attending a WELLIES course, and fits the above criteria, please complete the form opposite.
Once the form has been received in the office Stephanie Barklam Holmes will endeavour to contact the potential participant within 2 weeks.
If there are any further questions, or we are unsure if the required criteria has been fulfilled we will email you as soon as possible.
If you have any further questions please contact us on info@growingruralenterprise.co.uk
Referral Form
“I am so happy that I got to come to WELLIES, it has helped me so much, it has given me more confidence in my independence. It has really changed my life. I am much happier when socialising with others now and enjoy getting away from home and spending time with others, WELLIES has really changed my life it has got me out, helped me make friends and has stimulated my mind and given me a sense of achievement. I now believe that I can do things instead of thinking I can’t all the time. It has overall improved my happiness and mental health.”
“An amazing experience, I feel so empowered.”