Self-directed support

SAGE Greenfingers welcomes new members with a personal budget

If you have a personal budget to help support your mental well-being you may want to join in our gardening and arts activities. The session runs each week on:

 Wed 11 – 2pm (including lunch)

We hope to reinstate our women only session as soon as it becomes economically viable. We also hope to be able to offer more sessions in 2012 as number permit. Please ring or email us for an update.

Sessions consist of meeting over a hot drink to decide what to do and then getting involved in gardening (as energetic or light as suits you); planning and cooking lunch for the group from the orgainc fruit and veg we're growing; varied arts and craft activity; occasional trips out (fishing, cafes, garden centres etc).  See About Greenfingers for detail of gardening.  See Projects for other activities.

We welcome up to 12 people per session and have a minimum of 2 staff (plus volunteers) supporting each session.

You can work independently, with one-to-one support or as part of small groups.  You might want to come for just a few weeks or several months – depending on what works for you.

Prices start at £40 per 3 hour session depending on the level of support you need.  We can provide gardening boots, waterproofs and tools.

Support planning

We also offer a support planning service to people with personal budgets.

 • Basic Support Planning Package - SAGE enables clients to write up and submit their own support plan to social services. The packages includes: provision of a template, examples of completed plans, an introduction to accessing information about services, an introduction to a template for calculating costs. The packages also includes a 1 hour free introductory session and two 2 hour sessions at the beginning and end of the process.

• Advanced Support Planning Package - SAGE provides support through out the process of developing and submitting a support plan to social services. The package includes: 1 free introductory session, liaison with a care co-ordinator, discussion of needs, research and negotiation of support services, budget development, typing up of the plan and submission to panel in liaison with a care co-ordinator.

Please contact us to discuss:

0114 274 3651

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