Wen supports projects that promote positive mental health and wellbeing through therapeutic gardening, food growing and cooking.
Nature for Wellbeing
Facts and Stats
What Wen is doing
soil sisters
Soil Sisters is a year round programme of weekly sessions across 5 women’s refuges in East London to build and maintain green spaces. These sessions support the recovery and development of vulnerable women in traumatic transitions within women’s refuge settings.
cooking & growing
Our popular course explores, in a practical way, how our diet and lifestyles has an impact on the planet. Attendees learn and try new plant based recipes, spend time in the community garden and enjoy a delicious lunch. These courses aim to grow community cohesion, sustain equal rights and open possibilities for residents living in disadvantaged or poor conditions in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Get Involved
HORTICULTURAL THERAPY
Find out how horticultural therapy, using plants and gardens, is helping women in refuges to recover from trauma.
grow your own
Don’t worry if you don’t have a garden. Shaheda will be sharing her tips and ideas for growing flowers & edibles in small spaces.
plant based RECIPEs
Clyo shares some of her favourite plant based recipes – all are simple to prepare with just a few ingredients.
Our impact
Our network
TEAM
CLYO PARECCHINI
BETH SUMMERS
sHAHEDA AZIZ
SHAIRA BEGUM
Bernadette Kennedy
Maria Papoui
