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Email: swettenhamfoundation@gmail.com

Registered Charity Number: 1198819

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🌺 Clay, Creativity & Community 🌺

This afternoon, alongside the wonderful group at Here and Now in Blacon, we had the absolute pleasure of welcoming some Year 5s from JH Godwin for some #clay #poppy making 🎨

Our goal is to have these poppies

🐣 Wellbeing Walk Easter Egg Hunt 🐰

🌿 Another fabulous turnout for our #EasterEggHunt this morning as part of our weekly #WellbeingWalk - over the past 2 weeks we've had a record turnout for our walks and it's been so great to see!

💚 A huge tha

🌻 What a fantastic morning we had on our Scavenger Hunt Wellbeing Walk! 🌻

We had 22 amazing people join us — families, familiar faces, and some lovely new ones too!
We spent the morning exploring, chatting, and spotting all sorts of fun thin

🌿 Community Gardening Week 2025 🌿

🌻 Did you know that this week we celebrate Community Gardening Week? Community gardens bring people together and create beautiful spaces for everyone to enjoy 💚

We've asked a few of our volunteers what they enj

📢 Our Latest Newsletter is Here! 📰

Read all about what we've been up to since January - we've certainly kept ourselves busy!

Wellbeing walks, gardening clubs, visiting schools, as well as learning all about our funding opportunities. There's ple

🌞 International Day of Happiness 🌞

Today, we celebrate the International Day of Happiness. And how did we spend it here at The Swettenham Foundation? By doing what makes us truly happy—spending time in nature on our Wellbeing Walk! 🚶&zwj;♂️

📣 Grant Funding Available 📣

Did you know that we also offer grants of up to £5,000 for projects within 5 miles of Chester and East Wirral (Bromborough and Birkenhead).

We fund projects that support:
✅ Access to Nature & Green Spaces
✅ M

🌿 Exploring Nature with Newton Primary! 🌿

We've had an amazing time working with the pupils of Newton Primary, heading down the Greenway to collect logs for our very own log pile! Not only was it a great adventure, but it also gave us the perfect

🌿✨ A HUGE shoutout to the incredible volunteers at Hope Garden! 🙌💚

Rain or shine, they've been out there, giving it their all—pruning trees, moving and dividing plants, fixing up structures and greenhouses, and making sure everything is in

A Refreshing Start to the Day! ❄️🚶&zwj;♂️🌿

What a fantastic morning on our wellbeing walk down the canal and into the beautiful Countess of Chester Country Park!

Despite the cold, it was amazing to see so many people stepping out to enjoy the fr