Grants that work for your garden
If our gardens serve as a ‘Natural Health Service’ – as senior physician Sir Muir Gray calls it – they might well benefit from additional investment.
We would like to remind those of you with gardens that the Methodist Church’s Fund for the Support of Presbyters & Deacons (FSPD) generously offers a gardening grant of £250 per connexional year to help with the maintenance of gardens.
It’s easy to apply. Complete a short application form, which can be found at: https://www.methodist.org.uk/for-churches/ministries/ministerial-grants.
Once your form is complete, you can submit it in one of two ways:
- by email, send the form to ministerial.grants@methodistchurch.org.uk;
- by post, send your completed form to the address on the form.
You may be interested in research from 2021 supporting the statement by Sir Muir Gray that ‘everyone needs a Natural Health Service as well as a National Health Service’.
Those who gardened every day had ‘wellbeing scores’ 6.6% higher and ‘stress levels’ 4.2% lower than people who didn’t garden at all, as noted in an article by the Royal Horticultural Society.
Surveying more than 6,000 people, the RHS study showed a significant association between gardening more frequently and improvements in wellbeing, perceived stress and physical activity.
If you have any questions about the gardening grant process or need help getting started, please get in touch. Phone the MMHS Property and People Services Team on 020 3848 6020.