Projects of the Year 2024-25

The project aims to create a dedicated community hub to strengthen engagement, foster peer support, and enhance accessibility for its community and staff membership. Recognising the unintentional reduction in community connection due to factors like location changes and the pandemic, this space will serve as a central hub for interaction, involvement, and information sharing.

Key features and benefits

• A welcoming, non-clinical space to foster a sense of belonging and ownership
• Staffed by volunteers on a rota system, providing meaningful occupation and skill development
• Dedicated Youth Movement space to encourage multi-generational engagement
• A hub for Navigo groups, peer support, and involvement opportunities
• Showcase of member-created work and Navigo projects
• Information-sharing centre for service updates, local social groups, and blue and green prescribing activities
• Potential partnerships with local organisations for food distribution, clothing and hygiene banks, and skill-sharing initiatives

This project aims to create a ‘heart’ for Navigo, fostering community, co-production, and meaningful involvement in a way that enhances engagement, skill-building, and support networks.

The perinatal team seeks funding for a buggy fitness program, which will provide postnatal exercise sessions for mothers and babies. The sessions will help new mothers improve physical and mental health, bond with their babies, and build confidence in a supportive, non-judgmental environment.

Key features and benefits

• Weekly group fitness sessions
• Encourages socialisation, reduces isolation, and improves mental health
• Supports weight loss, strength-building, and confidence in postnatal women
• Transition to outdoor sessions in spring/summer for added mental health benefits
• Smooth transition to continued exercise programs (e.g. Lincs Inspire and walking groups)

This project provides a vital, accessible fitness program for mothers struggling with mental health conditions, offering exercise, social connection, and holistic wellbeing support in a way that private fitness classes do not.

This project aims to develop a sensory garden to support the wellbeing of service users, the majority of whom have dementia. Recognising the therapeutic benefits of nature and outdoor activities, the garden will provide a safe, accessible, and engaging environment that stimulates the senses through textures, colours, scents, and sounds.

Key features and benefits

• Wildlife-friendly design to enhance interaction with nature
• Wood sculptures, weatherproof signage, and herb garden
• Improves mental and emotional wellbeing, reducing anxiety and enhancing cognitive function
• Encourages physical activity and social engagement for service users, families, and staff
• Fosters a sense of community involvement

This project will create a therapeutic and inclusive space that enhances the quality of life for service users and strengthens their connection with nature and the community.

This project focuses on the full redesign of the sensory room at Pelham Lodge to create a calming, low-stimulus environment for neurodiverse service users in adult acute inpatient lodges. Following an audit and site visit, staff and service users with lived experience identified key improvements, including:

Key features and benefits

• Redecoration to create a more soothing atmosphere
• Sound insulation for noise reduction
• Improved lighting to accommodate sensory sensitivities
• New furniture and audio/visual installations to enhance relaxation
• Supports the 20% of admitted service users with a formal autism or learning disability diagnosis, plus many more with unidentified neurodiversity needs
• Provides a low-stimulus space for service users seeking calm and respite
• Aligns with feedback from the Culture of Care programme, which highlighted the need for a dedicated sensory space

This project will create a therapeutic, inclusive, and neurodiverse-friendly space to support patient wellbeing during their stay in acute inpatient lodges.

The Early Intervention in Psychosis team seeks funding to purchase a summer house for their allotment space. This addition would provide a designated seating area where service users in the early stages of recovery can relax and enjoy the surroundings without the pressure of participating in activities.

Key features and benefits

• Provides shelter and comfort, making the allotment usable in colder months
• Creates a versatile space for social groups (art, crochet, board games)
• Supports mindfulness sessions led by the psychologist
• Offers a holistic, non-clinical environment for recovery and wellbeing

This project would enhance the therapeutic benefits of the allotment, providing a welcoming and multi-functional space for service users to support their recovery journey.

This project proposes the installation of wellbeing vending machines at Harrison House, providing 24-hour access to hot drinks, cold drinks, healthy snacks, and confectionery for service users, staff, and visitors. The vending machines will accept cash and card payments for accessibility.

Key features and benefits

• 24/7 availability, filling the gap when the café is closed
• Inclusive dietary options, including vegan, gluten-free, and halal
• Co-production model, allowing service users and staff to influence product selection
• Managed by the catering team, with service user involvement through the Tukes Training and Employment model
• 10% of profits donated to staff wellbeing initiatives

If successful at Harrison House, the model could be expanded to other sites.

This project will enhance accessibility, inclusivity, and wellbeing while offering training opportunities for service users and contributing to staff wellbeing through profit reinvestment.