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Who we are

Richmond Fellowship’s Queens Park Horticultural Service supports people living with mental ill health to build confidence and develop skills to become more independent.

Queens Park is Tandridge District Council’s flagship park and open space. The flowerbeds, gardens and borders in and around the park’s inner circle are maintained by our team of dedicated volunteers from Richmond Fellowship in conjunction with Tandridge District Council.

We provide people with the opportunity to gain horticultural experience working alongside volunteers to maintain the flowerbeds within Queens park Circle which forms part of a public park.

Being involved at Queens Park means we can offer a range of physical activities and teamwork which provides a greater choice of recovery pathways for people who access our services.

What we do

We tailor our services to meet the needs of the individual. We positively encourage individuals to access a wide variety of roles which include formal and informal training, as a means to develop confidence and skills.

Our gardeners meetings encourage people we support to be actively involved in how we deliver our services, empowering people to make decisions and to be valued as part of the team.

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The Specialist Community Forensic Team is a community mental health service based at St Nicholas Hospital, Gosforth and Roseberry Park, Middlesbrough.

The Richmond Fellowship team work consists of a Senior Practitioner, Peer Support Workers, as well as Mental Health and Substance Misuse Recovery Workers.

We work alongside a wider clinical team consisting of Nurses, Psychiatrists, Social Worker, Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists and also administration staff.

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Richmond Fellowship’s West Berkshire Housing Related Floating Support service works with individuals affected by mental ill health already living in their own homes to receive assistance with day-to-day tasks and activities, such as budgeting finances or doing the weekly food shop.

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Richmond Fellowship’s Liaison and Diversion Service is commissioned by Cumbria, Northumbria, Tyne and Wear (CNTW) Foundation Trust. Liaison and Diversion (L&D) services operate by referring offenders who are identified with having mental health, learning disabilities, substance misuse or other vulnerabilities to an appropriate treatment or support service.

Anyone arrested and taken to a Police Custody suite in the CNTW area who show signs of vulnerability such as those identified above are then assessed by a Mental Health Practitioner located in the police station.

If the person is assessed as needing support and they are being released from custody they can be referred to the Liaison and Diversion Team within Richmond Fellowship.

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The aim of the service is to Improved access to healthcare and support services for vulnerable adults, including both mental and physical health with the aim of reducing health inequalities. Diversion of individuals, where appropriate, out of the criminal justice system into health, social care or other supportive services. To reduce re-offending or escalation of offending behaviours.

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Richmond Fellowship’s Thanet Community Based Support service works with individuals affected by mental ill health already living in their own homes to receive assistance with day-to-day tasks and activities, such as budgeting finances or doing the weekly food shop.

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