People First Merseyside

On Wednesday, our Climate Champions looked at Plants and Climate Change! We did some science experiments to see how extreme weather conditions can effect growing. We also got creative and designed plants that could withstand climate change!

On Tuesday a group of us took part in research at the International Slavery Museum. We spoke about how disability is represented within the museum. It was a very interesting day and we would like to thank Iris, the PhD student who's research we were taking part in as well as the curators who we spoke to on the day. We look forward to a more inclusive experience at the museum.

Today we had a gorgeous day in The North Park. We celebrated the end of our Health Matters Project and the begining of Climate Champions: Its Our Planet! We had a nature hunt taking and drawing pictures of the nature we seen around the park.
The nature photographs were taken by Keith and the drawing was created by Rebecca. We have some amazing artists and there will be more photographs to come!

What a brilliant week for our Climate Champions: It's Our Planet Too! Project. After learning so much about bees and pollination at Grow Speke we were well prepared for World Bee Day on Wednesday. Then on Friday we had a lovely morning with Christine and her great group of Taking Root volunteers at Shelley and Poets Park. We can't wait to see how the new pond develops! Thank you everyone! we are all finding out so much about the amazing world around us through this National Lottery Community Fund funded project- we're even spotting insects and plants during our tea break and walk home!

This week our Climate Champions visited Grow Speke! We were shown around their beautiful community garden, including their bee hives, ponds and so much more. We are so excited to begin working with Ian, Collin and their volunteers more in our new project 'Climate Champions- It's Our Planet Too', funded by National Lottery Community Fund.

Come and join People First Merseyside and Mencap Liverpool & Sefton at Mencap Community Cottage in Crosby, 1pm-3pm on Wednesday 3rd June to find out what we're both doing. It should be a great afternoon and we look forward to seeing you there!

At the GIG we have a progress update about Oral Health

Holly from Health Watch and Amy from Community Conectors at SCVS talked about social groups for people with LD and A also how to have your voice heard in health and social care.

At the GIG we are talking about health and wellbeing in Sefton.

At Southport GIG in East Bank Street great turn out. Thanks to Ellie from LJMU, Amy and Holly from SCVS