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Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust launch Grow Your Own project
Published by sarah on Mon, 2013-04-29 20:12

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust launched their Grow Your Own Project on NHS Sustainability Day. The project will provide organic produce to 131 service users on their Guild Park Site. As part of their recovery process, 33 service users will be given the opportunity to develop their cooking skills using produce from the garden. The scheme has already supplied the new self-catering Step down Unit (SDU) with local, seasonal and fresh vegetables and fruit. This has been a great success and has been achieved entirely through staff volunteering their spare time.
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CleanMed Conference on Sustainable Healthcare and Greenspace- Register Now!
Published by sarah on Mon, 2013-04-22 20:26

Healthcare without Harm Europe and The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare are pleased to invite you to the 2013 conference in Oxford, UK where you can share problems and solutions with 450 others working on the interface between health and the environment.
CleanMed is a great place for sustainability leaders and healthcare innovators to find new ways to inspire their organisations, learn practical ways to make changes and contribute to international understanding of sustainable healthcare.
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Great Outdoor Gym Company sponsor a further 450 NHS Forest trees
Published by sarah on Mon, 2013-04-15 14:01

The Great Outdoor Gym Company Ltd (TGO) has sponsored the planting of 450 trees with over 200 of which being planted for NHS Sustainability Day as part of their on going commitment of planting one tree for every one of their British made outdoor gym pieces sold. TGO’s gyms have proven to have preventative health benefits getting new people into sustained activity in an environmentally friendly way and so there is a natural fit with Sustainable healthcare.
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Fantastic number of NHS Forest sites plant trees as part of NHS Sustainability Day of Action
Published by sarah on Wed, 2013-04-03 20:01

On NHS Sustainability Day of Action, 28th March 2013, hundreds of trees were planted across 23 hospital sites as part of the NHS Forest Scheme.
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25 NHS Forest sites plant 2 trees at 2pm as part of NHS Sustainability Day of Action
Published by sarah on Mon, 2013-03-25 17:37

The NHS Forest is taking part in NHS Sustainability Day on the 28th March 2013 running our campaign planting 2 trees at 2pm which was very successful in 2012. We already have a number of NHS Forest sites keen to get involved and are able to provide whips from our tree sponsorship scheme to all trusts interested in taking part. We have so far 25 trusts who have registered to do some tree planting on the day with some planting over 100 trees.
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Children from local schools plant trees at Horton General Hospital
Published by sarah on Sun, 2013-03-17 20:54

Children from Bardwell's School council and Year 5 at Longfields Primary School braved the cold weather to plant 18 lime trees as part of the NHS Forest at the Horton hospital. The children took part in digging the hole, preparing the ground with bark cuttings and fixing the ties on the trees. Each child had a tree named after them. Children also took part in a site quiz and learnt lots of interesting tree facts. A good morning was had by all.
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Cirencester College students raise £700 for NHS Forest site
Published by sarah on Mon, 2013-03-11 10:00

On 7^th March 2013 at 12.30pm the NHS Forest Green Gym, Cirencester Hospital received £700 from Cirencester College’s National Citizenship Service (NCS) students. On the day the students helped members of the Green Gym to decide what improvements to make to Querns Woods with the money they raised.

The students raised £700 for the Green Gym by holding a charity auction as part of their National Citizen Service in 2012.
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Capita Membership Services supports the NHS Forest
Published by sarah on Mon, 2013-03-04 14:52

A new and innovative programme from Capita Membership Services is helping NHS trusts to become greener and more efficient and supporting the NHS Forest project. The Evergreen initiative encourages public, patient and staff members to use electronic rather than paper communications - enabling hospitals to reduce costs as well as lower their environmental impact. As a thank you to those who sign up to Evergreen, the trust will plant one sapling for every 10 members who make the switch.
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NHS Sustainabiltiy Day- nine award categories announced!
Published by sarah on Wed, 2013-02-27 19:42

With less than 30 days to go to NHS Sustainability Day on Thursday 28th March the final countdown is on and today the nine award categories for this years event have been announced.

All categories have been individually sponsored and each winning Trust will receive a unique trophy and be showcased on the website. So come on and register your event and get recognised for the great work that you are doing.

The award categories are:
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NHS Forest registers its 100th Site
Published by sarah on Mon, 2013-02-18 14:33

The NHS Forest has just registered its 100th site! Since the project began, healthcare sites including large teaching hospitals, mental health trusts and GP surgeries have been busy planting trees. There have been a great number of different activities taking place at the NHS Forest sites including the restoration of orchards with fruits being used in the local canteen, tree planting days, green classrooms for school children and routes created through the greenspace for staff, patients and the local community.
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