Wellbeing Garon Park

This summer will be the third year of our much-loved Enchanted Fairy Trail at Wellbeing at Garon Park – and we would love to make it our most magical one yet. ✨🧚

The trail is a simple half-mile walk where young children follow a tick sheet and search for fairy houses hidden along the path. It’s extremely low-cost, outdoors, and brings so much joy to local families. 😊

After two seasons outside, some of our fairy houses are looking a little tired. Rather than replacing them all ourselves, we’d love to turn this into a community creative project. We can provide a log base for your house and are happy to deliver and collect all completed projects. 🪵

We are inviting local artists, makers, crafters, community groups and anyone with a bit of imagination to create just one fairy house each. Made primarily from natural materials and suitable for outdoors, each house will be displayed along the trail and will include a small plaque crediting its creator. 🎨🖌️

If a handful of creative people each committed to making one truly special house, together we could create something incredibly unique – and bring a little extra magic to hundreds of local children.

If this sounds like something you’d enjoy being part of, please send an email to anna.sims@garonparkcic.com and we’ll share the simple guidelines.

Let’s make this our most enchanting year yet.💚🧚‍♂️

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We’ve signed the Power of Youth Charter ✍️💚

Proud to stand with the @iwill_movement and reaffirm our commitment to putting young people at the centre of everything we do now and in the future of Wellbeing Garon Park.

In one of Southend’s most deprived areas, we work alongside young people to remove barriers, amplify youth voice, and create real opportunities for social action, Including our Garon Park Youth Council where young members help shape what we do, how we do it, and what really matters to children and young people in our community.

Through our YouthHOPE framework, young people help shape, lead, and deliver projects that build confidence, skills, and a sense of purpose, From mentoring and enterprise to conservation and community events.

Because when young people are trusted and supported, they don’t just participate, they lead.

Join us in championing youth social action 💪

#PowerOfYouth #iwill #YouthHOPE #YouthLed #PositiveChange