SIG Penrose - Roots Community Based Recovery Services (CBRS)

We provide a range of training programmes, workshops and social groups designed to empower, maintain wellness, and promote learning and healthy living so that people can become happier, healthier, more confident and job-ready.

Opportunities include:

• Access to a therapeutic open space and healing centres in the natural environment
• Gardening skills and horticultural classes
• Training programmes and recycling workshops
• Field-to-fork approaches: cooking classes, healthy eating, meal planning and budgeting
• Planting new community growing spaces
• Conservation activities to preserve and promote local biodiversity
• Growing and harvesting produce for local community consumption
• Social events and groups to gain friendships, social skills and develop hobbies
• Volunteering and peer mentoring pathways

We provide a therapeutic growing space and a platform for engagement, helping reduce social isolation and increasing the physical and emotional well-being of Luton’s most vulnerable community members who find local community engagement challenging. We help them develop new skills and promote positive mental, emotional and physical well-being.