LeapingForwardforDementia@froglife

🌿Wild Times🌿 @froglifers #dementiafriendly weekly 'Nature on Prescription' groups. #volunteer #gardening #nature #discovery "It's like #scouts/#4HClub/#Guides for adults" Thanks to funding from @CityBridgeTrust & support of @BandstandBeds @sccoopstreatham @lambeth_council

Times are changing at @froglifers #leapingforwardfordementia PM Vicky (me) is leaving for new adventures managing #StreathamCommon @Rookery100 with @sccoopstreatham Trusty #volunteer Dylan will run #dementiafriendly Wild Times while full recruitment takes place 🐸

@froglifers #dementia friendly Wild Times group have been giving the @BandstandBeds #tadpoles a weeky helping hand over the hot dry summer by topping up the pond using water from a butt of water left standing for several days.

#ClaphamCommon @BandstandBeds #frog update 🐸 @froglifers #dementiafriendly Wild Times group spotted #tadpoles in various stages of growth in 'Tom's Pond' plus 2 adults well hidden in the #wildlifefriendly #communitygarden

Check out these brilliant Berry paintings created with residents living with #dementia at @nhslambeth Specialist Care Unit, Greenvale as part of @froglifers #leapingforwardfordementia @CityBridgeTrust funded programme. We used water-colour & pens to add finishing touches 🍓🫐

⭐WE ARE RECRUITING!⭐ Come and join the Froglife team to help us develop a brand new project working with #communities to create a ‘blue chain’ of ponds across South #London! See: froglife.org/who-we-are/job… to apply! Closing date: 25th July #greenjobs #jobs

We're excited to confirm some of the @BandstandBeds #communitygarden #spawn made it to the #froglet stage! These little fingernail-sized #frogs were spotted during a #LeapingForwardForDementia session, but some are still #tadpoles with no legs! #ClaphamCommon #dementiafriendly

On this beautiful day, a variety of produce and plants is available for donation at our garden ☀️ Including blackberries, courgettes, plums, carrots, shallots and cucumbers. 🥒🥕🧅

@RoadFarmRamblin Pleased you like it! Created as a legacy piece by Street Artist Irony as part of @froglifers London TOAD project 🐸

Look at this Toad mural! 💚

Excited to discover a tiny Newt in the trug 'sink pond' the @froglifers #leapingforwardfordementia team helped @sccoopstreatham upgrade in the #StreathamCommon @Rookery100 @SCCommGarden #London Borough @lambeth_council Tips to create your own here: froglife.org/info-advice/ju…

⭐WE ARE RECRUITING!⭐ Come and join the Froglife team to help us develop a brand new project working with #communities to create a ‘blue chain’ of ponds across South #London! See: froglife.org/who-we-are/job… to apply! Closing date: 25th July #greenjobs #jobs

When is the best time to prune fruit trees? Join us this Saturday for our workshop with Patrick McCabe to discover the answer to this question and lots more about summer pruning. For more info about this workshop visit our website: bandstandbeds.org.uk/?event_id1=3344

Brilliantly diverse day for the @froglifers #dementiafriendly Wild Timer group at #StreathamCommon @Rookery100 ! We took part in @BigCButterflies #bigbutterflycount, created beautiful #butterfly prints 🦋 and got tips on making Orchard Cider from @froglifers trainee Will🍎🍏

Why don't you become a #GardenGuardian too? Find out how here: froglife.org/what-we-do/edu…

Great opportunity to join the @froglifers #London team and continue developing the @CityBridgeTrust funded 'Leaping Forward for Dementia' inc the #dementiafriendly Wild Times, #nature on prescription concept @SP_LDN @SocialPrescrib2 @alzheimerssoc @DementiaAdv @LDN_environment

Don't forget, our Cool Spaces map shows your nearest of indoor and outdoor spaces offering refuge from the extreme heat. london.gov.uk/what-we-do/env…

You can sometimes forget you’re in an urban area when you visit green spaces. You wouldn’t think this one is a 15min walk from a tube station! #London

Apprenticeship scheme launch September 2022.

‘You see, I’m still me… and though I may forget… I hope you won’t ‘❤️ @tonyhusband1 #dementia #Alzheimers #research #Charity

Our #TransformingLives trainee, Vaughan, was out & about on 1 of our #reserves recently & took these stunning photos. There is a huge variety of #species that call our reserves home & we do all we can to preserve them. #PurpleHairstreak #GrassSnake #Adder