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Mud Slides and Big Puddles

Wellbeing, resilienceApricot CentreApril 17, 2024wellbeing, home education, Nature Connection, home school, forest school

From Chelsea to Devon: Microbiome Garden Comes to Apricot Centre, Enabling Vital Research

WellbeingApricot CentreMarch 12, 2024wellbeing, microbiome garden, bowel research

Rain, Hail, Sunshine and Soup in the Garden

Wellbeing, PermacultureApricot CentreMarch 5, 2024refugee support, devon farm

Gut, Soil, Garden

Huxhams Cross Farm, Permaculture, WellbeingApricot CentreFebruary 7, 2024community garden, wellbeing, asylum seekers

Non-contact Boxing Program with Asylum Seekers in Torbay

resilience, WellbeingMark O'ConnellNovember 24, 2023non-contact boxing, asylum seekers, Wellbeing, mental health

'The children had such a great day learning about different vegetables, picking and tasting herbs, collecting produce for the cooking lesson'.

'The children had such a great day learning about different vegetables, picking and tasting herbs, collecting produce for the cooking lesson'.

Huxhams Cross Farm, WellbeingZoe IvesJuly 18, 2023Nature Connection

"They're growing more beautiful each week!" - Vertical Growbags and Communities of the Soil Plymouth

Biodynamic Farm, Biodynamic Farming, Climate Change, Forest Garden, Huxhams Cross Farm, Permaculture, Regenerative Farming, WellbeingMark O'ConnellMay 16, 2023Nature Connection

Wellbeing - The Apricot Centre Way

WellbeingMark O'ConnellJune 23, 2022Wellbeing, Children, Nature Connection

Johnny Meredith our trainee counsellor in Devon offering his time at the farm

Johnny Meredith our trainee counsellor in Devon offering his time at the farm

Johnny Meredith is our trainee counsellor and has some more slots to work with people from the farm from December 2021

WellbeingMark O'ConnellNovember 12, 2021counselling, Wellbeing

Whittle and Dye Workshop with young people

Whittle and Dye Workshop with young people

WellbeingRachel PhillipsAugust 9, 2021Nature Connection, Wellbeing

Margarini Childrens Centre & Organic Farm

Margarini Childrens Centre & Organic Farm

Wellbeing, Climate Change, Huxhams Cross Farm, Permaculture, Regenerative FarmingMark O'ConnellJuly 30, 2021

Deep Democracy and the Sectors in UK society - A response to an article by Craig Dearden-Phillips

Deep Democracy and the Sectors in UK society - A response to an article by Craig Dearden-Phillips

Wellbeing, resilienceMark O'ConnellJune 30, 2017Deep Democracy, Process Oriented Psychology, Arnold Mindell, Open Forums

The Boy with a Glint in his Eye

The Boy with a Glint in his Eye

WellbeingMark O'ConnellMay 20, 2017Teenagers, Wellbeing, 1st 30

Messy Play, Haptic Touch, and Sensory Needs - a presentation by Anna Lidzey

Messy Play, Haptic Touch, and Sensory Needs - a presentation by Anna Lidzey

WellbeingAnna LidzeyMay 12, 2017haptic touch, sensory integration, Play, Wellbeing, 1st 30

Magic Moments - Wellbeing work with Children on a Farm

Magic Moments - Wellbeing work with Children on a Farm

WellbeingMarina O’ConnellApril 23, 2017Apricot CentreChildren, Wellbeing, Metaskills, Amy Mindell, Attachment, Feedback, Attunement, 1st 30

Attunement to heal - Tuning into your adopted child and to yourself - CACH 2013 Write-up

Attunement to heal - Tuning into your adopted child and to yourself - CACH 2013 Write-up

WellbeingMark O'ConnellMarch 20, 2017CACHE, adoption, Feedback, 1st 30

Homeless in Colchester - New Roots Project ... or making a couch potato

Homeless in Colchester - New Roots Project ... or making a couch potato

Wellbeing, resilienceMarina O’ConnellJune 6, 2016Biodynamic Association, Star & Furrow Magazine, Biodynamic Farming, Creative Partnerships, Homelessness, 1st 30

Matt Harvey - Slug Poem - performed 19th July 2014 at Community Share Launch for Land at Week

Matt Harvey - Slug Poem - performed 19th July 2014 at Community Share Launch for Land at Week

Biodynamic Farm, WellbeingMatt HarveyJuly 19, 2014BDLT, Biodynamic Farming, Biodynamic Land Trust, 1st 30

Deep Democracy, Rank & Diversity - Ideas from Process Oriented Psychology (June 2014)

Deep Democracy, Rank & Diversity - Ideas from Process Oriented Psychology (June 2014)

Wellbeing, Process Oriented PsycholoMark O'ConnellJune 13, 2014Sustainability, Process Oriented Psychology

Gary Reiss - Child & Family work with Extreme States - Process Oriented Psychology

Gary Reiss - Child & Family work with Extreme States - Process Oriented Psychology

Wellbeing, Process Oriented PsycholoDr Gary ReissFebruary 28, 2013Process Oriented Psychology