The Fire Place - After-school Free Thursday evening after-school sessions at Bentinck Street Community Garden for young people aged 11-18 years. ​​Learn new outdoor skills like fire lighting and tool use whilst hanging out in a safe&nbsp;place with friends, led by our qualified team.

<h2>A Garden for Change, Hope, and Community</h2>​Here We Grow&nbsp;is a community-led project to regenerate a derelict plot at&nbsp;Bentinck Street, Birkenhead, turning it into a safe, welcoming garden. In January 2025, we secured £31,000&nbsp;from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and over 100 local supporters. This funding kick-started our mission to create a&nbsp;vibrant space for growing food, building skills, and fostering wellbeing.​Just months later, the garden is flourishing—with raised beds of fresh produce, fruit trees, wildflower and wooded areas, and welcoming social spaces. Local volunteers, schools and families are already using the space to grow, learn, and connect.&nbsp;

Bentinck Street Community Garden

Grow-Wellbeing CIC

Grow Wellbeing CIC runs practical outdoor programmes that reconnect people with nature, support wellbeing, and build a sense of belonging.

We work with children, young people, families and adults through structured, relational activities in natural settings. Our programmes include wellbeing support, early-intervention mental health provision, Forest School, skills and training, and community-based projects. Some programmes are open-access, while others are delivered in partnership with schools, health services and community organisations, including CYPMHS/CAMHS-related provision.

Our approach is trauma-aware, inclusive and strengths-based. Time outdoors is used deliberately to help people feel safe, grounded and connected — to themselves, to others and to place. Sessions focus on participation, gentle challenge, developing confidence and capability, and creating positive experiences of belonging, rather than clinical treatment.

Grow Wellbeing works particularly with people who face barriers to wellbeing or access to green space. Across all our programmes, we aim to support improved emotional wellbeing, stronger relationships, growing confidence and skills, and a lasting connection to nature that people can carry into everyday life.

Nature. Wellbeing. Belonging.

Thank you for booking a place on our Forest School Leader Training Taster session.

Want to know more about our upcoming Forest School Leader Training course? Join us for 3 hours in the forest where you will gain knowledge of what the course entails, meet likeminded people and try some practical skills. During this event, you will: <ul><li>Enjoy Fire and Hot Drinks: Start the day around a fire with refreshments.</li><li>Take Part in a Fireside Discussion and Q&amp;A: Learn about forest school principles, ask questions, and gain insights from experienced leaders.</li><li>Participate in Woodland Games: Experience how play-based learning fosters teamwork, creativity, and a deeper connection with nature.</li><li>Explore practical skills: Develop hands-on skills as you practice using tools and outdoor kit.</li></ul> This taster day is designed to help you explore the fundamentals of Forest School, meet peers and decide if our Forest School Leader Training Program is right for you. The meeting point is at the bridle path on the right hand side of the Boundary Road carpark for Bidston Hill <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/wLtWqn8nP1G8o1de7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. You will see a large Grow-Wellbeing display board and a staff member will meet you there and take you down to our forest site.&nbsp; Please arrive in plenty of time so that we can start the session promptly. Make sure to dress for the weather and wear sturdy footwear as our sessions are all outdoors and will continue even in inclement conditions. We will only cancel if strong winds make the woodland site unsafe.

Forest School Leader Training Taster Session 

Grow Wellbeing uses woodland about 5 min walk from the Bidston Hill Nature Reserve car park. The google map link will take you to our meeting point where a member of staff will be waiting to take you down to the site.