Tag: Self-Reliant Groups

Food, friends & a future: SRGs are a recipe for success

Food and cookery bring us together. and unleash our potential – just like SRGs. Julia Turshen, the American author and food equity advocate, describes cooking as a “constant reminder of transformation and possibility”.  In her book, Feed The Resistance, she writes: “Cooking

Our Cookery Book

Making food, making friends – new cookbook by members of Self-Reliant Groups

Look up child

Self-Reliant Groups facilitator Laura Walton focuses on the importance of mindfulness in the last few weeks of lockdown Mindfulness is all about appreciating the moment and doing what it takes to stay in the moment. We learn to hold back

International Women’s Day – Sheroes

Self-Reliant Group Facilitator, Laura Walton, gives thanks for all the women who inspire and support us We were blessed this week in Brews on Thursday as people shared who were the women in their lives who had inspired them. Women

Let’s walk upon the water

Self-Reliant Group facilitator, Laura Walton, considers the seaside this bank holiday weekend. Such is the advancement of science and technology that we can control and direct so much of our everyday lives in a way that our parents were never

a park with a path and some trees

A walk in the park

Self-Reliant Group facilitator, Laura Walton, celebrates the joys of going for a walk in a park A walk in the park. A phrase often used when something is relatively easy, leisurely and requiring little effort. A throwaway comment at times,

Sign reading Look After Each Other

Look after each other

Self-Reliant Group facilitator, Laura Walton, reflects on the importance of looking after each other. Despite what the rest of the country thinks, we Mancunians are following the rules. On a huge billboard in amongst the skyscrapers of the Mancunian way

sunflower

Are you a sun worshipper of follower?

Self-Reliant Group facilitator, Laura Walton, is inspired by a sunflower. A lone sunflower stands tall in my garden. It has survived neglect, vicious attack by grubs, being buffeted by strong winds and lashed at repeatedly by the cold July rain.