Mind Australia – Sprout Community Garden
Organisation
Mind Australia - Sprout Community Garden
Project
Sprout Retail Training
Location/Municipality
Thornbury - Darebin
Grant
Pathways to Employment 12 - 13
Many people going through serious mental health challenges have experienced an interrupted education which may affect numeracy, literacy and social skills, leading to low self confidence. On top of this they may experience negative symptoms of their mental health issues such as anxiety and lack of motivation. Sprout participants have low prevalence mental illnesses with primary diagnoses including schizophrenia (49%), bipolar disorder (7%), depression/anxiety (12%) and personality disorder 4%).
Further to previous funding from the Inner North Community Foundation Sprout now has 27 participants in their community market and open gate working in microenterprises or as stallholders. This program will further develop training models for the participants, and support participants in their work to further develop their products, promotional material and access pre-employment support to develop skills transferable to the wider employment market.
