Council to hold BBQ and Funday
Coventry families are invited to a fun day and BBQ at the city council's Leasowes Nursery in Green Lane on September 3rd. The event has been planned to mark the official opening of the blooming sensory garden, a project that has been developed by people with disabilities to lead a more independent life as part of the People in Action service.

The fun kicks off at 10am with games and a bouncy castle, a baloon artist, music and raffle prizes. There will also be a showcase of talents of garden workers to include music, arts and crafts. With the help of donations, supplies and services from Barclays, Oakleaf Landscapes and other contributers, work began on the sensory garden in 2004.

Cassandra Clifford, fundraising and marketing manager for People in Action, said, "The work that People in Action do varies by service user, as we look at the individual and not the disability." "We do not fret over disability, but look at the ability of a person. We help individuals to grow in confidence and self worth in the way that the nursery grows plants and flowers."

She explained the work done at the nursery gives many people a sense of purpose and a sense of accomplishment that is sometimes forgotten. She said,"The sensory garden at Leasowes can be very therapeutic and beneficial to many service users.

The nursery provides support to the learning disabled community as a whole". People in Action is a registered charity and has been working in Warwickshire and the West Midlands for 20 years.

They now have over 50 homes, assist more than 130 service users, and have approximately 250 staff. Based in Bedworth, they work throughout Warwickshire and Coventry to provide a full range of support and services to adults with learning disabilities and started their gardening project at Leasowes in 1998.

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