Promoting the well being of adults and the community

This research explores the experiences of adults in the family and community: what affects their well being and how we can help promote this through effective interventions, policies and practice.

Completed research has explored the experiences of adult carers and the benefits of services designed to help parents strengthen their parenting skills.

• Carer’s assessments in Nottinghamshire: content, processes
  and outcomes
  
  
• Evaluation of Leicester city county 'Parenting and Cognitive Behaviour Project'

Social and therapeutic horticulture

Much of our research in the 'adults and community' theme explores 'social and therapeutic horticulture' and how this can help vulnerable adults with mental health problems, learning/physical disabilities, ex offenders, and so on.

Current work in this area is funded and undertaken in collaboration with the charity Thrive, and builds on previous CCFR research in this area called 'Growing Together'. See below for our current and completed research in this area or visit our Growing Together mini-site for more information on this research.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GROWING TOGETHER

Completed projects

A feasibility study of the use of a randomised controlled trial of therapeutic horticulture for people with mental health problems in the UK

Growing together: literature review and bibliographical database on social and therapeutic horticulture

Growing together: promoting social inclusion, health and well being for vulnerable adults through the use of gardening and therapeutic horticulture