Wellbeing centre for Reading hospital staff set to open

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The centre will be a place for staff to unwind, the garden will also be a space for the community.

The site incorporates an edible forest, space to relax and a vegetable garden which will be tended by the community

The facility at Reading's Royal Berkshire Hospital includes a gym and quiet rooms as well as a large green space featuring an edible forest.Chief nurse Eamonn Sullivan said it was a positive outcome from the pandemic. "This is about building a long-term legacy out of the tragedy of the pandemic", the chief nurse added. "It's a safe place psychologically for the staff".

However, the vegetable garden will be mostly tended by community gardeners from the Reading International Solidarity Centre which has recently been evicted from its land in the town.RISC will run courses in the vegetable area on how to have a balcony garden and an allotment."Reading is a very ethnically diverse community, this will promote community cohesion, it ticks a lot of boxes.

 

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