CLOVER

CLOVER aims to provide creative new ways for people in HR9 to access activities to improve their well-being

The Clover Project aimed to improve community health and wellbeing by enabling access to physical and creative activities in the wake of the Covid pandemic of 2020/21. You can read more about Clover here

The project is based on the report published by The New Economics Foundation – Five Ways to Wellbeing;

Connect – With the people around you.
Be Active – Go for a walk or run. Step outside. Cycle. Play a game. Garden. Dance
Take Notice – Pay attention to the present moment. Sometimes called “mindfulness”.
Learn – Try something new or rediscover an old interest.
Give – Do something nice for a friend or stranger. Volunteer your time. Smile!

Evidence suggests these are 5 steps you can take to improve your mental health and wellbeing. Trying these things could help you feel more positive and able to get the most out of life.

The CLOVER project is to build a menu of sustainable activities within the HR9 area and link them to the 5 steps using our own categories:

Create • Learn • Outdoors • Volunteer • Exercise • Relate

Some activities advertised by Clover are still continuing, and these are listed below:

“I enjoyed learning with a group of people from different backgrounds and ages”

“Being completely immersed in doing something so creative, I forgot my problems.”

CLOVER was coordinated by Ross-on-Wye Community Development Trust (the lead partner; Ross CDT) with five other core partners:

Active Herefordshire & Worcestershire (Active HW);
Herefordshire Wildlife Trust (HWT);
ignite CIC;
Rural Media (RM);
and Taurus Healthcare.

But the project’s success depended on a much wider group of stakeholders, including:

Referring agencies, statutory and voluntary, who nominated individuals for priority booking onto Clover activities
Course providers (from water colours, to paddleboarding, to embroidery)
The venues which hosted the sessions
Lastly, and most importantly, all the Clover participants, whose enthusiasm and affection for the programme has demonstrated very forcefully the value of the project over the last year.

THE CLOVER PARTNERSHIP