At HRI we’ve had a National Citizen Service (NCS) group of 14, 15/16 year old teens here for one week completing a Community Initiative Project over their summer break.

In their free time, the group made their project proposal to Kirsty Jowett our Prevention of Delirium Co-Ordinator. They were going to carry out some fundraising and obtain as many donations as possible from local businesses to design a garden in our hospital ground to create a special zone.

Kirsty said: “It is fantastic how much support they’ve generated in such a short space of time”.

The garden creation was carried out between Saturday 29 July to Friday August 4. The teens held another bake sale at Huddersfield open market to raise funds to support the garden project and to back their fundraising. Our Charitable Funds department also donated £1000 to support them too.

Some garden items were kindly donated by Halfords Colne Valley store and the garden stall from Huddersfield open market.

The main focus of the garden is to create a break-away zone for patients, families and colleagues – a place to come for peace and tranquillity. Some of Kirsty’s project work is working with patients who have cognitive impairments, so the teens were asked to include butterflies within the art work as this is the scheme we support in the people living with dementia and/or delirium.

The garden is down South Drive next to the huge oxygen cylinders. If you can't get there yourself you can see some of the finished result in the photos below.