21/10/2026
🌱💚 INTRODUCING GROWING FORWARD – WHERE ABILITIES BLOSSOM & FUTURES GROW! 🌻🌿
We are incredibly proud and excited to officially introduce Growing Forward, a brand-new initiative by Iris House Children’s Hospice, launched in partnership with the Western Cape Department of Agriculture! 🌾✨
Growing Forward is so much more than just an agricultural project. It is a space where opportunities are created, abilities are celebrated, and independence is nurtured. đź’š
🌻 Growing Skills, Confidence & Independence
Through our Social Work Department, this exciting initiative provides persons with disabilities with meaningful opportunities for employment, life skills development, and hands-on agricultural training.
From planting seeds and nurturing crops to harvesting fresh produce, our participants are developing valuable practical skills, building confidence, and gaining a sense of purpose and achievement.
♿ Agriculture Without Barriers!
Inclusivity is at the heart of Growing Forward! Our agricultural space has been designed to be wheelchair-friendly and accessible, ensuring that individuals of all abilities can participate, learn, and thrive.
🌱 Planting the Seeds of Sustainability
Our vision doesn't stop at growing vegetables! Growing Forward is being developed into a sustainable social enterprise, where the fresh produce grown and harvested by our participants will be sold to generate income that can be reinvested into the project.
This means that every seed planted, every crop harvested, and every purchase made will contribute towards creating more opportunities and ensuring the long-term success of this incredible initiative.
đź’š And This Is Just the Beginning!
We are immensely proud of what Growing Forward represents for Iris House, our beneficiaries, and the wider disability community.
We cannot wait to share the progress, achievements, and inspiring stories that will come from this project.
🌻 Stay tuned, follow our journey, and support Growing Forward wherever you can! Together, we can cultivate opportunities, grow independence, and build a more inclusive future.
Because at Growing Forward, we're not just growing produce — we're growing possibilities
