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About Us
Where Goodness Turns To Greatness
Many years back, Louise, the founder of The Joyful Sprout Café, had a dream where she imagined a beautiful space where people can connect over nutritious, delicious and healthy food. With Debbie and Clare by her side the dream team has been formed, the idea of having a sister Community Interest Company (CIC) is the icing on the (carrot) cake! Clare is passionate about supporting the community around her, striving to connect people, spreading love, hope and positivity in order to develop strength, growth and a sense of harmony. Debbie brings the science and develops recipes for the nutritious and balanced food Sprout is cooking up. Her knowledge and expertise allows Sprout to produce healthy and nutrient packed dishes cooked completely from scratch, providing a beautiful food experience.
In partnership with The Joyful Sprout Café, Nourish Connect, Grow, champions community, inclusion, and meaningful educational and social projects that bring people together. As a group we thought about how the Café could bring more connection to the community, not just an eating establishment but a place for joy, learning, growing, inspiring and empowering.
Clare's and Louise's vast experience of working with and supporting others really is a magical combination for this exciting company and the workshops and sessions already being developed are varied, interesting and are ideas suggested by members of the surrounding community. The space at Sprout is for everyone, it's welcoming and inclusive and totally built on connection.
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Meet the Team
At Nourish Connect Grow, every one of us has been touched by the same idea: that real change starts with community. We've worked in wellbeing, education, and grassroots spaces for years — not because it pays the most, but because it means the most.
We show up for the people we work with because we know what it feels like to need someone to show up for you. That's not a tagline — it's just the truth.
We're here. We're rooting for you. And we can't wait to grow something good together.
Founder & Director
Clare Landy
Clare is a passionate social worker and lecturer with a specialism in mental health. She has over 30 years of social care practice experience and has worked with so many wonderful people throughout her career in Local Authorities as well as NHS Trusts. She currently lectures at her local University and takes pride in sharing her knowledge and experience with others who are at the beginning of their social work journey pathway. Clare has built her career on compassion and realism and now strives to create a company where her drive for enabling people to be independent, happy, strong and connected is realised. Clare is a vegan and once owned a vegan cooking business, she loves to inspire others with her food and is looking forward to teaching people how to cook budget friendly, simple and very tasty and nutritious meals. Through Nourish, Connect, Grow she envisages a warm, safe and inclusive environment to build friendships, confidence and kindness and establish roots, connections and positive growth.
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Co-Founder & Director
Louise Southwell
Founder of The Joyful Sprout, Louise is a registered social worker and cognitive behavioural psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher with over 30 years of work experience in the fields of health and social care. Louise wants people to feel better and live better, healthier and more fulfilling lives and is passionate about helping others learn ways of easing mental distress and suffering. Through her food at The Joyful Sprout Café everything is produced from scratch, making sure each dish is packed with nutrition to provide positive health impacts and help to make people feel wonderful from the inside.
Director
Deborah Lethby
Debbie is a registered nutritional therapist having studied at the College of Naturopathic Medicine London. Debbie is a self confessed 'foodie' and develops all recipes for the delicious dishes sold at The Joyful Sprout Café. Her knowledge regarding the make up of food, their groups and how each one works within the human body is quite simply inspiring and she is excited to pass her expertise to others.