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Immersive activity in nature to improve confidence and motivation

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Delivery Model

Not for profit

Quality

Consistent

Reliable

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Delivery Model: what do we do?

Providing access to local natural spaces to develop life long skills

Games, tool use, bushcraft, arts, cooking, talking, thinking, silence.

Sensory, educational, physical and social activities focussing on individual needs and learning styles

Risk assessing with the referrer and the participant before the sessions start

Using spaces as near to the participants and as accessible as possible

Ensuring each session is iterative for the practitioner and the participants with regular reflection time

Ensuring sessions are varied to meet all participants needs, adding challenges and completed activities

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Delivery Model

Participants choose to come

Adults needing help with health condition management-physical or mental

Long term unemployed

Low self esteem

Maximum 12 participants per session, each session maximum 6 hours, includes all food and

drinks and 5 sessions (consecutive days or weekly)

WE DO NOT

Provide transport, appropriate clothing or other expenses

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Methods- measuring the impact

QuantitativeMeasure

Warwick and

Edinburgh Mental

Well Being Scale

(WEMWBS)

Informant

Adult Participant

Description

14 positive statements pre

and post intervention

Measure

Reflective review at the

beginning and end of each

session

Accredited training

Informant

Participants

Description

- Often linked to learning

styles eg drama, music, poetry,

2D or 3D images

Forest School, Water

Awareness, Outdoor First Aid

Methods Qualitative

Results: QuantitativeWEMWBS

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Well Being in Nature - Warwick and Edinburgh Well Being Scale

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Results-qualitative

Headline results, unexpected:

1 woman with GPs consent was able to come off one her anti psychotic drugs

2 brothers became ardent recyclers at home even though as an issue this was

not referenced in the content of our sessions

Everyone passed Level 1 Forest School training

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Top 3 most referenced well being indicators for adults with mental health problems were 'developing oneself', 'feelings of closeness to the natural world', 'optimistic about the future'.

Results: qualitative

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Results - Qualitative

'The space was lovely, it was nice, you just didn’t feel penned in and if you really wanted to go off on your own you could do it ... how different it is and how your mind can work totally different to being in like a room - especially when you have got a really racing mind, it is amazing how that racing kind of stops………'

'I really couldn’t wait, saw my CPN yesterday and I was like “I can’t wait, I’m going tomorrow”.'

'I kind of energise cos I have isolated myself so much in the few years. I’ve realised that when you go out and do stuff and be with other people; while there is a risk things might go wrong you’re also opening yourself up to really positive experiences as well.'

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Career Prospects

From initial attendence participants will be encouraged to take on training with us: Levels 1, 2

and 3 Forest School Training, Royal Life Saving Society Water Saftey Management Awareness

Training

If they wish and where appropriate participants will be offered volunteering placements with us.

Those who pass through our training up to Level 3 Forest School or RLSS Instructor will probably be

offered paid work with us on a sessional basis

The whole experience and training can lead or link into to a wide variety of professions: teaching and learning, childcare, ecology and land management

(eg National Trust or Forestry Commission), horticultural, cooking, carpentry, traditional

woodland skills and independent practitioner.

‘we do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children’ Native American proverb

www.natureworkshops.co.uk

Thank you

Any questions?