nature connection After 18 weeks of meeting online, some of the Nature Connection group met at Bawsinch Nature reserve in Duddingston ... 4 hours of wellbeing activities and reconnecting was just the ticket on an extremely hot day. The Nature Connection Group was started at the beginning of
Changing lives through environmental programmes for young people Run annually by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), the Scottish Charity Awards celebrate the best of Scotland’s voluntary sector. The Green Team has been announced as a finalist for the Scottish Charity of the Year Award, the only
Supporting positive mental health and reconnecting with nature Lockdown has been challenging for a lot of young people. This is especially true for young people with autistic spectrum disorder or mental health issues. With some Covid response funding from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation we ran two summer programmes
Green Volunteers and Green Angels set to restart this month If you were one of the people working towards your DofE volunteering or skill section when lockdown happened you will be pleased to know that we are getting our Green Volunteers and Green Angels weekend programmes back up
Green Volunteers, Green Angels and Green Explorers all set to restart in August Young people keen to get back outdoors will be delighted to hear that The Green Team is set to restart its mainstream programmes in August. Green Volunteers, Green Angels and Green Explorers will all restart
Our e-cargo bike has been put to good use to get us to the Barnardo's Hub Our Education Officer, Margon, has been supporting young people at the Barnardo's Hub in Oxgangs to connect with nature. Her weekly visits over the summer are with young people who have been
The picture above shows how well our panel managed distancing, although we had some under 12's and some family groups who didn't need to. The Green Team's Youth Panel has been meeting on Zoom every month throughout lockdown. We have shared our experiences of lockdown - the highs
The Green Team’s Education Officer, Margon, is to provide outdoor activities at Edinburgh Council’s Hub. Over the summer Margon will work with children with additional support needs and will be based at Barnardo's in Oxgangs. Margon will be using the local woodlands to create mini dens, play hidey and
As we gradually move into Phase 3 we are delighted to be finally getting some young people together outside on a Green Team summer programme. We are teaming up with CAMHS (Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services) who support young people with a variety of mental health conditions. Over
Since lockdown began The Green Team management have been creating a route map against the different phases of easing restrictions to establish when and how our activities can resume. Whilst we have seen the country move from phase 1 into phase 2, we are not confident that our first
At The Green Team all of our mainstream programmes - Green Volunteers, Green Angels and Green Shoots encompass working towards the John Muir Award in their framework. The process of discover, explore, conserve and share are at the heart of everything we do. But did you know that as
Under lockdown we have reassessed everything we used to think was important. Our connections to other human beings and to the natural world now matter more than ever for our physical and mental wellbeing. So, as the lockdown eases, what will we do with what we’ve learned, and how