Our Impact

Our Impact2025-08-12T12:11:54+01:00

What we achieved in 2024

2024 Impact Report

“It makes the week much better.”

If, in all our actions, we can make the week ‘much better’ then we have done something special. That might be much better for young people participating in projects, for the greenspaces that they help to conserve or for the volunteers that take something positive from selflessly giving their time – we hope that this Impact Report shows that it can be for all three.

2024 felt like a special year and at the heart of that were the amazing young people we get to work with each day – so full of fun and potential in a world that keeps throwing challenges their way.

A big thank you to all those young people for making each week in 2024 ‘much better.’

Our Impact

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young people took part in our programmes
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programme sessions (2203 hours)
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volunteer training sessions held
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awards earned including DofE, John Muir, Junior Forrester, Saltire and Hi5
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volunteer hours supporting young people or undertaking conservation tasks
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…of trees planted, biscuits consumed & hot chocolate drunk around the fire

At the end of nearly every session, our project coordinators are buzzing with tales of nature connection, fun or touching moments and personal achievement. 

From the little moments to the high-level organisation statistics, we are delighted by what we have achieved:

Environmental awareness and stewardship

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of Green Volunteer participants said they felt more aware of wider environmental issues
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of Skylarks participants increased their understanding and appreciation of nature
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of teachers agree that their pupils have increased their use of greenspaces and have a greater appreciation and care for nature

Young people wellbeing, confidence and skills

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of Skylarks participants showed improved wellbeing
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of Thrive participants enhanced their mental wellbeing
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of young people involved in a Green Shoots project showed enhanced teamwork skills
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of young people taking part in Thrive increased their social skills

Influencing and enabling outdoor learning

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of teachers involved in Green Schools strongly agree they have greater confidence, skills and knowledge to use green spaces for outdoor learning
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of teachers state that Green Schools session have been fun and have enhanced pupil confidence and well being

Feedback

Feedback – we really value what people tell us about our programmes:

“I have learnt to start fires, plant trees, make lots of friends and I have learned that what makes me the most happy is being in nature” 

Thrive participant

“Grace comes home muddy, exhausted and full of chat…after such a difficult year for so many, home learning and teenagers being unable to interact closely, Green Team has been an absolute saviour!”

Parent

“I was amazed at the confidence boost (being outdoors) gave learners who were quieter, and how it showed me skills in the learners that indoor activities may not have shown me previously”

Teacher

Examples of our impact

Thriving… a year later

This year, six young people have worked so hard and achieved so much. Nature has become a special resource they can now access to support their mental health

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