The Thrive Team receiving their Nature of Scotland Health & Wellbeing Award Photo Credit: Mike Wilkinson, RSPB The Green Team's Thrive Programme won the Health and Wellbeing Award at RSPB Scotland’s Nature of Scotland Awards 2022 announced at a glittering event on 17th November at the Edinburgh International Conference
Thank you to the many who joined us for a lovely evening on the 28th October to hear about Pete's Pedal, shadowing the Scottish Watershed by bike over the summer. If you weren't able to join us then fear not! We have uploaded the recording of the evening
Gill in training with bramble the dog!Gill Hood has enjoyed time with The Green Team through her employer, BlackRock, and is taking on the London Marathon on Sunday 3rd October to raise funds for the work we do.We caught up with Gill with only a few days to go
An evening with Peter Wright: Pete's Pedal, the whole story!There are so many heart-warming and entertaining stories and tales from Peter's adventure that we wanted to give you the chance to hear about them first-hand.On 28th October, 7pm, we will be hosting an online talk with Peter including time
A mid-way update from Pete's Pedal - powering on! Young carers, not out of choice but out of necessity, find themselves with the enormous responsibility of caring for parents, siblings or other family members. They face a huge challenge as they try to juggle school and looking after
Pete’s Pedal: Raising funds for The Green Team’s Young Carers ‘Time in Nature’ ProgrammeCycling and outdoor enthusiasts of all ages will be amazed to hear of Peter Wright’s 941km pedal around the watershed of Scotland. Peter is taking on this monumental challenge to raise funds to enable The
Learning new skills Thrive The last session of a year-long programme with a small group of young people marked a real milestone. It was an emotional ending with one participant in care travelling from Ayr to be able to spend some time with what has become their
Connecting with nature Today I walked past what seemed like fields of buttercups and clover, where orchids painted tiny splashes of purple in a canvas of yellow and green. As I turned, there, to my left was another swathe of wildflowers filled with the not-quite-yellow, yellow-rattle. When
Can you donate £25 to buy a young person a hammock? Written by Kate Hedges, Thrive Programme Co-ordinator On Monday, Julie stepped into the woods on the Thrive programme. Around the fire she told me that coming to Thrive each week is so important to her because
Anna Pultar, volunteer photographer with The Green Team As we celebrate Volunteers Week from the 1st-7th June we’ve taken some time out to connect with Anna Pultar, a recent volunteer recruit to The Green Team. Anna isn't taking on the challenges of leading a group, rather she is
