GREENYouth - Forest Therapy for Youth Work

Exposure to natural settings is well proven to improve physical and mental health, retention of learning, civic engagement and environmental responsibility. These are all highly relevant in our world for our own wellbeing and that of the young people we work with who will actively shape our future.

‘Forest Therapy’ is the term now commonly used to describe the simple techniques that we can use to engage with natural spaces to further increase all of these benefits. By learning these skills as Youthworkers and creatively translating them into activities attractive to Youth, We aim to reduce barriers and enhance the capacity of Youth Workers to utilise Forest Therapy and green spaces in their work.

Our facilitators are experienced in using natural spaces and Forest Therapy techniques in both rural and urban settings.

Participants will leave with an embodied experience of the benefits, knowledge and skills for using Forest Therapy themselves as well as an expanded, personalised toolkit for their Youth Work practice, equally applicable in both urban and more rural/wild settings.

We have designed a 7 day immersive training camp that brings together these techniques across many cultures with best practices from multidisciplinary Youth Work and adult education.

This is an intensive camp for a small group of highly motivated
participants. Please only apply if you can clearly explain how you will directly apply this learning in your current Youth Work.