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Participant Profile:
* 18+ years of age
* Able to participate using the English language
* Actively working with Youth
* Currently using natural spaces in your work or highly motivated to do so
* Able to explain where you would use this learning in your current and future work and committed to undertaking a dissemination workshop with Youth after completion of the training in your home setting.
(Requirement of travel reimbursment)
**Please be aware that an Urban setting is very suitable for Forest Therapy. The view of a tree through a window, clouds, a pot plant or local park are all sufficient for introducing youth to the benefits of Forest
Therapy. Urban approaches will be addressed throughout the training camp.
* An active participant in group work and brainstorming
* Experienced/excited to work collaboratively with local youth where language bar- riers may exist
* Open to new experiences and stepping outside of your comfort zone
* Possessing a strong work ethic
* Willing to explore your creativity
...This is no passive hotel-based training holiday....
* Comfortable sleeping in a shared tent for a week and an entirely outdoor program regardless of weather. (Sheltered spaces are available when needed from sun and rain as are solo tent options).
* Committed and excited to spend this training without a bathroom, hot shower, flushing toilet or the privacy and personal time you may be used to.
(Dry toilets, sauna and river available 24/7 !)
About the Project....
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.