Tag: Mental Health

Feeling stressed or overwhelmed? How 30 Days Wild can help.

Struggling with irritability, sleepless nights and mental exhaustion? Joanna Foat explores how small, daily moments in nature through 30 Days Wild can help you to feel more yourself again. Recently even the smallest things were irritating me: someone stopping in front of me in the supermarket, my partner asking if I wanted Earl Grey or […]

We know a strong connection to nature is good for our mental health; now a new study sets out to measure just how much it can help our wellbeing. Image shows Wild at Heart volunteers holding the nature activity bags which form part of the study.

We know a strong connection to nature is good for our mental health; now a new study sets out to measure just how much it can help.

[lead]That’s the question a new study is hoping to answer. Wild at Heart, the social prescribing project from Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust, has created a nature activity pack for 100 of its participants. The packs are full of resources and suggested nature connection activities for people to try out. Participants will be asked to […]

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