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Green Social Prescribing: A Doctor’s Note as Fellowship Reaches Six-month Milestone
Doctors Laura Pridmore and Jennifer Wyllie have reached a six-month milestone as National Park NHS Wellbeing Fellows in the New Forest, having set out at the end of summer 2024 to boost the mental and physical wellbeing of those in the Forest and its surrounding areas. The aim of the fellowship is the promotion of Green … Continued
Volunteering – One Way to Improved Wellbeing in the New Forest
Learning new skills, meeting new people, and giving back to the community and environment around you are just some of the benefits commonly linked to volunteering. The positives go far beyond this, however, as the New Forest’s National Park NHS Fellows have already highlighted during their time in the Forest. In fact, volunteering, as an … Continued
A Natural Health Service: Meet the New Forest’s National Park NHS Wellbeing fellows
By creo
The benefits of time spent outdoors, in nature, and actively socialising have long been recognised by health experts. That’s not to mention the people whose lives have been improved through Green Social Prescribing. This idea builds on the fact that access to green and blue spaces – like we have in the New Forest – … Continued
‘Nature Heals’: A photographer’s New Forest story
Natural landscapes and the access to the social interactions, hobbies, and activities they offer such as walking and photography have become a lifeline for many. Areas like the New Forest National Park serve as a tangible link to the environment and foster active lifestyles. These are proven to have long-lasting benefits for people – particularly those … Continued
Nature connection: a mindful moment of calm
By creo
The New Forest Primary Care Network (PCN) social prescriber team were invited to immerse themselves in the beauty of the New Forest National Park during the Green Halo Partnership conference – a major conference highlighting the value of nature to our health and well-being in the face of the climate, nature and health crises. Social prescriber Diane … Continued
Forest bathing: can spending time in nature support your wellbeing during the perinatal period?
By creo
Having worked as an Environmental Educator for the last 15 years, five of which as the Education and Youth Officer at the New Forest National Park Authority, setting up my business ‘My Mindful Self’ and now consolidating my forest bathing training, I know first-hand the benefits nature connection has on wellbeing. Forest bathing or Shinrin-yoku … Continued
Connecting to nature through ‘social prescribing’
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Healthcare professionals are increasingly helping to connect people to the benefits of nature in the New Forest through ‘green social prescribing’. Find out about the improvements in physical and mental health they are seeing thanks to this ‘Natural Health Service’. Being in nature is good for us. This is something we often feel intuitively when we … Continued
Overcoming negative thoughts and pain
By creo
My name is David and I am 63 years old. I have a progressive muscle wasting condition called Inclusion Body Myositis – most people have never heard of it but, in my case, it slowly and progressively affects my legs, arms, hands and neck and I fall over a lot if not supported by something … Continued