Keeping nature in mind
30 Days Wild is the perfect opportunity to discover the health benefits of spending time in nature. Rob Gordon shares some of his top tips for relaxing in nature this June.
Topics: Health and Wellbeing
Five Ways to Wilder Wellbeing
It's Mental Health Awareness Week and our Nature and Wellbeing Officer, Vicky Aitkenhead explains the five steps to better health and wellbeing as outlined by The New Economics Foundation in 2008. Plus a bonus step from Kent Wildlife Trust!
Kent Wildlife Trust lay out ambition to increase wildlife abundance and climate resilience across 30% of Kent in new 2030 strategy
The strategy has been launched by Kent’s leading conservation charity outlining ways to make the county more resilient to the climate and nature crises. Through increasing land in conservation, managed through wilding and paid for by “Nature-based Solutions” the charity believes it can create a better future Kent’s people and wildlife.
Two book recommendations for Mental Health Awareness Week
This year's Mental Health Awareness Week focuses on nature and our environment. During lockdown, Vicky read two wonderful books that helped her make a better connection.
30 Days Wild is almost here: Get involved and go Wild this June
30 Days Wild is almost here and we can't wait. It's not too late to sign up and join in. So why not make a little room for nature this June?
Wild Walks: Toy’s Hill to Ide Hill via the Greensand Way
Taming rowdy kids (especially when school’s out) is tough work, so pull on the wellie boots and explore the picturesque Kent countryside on a family ramble. It’s fun, free, improves fitness - and is even more enjoyable when there’s the promise of good food at a family-friendly pub en route, says Zoe Rawlins
Kent Wildlife Trust benefits from Co-op Local Community Fund
Kent Wildlife Trust has been chosen to benefit from the Co-op Local Community Fund. The funding will help the charity to connect people with nature through a programme hands-on activities in Medway.
Sport Fund helps volunteers on Romney Marsh get Down to Earth
Kent Wildlife Trust’s Down to Earth project in Romney Marsh has been given £140,065 of National Lottery funding from Sport England to help local volunteers make a positive contribution to their community using sport and activity.
Rhyming in the Woods
Following a generous grant from the Cobtree Charity Trust, children at St Peters C of E Primary School in Aylesford took part in a series of poetry workshops. Their poems have been used to create the Wonderful Wordicular Wildlife Walk between Tyland Barn and Cobtree Manor Park.
Design and architect chosen for UK’s first Nature & Wellbeing Centre
Studio McLeod and Ekkist have been selected as the preferred architect for their design of the proposed new visitor centre for Kent Wildlife Trust’s Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve.