Our Nature Walks for Wellbeing are ten years old (and a bit…)!

Nature Walks for Wellbeing – 10th Anniversary of a Highland journey to health! On Thursday 17th November 2011 a small band of people gathered at the canal side in Inverness to head out with Stephen Wiseman on what was the first walk aiming to connect people with nature, themselves and each other for mutual benefit. HUG Action for Mental health were at the core of these first few steps in a healthy direction. Stephen had attempted to encourage participation before …

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N4H - Green Health Day poster October 2021

Muir of Ord Green Health Day

We are looking forward to offering some campfire cooking and primitive fire lighting skills at this great wee Green Health Day at the Muir of Ord this Saturday, 2nd October. Come along and say hi!

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Foraging workshop offer!

Upcoming workshop as part of the Moray Walking Festival, led by one of our lead instructors, Ruaraidh. Come learn about nature’s rich bounty of fungi, foods, medicines, woods and more. On Sunday 19th September, 15:30 to 17:00 in Forres, more details here: https://www.moraywalkoutdoorfest.co.uk/event/useful-nature-foraging-walk-3

Green Health Days, 2021!

We are very pleased to announce that we are hosting two more Green Health Days this year, with thanks to funding from ‘Think Health, Think Nature’ Evanton Community Woods 24th July This year we will be hosting at Evanton Community Woods on Saturday 24th July. Free tickets can be booked for sessions throughout the day here, with details of the day at the event page. Nairn 25th July Then the next day, Sunday 25th July, in Nairn. Free tickets can …

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Nature Walks for Wellbeing coming to Aberlour!

We are very excited to announce that our wonderful volunteer Isi will be starting our Nature Walks for Wellbeing in Aberlour this month. Come join us for a gentle walk with good company, beautiful nature and a freshly brewed cuppa!  

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Spring Storytelling

Come join our amazing storyteller Emma Robbie for a free evening of Scottish Beltaine storytelling this Saturday, 1st May, at 18:30, details on Facebook with a link to the Eventbrite booking page.

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Nature Walks are back!

We are very excited to announce that our weekly Nature Walks in Inverness and Moray are back. We will miss our UK wide audience that have been enjoying the online walks with us each week, but excited to be able to support folk in person again on our regular routes. Meeting places and times are now on our NWW page.

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Branching Out in the Forres Gazette

A lovely wee article in one of our excellent local newspapers talking about our upcoming “Branching out” programmes. See more about Branching Out

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Sit Spot challenge!

Our friend in the west Hugh Asher has some cool stuff happening at his social croft site. Check out the sit spot challenge via the link below. There is nothing to beat taking the time to sit regularly in nature and really get to know your area and yourself! We do this with school groups through our ‘resilience in nature’ programme and in our Branching Out and Nature Walks sessions – as well as practice it ourselves. Never been a …

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N4H - Branching Out in Elgin

Using Nature as a Resource to Support Mental Health training

An online training workshop plus ‘full day delivery in the woods’ course! We understand that combining physical activity, social contact and nature really helps improve mental wellbeing. Vitamin ‘N’ for nature is no secret ingredient and we would like to share some delicious recipes with you. Our experiences of working with people with poor mental health have helped us to understand some of the best ways to set up positive experiences.  We have run this course with NHS staff and …

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