This site explains the mental health benefits of nature and gives tips and ideas to try. Also provides information on formal ecotherapy programmes.
The World Wildlife Fund and Mental Health Foundation have come together to produce a guide to help you thrive with nature. Click here to download the booklet which is packed with suggestions on how you can connect with nature thought the seasons (opens in new tab)
This guide is intended to give healthcare staff and practitioners ideas for year-round, nature connection activities that can be carried in a ward setting.
Click here to read the bringing the outdoors in guide on the Highland CCP website (opens in new tab)
This guide has some suggestions to help you get out in your garden or bring nature indoors!
Click here to read the Lanarkshire Green Health Partnership guide (opens in new tab)
A short blog from the Wildlife Trusts on some easy ways to help you to connect with nature, even in the middle of a busy day! Click here to visit the Wildlife Trusts blog and read how you can make your day a little bit more wild (opens in new tab)
The green space projects, especially NHS Forest, assist organisations to improve their natural environment and reconnect their staff, patients and the wider community with their local green space to benefit their health.
Click here to find out more about the NHS Forest scheme (opens in new tab)
There is mounting research evidence which backs up the case that the improving NHS green space will help sites to realise a wide range of proven health, social, environmental and financial benefits.
These include accelerated patient recovery, improved community health and reduced costs.
Click here to see the evidence on the benefits of the NHS green space scheme (opens in new tab)