Malvern Hills National Landscape
Our projects are not always coloured green: here at the St Wulstan’s Nature Reserve in Malvern Wells, we gave a grant to improve the disabled parking at Reserve. Thanks to Worcestershire County Council Countryside Service for doing the work.
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We recently provided some funding to Boundless Outdoors Centres in West Malvern to offer opportunities to primary and secondary pupils to spend time in the National Landscape. 360 children benefited with either a day visit or an overnight stay, taking part in activities such as orienteering, bush craft, night walks and zip wires through oak woodland.
All pupils came from more urban areas of Worcestershire and were selected by their schools on the basis that they don’t normally engage with the ‘outdoors’. Many poorer communities have less access to green space and so are likely to be less connected to nature and to the benefits this brings.
As well as having the chance to get close to nature a majority of participants reported that they had tried new things, improved their communication skills and learnt to believe in themselves a little more. Over 60% of the children had not been on a residential away from home before.
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If the outdoor centre would like a fossil resource box for their work with children please get in touch earthheritagetrust.org/fossils
