We welcome guest blogs from people living and working in Highland to help to inspire and raise awareness of the ways in which contact with nature can help to improve our health and wellbeing. If you have a story you would like to share, please read our guidance and get in touch.
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Insh Community holdings
The group’s aim was to purchase a winch that would allow them to extract large logs of non native species of trees. These would be processed into firewood and delivered to households through the village by our volunteers
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Welcome Helen!
We’re excited to welcome Helen Perkins who is our new Senior Development Officer Green Health 🙂 Helen is originally from Cornwall but has lived here in the Highlands for over 15 years . Helen moved here to be near the Mountains so she could ski more. Helen tells us “ I still love to ski…
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Highland Green Health Showcase and Planning Event
In May 2023 the Highland Green Health Partnership hosted a showcase and planning event. at UHI. It brought together representatives from the public sector, health & social care sector, and third sector organisations, that have been invaluable in taking forward green health action in Highland. The outputs of this event will inform our Highland Green Health Sustainability Strategy and…
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Befriending Caithness- new walking project
Befriending Caithness ran their first in a series of Green Health Nature Walks to Dunnet Forest, Caithness, North of Scotland.
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Walking for Green Health Week 2023!
Green Health Week is all about celebrating the great outdoors, connecting with nature and enjoying our natural environment. What better way to do that than walking! Charlotte Mackenzie, project manager of Think Nature Health Walks (TNHW), talks about the many benefits of walking in nature and how you can join a walking group and take…
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Green Health Small Grant Fund 2023 Awarded to 18 Community Organisations
We are delighted to announce that in May 2023 we awarded 18 Highland groups funding through our recent small grant fund! Please find below a short summary of the groups and projects who have been awarded grants. Gairloch Area Development Ltd – Skye, Lochalsh & Wester Ross- This project will set up a Wester Ross Growers…
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Pathsforall Volunteers Awards celebrate people going the extra mile for their communities.
Pathsforall Volunteers Awards celebrate people going the extra mile for their communities. Pathsforall announced the winners of their Volunteer Awards 2022 at an uplifting ceremony at The Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. The 13th annual Volunteer Awards took place on 28th September. Pathsforall celebrated 11 individuals and groups who have made amazing contributions to the health…
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Generations Working Together
Generations Working Together encourage you to save the date and share the details of the meetings with your contacts and communities to welcome new people to come along and learn about what it means to be intergenerational and how it can make a real difference to people of all ages. We are super excited to…
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Prescribe Heritage Highlands – Referrers Needed!
Do you work with people in the community who are experiencing social isolation? Do you work with people experiencing mild mental health issues? If YES – please consider becoming a referrer in the exciting, new partnership programme called Prescribe Culture Highlands. The project is looking for professionals who can refer people to the culture and…
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New youth leadership award focuses on environment
High Life Highland are launching a new youth leadership award focused on the environment. Partnering with Trees for Life, Green Hive. NHS CAMHS and Highland Adapts, HLH is creating the Highlands Green Leadership SCQF Award, adding an environmental strand to its existing youth leadership programme. The Leadership Programme has become the hallmark of good practice…
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Small Grant Fund Awarded to 14 Highland Groups Summer 2022
We are delighted to announce that in June 2022 we awarded 14 Highland groups funding through our recent small grant fund! Please find below a short summary of the groups and projects who have been awarded grants. Let’s Get On With It Together – Skye & Lochalsh – The workshops are aimed at adults with…
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Thoughts from Ruth, a passionate volunteer walk leader
Ruth McDonogh, A volunteer Walk Leader for Tongue Walking Group shares her experiences and thoughts about being a walk leader Having moved to Tongue 8 years ago and been made to feel so welcome I was more than ready to give something back. My working life involved endless meetings so I was happy to take…
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‘Social crofting’ and ‘Green health’
A guest post for Green Health Week 2022 by Hugh Asher from Darach Social Croft Modern life can have a significant impact on our mental and physical wellbeing, and the last few years having been particularly difficult for many people. What has also become much clearer during this time is that Green Health activities, especially…
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5 Health Benefits of Walking in Nature
A guest post written by Charlotte Mackenzie, Project Manager, Think Nature Health Walks for Green Health Week 22 There are so many benefits to walking in nature which improve both our physical and mental health. It’s really difficult to narrow it down to a few, but here are my top five: One of my favourite…
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Elements of Nature in new Community Hospital – A reflection by Ailsa Villegas
The Badenoch & Strathspey Community Hospital is a new-build facility that opened in September 2021, combining patients from the Ian Charles Community Hospital in Grantown and St Vincents Hospital in Kingussie. In December 202, I was invited, along with other public health staff, to visit the new facility. I am local resident, and someone who…
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The Cairngorm Ski Club Annual Ski Sale
In Highland the weather is very rarely in our favour. It can be wet, windy and bitterly cold and often switch between four seasons in just one day. Lack of appropriate clothing and equipment is often described as a barrier to people participating in green health activities and good quality clothing and equipment can make…
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Go Green to Get Lean
Most of us head into the new year with a plan to be a little bit healthier, especially after an indulgent festive period! But as we sign up to gym memberships we often forget about opportunities available to us in our outdoor environment. This year, let’s take our workouts outdoors and practice both good physical…
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Walking Back to Health following COVID19 by Kate Thomson Partnership for Wellbeing
Early in 2021 Arthur contracted Covid-19 and was hospitalised for over 4 weeks and on ventilation in ICU. Walking has been integral to his recovery and has helped him to monitor his progress.
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Books to Connect with Nature from Home – Our Top Picks!
Children’s Books: Life Cycles: Egg to Bee by Camilla de la Bedoyere. Packed with fascinating facts about life cycles. Amazing photographs of every stage. Labelled diagrams to explain growth and development. Butterfly Kiss by Vicki Churchill Newly hatched, butterfly can’t find the right food – and his friends aren’t any help at all! A Seed…
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N4H – Green Health Activity Day with Green Hive, Nairn 25th July 2021
Nature 4 Health, a well-established, locally based organisation, ran a full day programme of nature connection for the Nairn community. There were opportunities to try foraging, mindfulness movement, campfire cooking, coastal and riverside walks, paracording and to sit back and enjoy the storyteller’s engaging tales. Green Hive Nairn provided their welcoming orchard for everyone to…
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Lochcarron Community Development Company Green Health Events – Summer 2021
The Lochcarron community put on yet another great programme of Green Health activities over the summer of 2021. The Lochcarron area has several outdoor sites suitable for events for local people of all ages. Kirkton Woods, the Smithy Centre (with the community wood next door) and the village itself which is ideal for shoreside walks.…
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Seaboard Communities – Beach day 23rd August 2021 by Maureen Ross
Who better to tell you a little about a Green Health outing run as part of a summer long programme of sessions in the Seaboard Communities? Maureen Ross is the backbone of much of the community goings-on in this area, having been involved with the Seaboard Centre for over 20 years. The Green Health LEADER…
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Portskerra Activ’ Club, Melvich Beach Day 29th August 2021
Portskerra Activ Club (PAC) was set up during the winter of 2020 to encourage group community activities to help their everyone’s physical and mental health. Its driving force is the desire to improve community health, foster better support networks and encourage communication within and throughout their scattered, rural community. The Beach Day, open to all,…
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Sleat and Tormore Open Day – Sunday 14th August 2021
Welcome To Tormore Community Forest During July, August and September Tormore Community Forest volunteers offered a full-to-bursting programme of nature and wellness activities – for the local community and visitors to “come out into nature”. Everyone had an opportunity to test their artistic talents weaving a fish, creating with charcoal, and making clay tiles incorporating…
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Discovering Winter Trees
Sarah Walker is an accredited practitioner with the Institute of Outdoor Learning, with a BSc. Honours in Biological Sciences (Zoology) from Edinburgh University and over 10 years of teaching experience in environmental education. Under the name of Wild Willow, Sarah has produced a series of educational videos available online. Sarah writes: ‘During the pandemic, like…
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Garve and District Green Health Day by Toni Clark
Lochluichart Church and Community Hall 28th August 2021 There was so much to enjoy this day it’s difficult to know where to start! Despite having to arrange a new venue at short notice the day was full of engaging activities; with opportunities to mingle, and munch on delicious sandwiches and cakes. Friends and neighbours came…
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Badenoch and Strathspey Therapy Garden Open Day, By Ailsa Villegas
Badenoch and Strathspey Therapy Gardens mission statement is to: ‘to provide social and therapeutic horticultural activities in a safe and supportive environment for all members of the community, where everyone will be treated with respect’. The gardens are situated adjacent to the Am Fasgadh allotments in Kingussie, down beside the site of the former Highland…
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