by Susan | Sep 18, 2017 | Adults, featured 4, Wellbeing, Working parties
Woodlands provide a natural health service Slowly but surely the benefits of spending time in tree filled places are being given the recognition deserved. No one is suggesting that trees can heal people from illness outright, but there is enough scientific evidence to...
by Susan Collini | May 10, 2017 | Adults, featured 1, Highlights, Wellbeing, Working parties
How woodlands promote my own wellbeing From a personal point of view I know that spending time in a woodland environment benefits my wellbeing. Just being in a woodland environment lulls me into a calmer frame of mind, slows my breathing and my stress levels. Through...
by Susan Collini | Feb 26, 2017 | Adults, featured 3, Wellbeing, Working parties
A friendly and supportive group I have been volunteering as a member of the Woodland Working Party at Oxlip Wood for 5 months now. We meet once a week for 2 – 3 hours and come rain or shine it’s always enjoyable to be part of what is a friendly and...
by Susan Collini | Oct 10, 2016 | Adults, Working parties
Laughter benefits the immune system It’s a fact that children giggle and laugh without hesitation, while adults don’t enough. There seems to be such a lack of laughter around these days that workshops abound to teach adults how to do it. It’s well...
by Susan Collini | Dec 1, 2015 | Adults, featured, For Adults, Wellbeing, Working parties
Woodland working parties We’ve had between 6 and 8 people, on each of the Sundays through the month of November attending our first block of woodland working parties at Oxlip Wood in East Northants. They proved so popular that we carried on running them until...
by Susan Collini | Nov 15, 2015 | Adults, For Adults, Working parties
Woodland Working Parties There’s been some interesting gatherings of willing volunteers on Sundays during this November and December up at Oxlip Wood. There’s been a great bunch of people who’ve come along having liked the idea of volunteering to...
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