A project helping young people to use nature as a way of improving mental health has received a cash boost from NHS Charities Together.
The CAMHS Goes Wild! Project from the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services department of the Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust aims to offer support for young people aged from 14 to 17, offering them a community space to enjoy in the middle of the seaside resort of Newquay.
Natural Medicine
The project, which offers both mental health services and education and is delivered in conjunction with Newquay Orchard, has been given £150,000 to help it to offer a medicinal support program based around a nature-based lifestyle and spending time outdoors.
People attending mental health training courses Newport and elsewhere, delivered by companies such as www.tidaltraining.co.uk/mental-health-training-courses/newport, regularly learn about the positive impact nature can have on mental health and the eight-week course in Cornwall aims to get to young people who could fall through gaps in services.
Battling disadvantage
Young people involved in the project may be transitioning into adult services or be experiencing disadvantages in socio-economic terms.
NHS Charities Together chief executive Ellie Orton OBE said that these sorts of projects all around the country could help break down some of the barriers faced by some young people when it comes to accessing care. She said that the health of children should never be determined by their location of birth, although this is still the case for many young people and their families in Britain today.
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