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Generation Green 2 is a £4.5 million project to connect more than 25,000 young people living in England’s most socially disadvantaged areas to nature and rural life by taking them on inspiring experiences in beautiful protected places.
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Focusing on wellbeing
Hundreds of young people enjoyed fully funded visits to connect with nature at a YHA youth hostel as part of the Generation Green project.
Follow a primary school on their trip to YHA Langdale as they combined nature-based activities with ways to develop mindfulness skills.
Building self-confidence
As we navigated our way out of lockdown in spring 2021, The Outward Bound Trust invited young people to an Adventure Day. Their primary aim: helping young people to believe in themselves.
Tori went on an Adventure Day funded by Generation Green. This is her story.
Looking after the environment
Scouts helped thousands of young people to make a positive impact in their community. Their programme aimed to ultimately create 4,000 Green Champions.
Delivered in schools, parks and local meeting places, sessions ran by Green Volunteers helped young people to understand more about their environment.
Lasting effects
Pupils at Caldershaw Primary School have been improving habitats for birds, bugs and bees in their school grounds.
Developing outdoor leaders
Through bursaries from the Generation Green project, Girlguiding supported their members to develop their skills to lead walking expeditions.
They offered different qualifications for different types of walking - from the basics of map reading to walking on more advanced terrain.
Overcoming barriers
Through day visits, residentials and online courses, the Field Studies Council offered first-hand experiences to inspire young people.
Generation Green funding enabled them to support many childern to overcome barriers so they could experience the outdoors.
Supporting career development
Career development training was available to all apprentices, trainees, students, and any other (youth) trainees and ambassadors.
Hundreds of skilled volunteering roles were also available as part of the project, as well as micro-volunteering and self-guided learning.
Stepping stones
Volunteers from the one of England's National Parks have secured exciting new ‘green’ jobs thanks to Generation Green.