Health and Nature Training
Level 3 Certificate in Nature-based Practice
Are you passionate about mental health, wellbeing and the healing power of nature?
Apply for a funded place on the accredited Level 3 Certificate in Nature-Based Practice and help bring nature-based interventions to communities across Kent.
In partnership with Circle of Life Rediscovery CIC, this course empowers organisations and venues with green-blue spaces to deliver safe, inclusive, and impactful nature and wellbeing programmes.
Who Should Apply?
- Not-for-profit Practitioners supporting primary prevention and mild-to-moderate mental health needs
- Professionals from Allied Health, Public Health, and Community Services
- VCSE facilitators
- Countryside, Conservation, and Green Space teams
- Organisations that focus on coastal and high-needs communities in Kent (particularly organisations within the Kent Marmot Coastal Regions: Swale, Thanet, Dover, Folkestone and Hythe, Ashford, Canterbury)
- Organisations that demonstrate commitment to inclusive access and low barriers to participation
- This is NOT designed for businesses wanting to grow profits through nature-based interventions
- This is NOT designed for individuals who already have a similar qualification or significant experience delivering nature-based interventions
Considerations
- You must be able to attend ALL of the dates – please do not apply if you know you cannot
- Please consider whether you can commit to the time needed to complete the course – there are expectations outside of the listed dates, including preparing paperwork, research, designing session content, and further reading
- We would like to see organisations who can demonstrate their commitment to delivering nature-based interventions after the training – are you prepared to deliver interventions using your training?
- The course is costed at ~£1200 per person, funded by Kent Public Health. We may carry out due diligence when assessing applications, and request further information from you – please include as much information in your application to enable us to affectively assess
- Applicants will be selected and notified by the beginning of September, giving at least 1 months’ notice before the start of the course
Details of the course can be found here: Certificate in Nature-based Practice
Key Dates
Part 1 – In-person days at Brockhill Country Park
14th, 15th and 16th October 2026, 8:30am – 4:30/5pm
Health and safety and risk-benefit assessments, therapeutic sessions, practice delivery in small groups, reflection and observation, tutor observation, discussion and peer assessment
Webinar 1 – Online
Tuesday 27th October 2026, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Health & Safety – Example Handbook, Insurance & First Aid, Review of Risk Assessments and Hand in delivery date – feedback turn around 3-5 weeks
Webinar 2 – Online
Tuesday 10th November 2026, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Policy and Psychological Safety, Sessions & Holding space + questions
Webinar 3 – Online
Sunday 24th Jan 2027, 9:30am – 12:30pm
Research discussion + questions
Presentation: Read and summarise a piece of research relating to your area of interest
Sessions & Questions
Webinar 4 – Online
Tuesday 2nd March 2027
Co-production for final delivery day
Part 2 – In-person at Brockhill Country Park
Final project day and delivery
There will be home study and coursework outside of the above listed dates, including running three sessions in your current professional settings, research, and producing Risk Assessments and content plans.
Please make a note of these dates and pencil them into diaries, in the event that you are selected to attend the training. These dates are secured with the training provider, but they reserve the right to change some of the later dates, although this is unlikely.
If you are selected as a trainee, your name and contact details will be shared with the delivery partner, Circle of Life Rediscovery, who will continue communications with you regarding the course details.
Read the Health and Nature Privacy Notice
Deadline for Applications: Sunday 2nd August 2026
Course Reviews
“I love the course. So much to learn but brilliantly delivered by extremely knowledgeable trainers. Just can’t recommend the course enough.” ~ Participant from Cohort 1
“The in-person meetings have been most wonderful, as much for personal growth as for professional growth and how informative and useful its been.” ~ Participant from Cohort 1
“Fun, relaxing, communal learning and sharing.” ~ Participant from Cohort 1
“I love it.” ~ Participant from Cohort 1