Health and Nature Training

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

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 

Thursday 11th March 2027

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.

Poem from Michael, one of our recent trainees

A group of souls stepped into the green,

carrying lives that had not yet been,

woven together, stitched by the wood,

strangers walking where old trees stood.

 

Four days beneath the living roof,

where earth breathes deep and time tells its truth;

but soon the air itself began to shift,

as we laid down our guard and let it lift.

 

The beech stood tall, and strong and wise,

holding every moment, the lows and the highs.

The birch bowed down when we shared our pain,

and the ferns curled close like a warm refrain.

 

We learned not just from books, but from moss and stone,

from the quiet unhurried way the wild has grown,

that we are not separate, and never apart,

but part of the pulse that beats in our heart.

 

The wind moved through us, soft and free,

tearing down the walls we thought had to be,

and roots tangled deep in the earth below,

enlivened our spirits and guided our flow.

 

We spoke our stories to a wide open sky,

and the leaves caught every song and sigh;

no judgment here, only earth and light,

and the ancient knowing that all is right.

 

Day by day, the distance fell, 

nature herself weaving the spell:

strangers became kin, hearts joined as one,

under the green, and under the sun.

 

What began as single souls, walking apart,

gathered together, with one beating heart,

a family formed, not by the blood that we share,

but by the earth that breathes it life everywhere;

 

The rowan looked on with bright smiling face, 

and whispered its promise of protection and grace.

and it showed us that wherever we are,

like all trees, they’re always with us, and never to far.

 

And when at last we turned to go home,

we carried the forest wherever we’d roam,

for we’d learned the verity that all nature will keep,

“connection is the language that will always run deep”.

 

We were not just a team sharing this wild welcome place,

we were roots holding roots, kindred spirits holding space.

The magic wasn’t just spending time as one with the trees,

It was being united together with nature, that just let us be.

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