One alarming result of the credit crunch has been a growing number of young people slipping through the net of education and employment.
- We are committed to meeting and helping to alleviate the plight of disaffected youth both rural an urban.
- Our method is to offer unique programmes of empowerment combining woodland/conservation skills with team building, social awareness and an opportunity for young people to re-connect with the natural world.
- This can help them to develop confidence, open new doors of possibility, and increase their general health and sense of well being.
- We are already pioneering a number of successful programmes in partnership with the following agencies:
West Suffolk Mind; Great Yarmouth Mind; Great Yarmouth Boom & Connect; West Suffolk College; Harlow Young Concern Trust; Open Road (drug & alcohol rehabilitation).
- The demand for this work is proving so great that we are currently developing a major new initiative, Creating Greener Lives. This, we hope, will enable us to continue and expand our programmes - impacting on more and more 'hard to reach', disaffected and marginalised young people across East Anglia and beyond.