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Training
For people who connect people with nature.
Never has it been more important for us to help people connect with nature and look after the environment, and to do that efficiently, cost-effectively and well!
We deliver training in four main areas.
Behaviour Change - environment & conservation
Great planning for efficient visitor experience programmes
Facilitation for higher participation
Learning for life - delivering outdoor learning & play
Training can be delivered in small groups, outside and on-line to help you keep your team safe.
We are also interested in hearing your training ideas. We can tailor training to suit your needs.
Please contact us to discuss.
Behaviour change - environment & conservation
Behaviour Change is a psychology discipline which has become recognised as a powerful tool within the nature conservation sector. People are often deemed the problem for nature conservation, but by recognising and appreciating what people know, believe and value, we can help them become the solution to a richer environment.
We offer training in:
Integrating a social-ecological systems approach
Integrating a social-ecological systems approach into management and project planning processes for conservation sites with public access.
Training may cover:
Defining your system boundary
Identifying all elements of the system
Understanding the connections and influences between those elements
Understanding systems levelers and tipping points
Creating rich pictures and systems maps
Creating a systems team
Designing behaviour change interventions
Understanding behaviour change in the outdoors and applying theories and models of behaviour change to develop effective strategies and interventions to positively influence people's behaviour in the countryside.
Training may cover:
Theories and models of behaviour change
Understanding behaviours
Warm brain, cold brain
Intention-behaviour gap
Behaviour change intervention design
Applying and evaluating an intervention
Great planning for efficient visitor experience programmes
Never has it been more important for us to deliver streamlined, efficient and cost-effective visitor experiences; ensuring we deliver ‘need to do’ activities and programmes which are tied into the overall management objectives of our places. Using planning and evaluation tools we can be confident that we are delivering what we need to deliver, well.
Training may cover:
Creating an objectives map
Designing a planning matrix
Opportunity and reward – identifying the wins
Nature tokens
Creating a self-led visitor offer
Evaluation, review and planning
Facilitation for higher participation
Given the opportunity, confidence and support, young people can and should design, steer and deliver their environmental youth group sessions, whilst adult leaders take on the role of supportive facilitators.
Training may cover:
Why leaders should become facilitators
Stepping back confidently
Climbing the ladder of participation
Supporting young people to design and deliver an environmental project of their choice.
Learning for life - delivering outdoor learning & play
Science doesn’t lie and it's telling us the natural world is good for our health! We learn better outside, holding information and applying it to life. We can be our best selves outside where nature enables everyone to shine. We are healthier outside in the fresh air, taking part in physical activity. We are happier outside, with higher levels of positive hormones circulating our bodies. And we are more likely to care for nature if we have noticed it, are in awe of it and have a relationship with it.
Training may cover:
The benefits of learning and playing outside
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Activities and games based on the Five Pathways to Nature Connections, Noticing Nature, Wellbeing, Behaviour Change and Forest Schools
Activities and games for every environment – large or small
Techniques for delivering fun, effective learning and play outside
Designing outdoor spaces for learning and play