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Working with health and environment teams improving health monitoring of green space projects
Published by sarah on Tue, 2015-05-05 13:20

CSH has been involved in a great project with Central Bedfordshire to engage both the countryside access and health teams. We have helped develop robust health monitoring systems which will be evaluated by a newly established steering group. These will be used to determine the health benefits of taking part in exercise in nature. Part of the work involved reviewing the area’s health priorities and identifying existing green space projects which could be used to engage target health groups in the local population.
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Greater London Authority Tree Nursery Study
Published by sarah on Mon, 2015-04-27 13:23

Greater London Authority Community Tree Nurseries study and links with the NHS Forest

As part of the Mayor’s RE:LEAF programme The Next Field, a green spaces business consultancy, has been commissioned by the GLA to explore the potential for London to establish and sustain a wider network of community led tree nurseries.
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The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare walk their local green health route for NHS Sustainability Day!
Published by sarah on Thu, 2015-03-26 12:14

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare team walks the local green health route they helped to create on NHS Sustainability Day, demonstrating their commitment to creating and using green space for health.
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Sites taking part in NHS Sustainability day due to plant over 500 trees!
Published by sarah on Mon, 2015-03-23 10:54

Over 20 NHS Forest sites are taking part in planting 2 trees @ 2pm for NHS Sustainability Day on the 26th March 2015. Healthcare organisations involved range from large teaching hospitals and mental health trusts to ambulance services. More than 500 trees are being planted during the day, many of which have been generously sponsored by the Great Outdoor Gym Company.
Related file:
NHS Forest 2 Trees 2015 hi res.pdf
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University Hospital, Birmingham plants 370 trees in February 2015!
Published by sarah on Wed, 2015-03-11 10:43

This planting season University Hospital, Birmingham has been busying planting 370 trees over the weekend of the 22/23 February 2015. 120 of them are fruit trees! The majority of which being a mixture of apples, cooking and eating, plum, cherry, pear and damson. These trees are mainly traditional varieties from the Midlands.
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Marston Green Health Route publishes its map
Published by sarah on Wed, 2015-03-04 09:49

Thanks to a grant from 'Awards for All', the national lottery's Big Lottery fund, and the generosity of several other donors, The Centre for Sustainable Health Care is to facilitate the setting up of a Green Health Route in Marston, a suburb of Oxford, to encourage local people to get outside and use and enjoy their greenspace.
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Book now for 2@2 tree planting on NHS Sustainability Day of Action 2015
Published by sarah on Tue, 2015-01-27 11:38

Book the date and start organising now for the 2015 NHS Sustainability Day of Action on 26th March, 2015.

If you would like to take part in the NHS Forest's 2@2 campaign, that involves planting 2 trees at 2 o'clock, please contact NHS Forest team. We also have a number of trees to give away, so if your site would like 10 trees or more do let us know!

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New partnership calls for better 'Landscapes for Everyone'
Published by Ingeborg on Mon, 2015-01-26 00:00

On 20th January 2015, charities across the UK joined forces to campaign for the protection and enhancement of our treasured landscapes.

Encompassing 27 national and regional organisations, including the Campaign to Protect Rural England, National Trust, British Mountaineering Council, Wilderness Foundation, and The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (the charity that runs the NHS Forest), the coalition is believed to be the largest ever to be formed on this issue.
Related file:
Landscapes_for_everyone.pdf
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New: Call for Nature and Wellbeing Act
Published by Mary on Tue, 2015-01-06 12:33

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare has partnered with The Wildlife Trusts and the RSPB to call for a new Nature and Wellbeing Act. The Act would put nature at the heart of how decisions are made about health, housing and other development, education, economic growth, flood resilience and every community. Multiple studies show that people who have a connection with the natural environment stay healthier and recover from illness more quickly than those who are isolated from nature, which is the whole rationale behind CSH’s NHS Forest programme.
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NHS Forest Christmas Crowdfunding Appeal
Published by sarah on Mon, 2014-12-15 13:36

This Christmas, the NHS Forest team have launched our Christmas Crowdfunding appeal. Within a few days we have almost reached half of our target but we still need your help. In order to receive any of the donations we need to raise £1000, all donations count and for as little as £5 you could be helping to plant trees and greening NHS estates!
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