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The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare has joined the 2.6 Challenge
Published by sarah on Mon, 2020-05-04 17:23

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH) has joined the 2.6 Challenge, a nationwide fundraising campaign launched in response to COVID-19 to save the UK's Charities.

Any funds raised by CSH is being used to buy trees to plant at our 190+ NHS Forest sites across the UK. These will enhance natural outdoor spaces at hospitals and health centres, allowing people to enjoy green space at NHS sites for therapy, rehabilitation and relaxation.
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Coronavirus lockdown: we need nature now more than ever before
Published by andriele on Fri, 2020-04-24 12:01

As part of the current lockdown, the government has advised us not to leave our houses for things other than getting food, health reasons or work (if you cannot work from home). In addition to this, those of us who are not self-isolating are able to enjoy a daily form of exercise outdoors.
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Great Outdoor Gym sponsors 700 trees at NHS Forest sites
Published by carey.newson on Thu, 2020-03-19 11:15

We're delighted that the Great Outdoor Gym Company has generously sponsored 700 new trees to be planted at our NHS Forest sites - including a hospital in Liverpool, Bethlem Royal Hospital in South East London and Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor. The donation helps mark NHS Sustainability Day - Thursday 19 March 2020.
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Green Spaces to support recovery and wellbeing at Oxford Health
Published by sarah on Sun, 2019-09-29 17:35

Green Spaces to support recovery and wellbeing at Oxford Health
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Book your NHS Forest Conference place
Published by sarah on Mon, 2019-07-29 16:04

Join us at the NHS Forest Conference 2019 Theme for our 10 year celebration: Engaging communities with green space for health

Friday 11 October 2019, 9:30am - 3:30pm

This conference will bring together clinicians, estate managers, conservation workers, artists and researchers to inspire the use of green space for the benefit of health, at healthcare centres across the country.
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Managing rainwater – new research into good practice
Published by carey.newson on Fri, 2019-07-26 21:45

Hospital Estates Departments with experience of Sustainable Drainage Systems are invited to share their experience in a new study. The Greater London Authority is working with the Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) to develop good practice guidance on the better management of rainwater for buildings and their surrounding estates. Sustainable drainage comes in many forms, from rain gardens, swales and wetlands to permeable pavements. The guidance will showcase what can be achieved, highlight the benefits and offer practical advice.
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NHS Forest Conference 2019

Fri, 2019-10-11 09:30
This conference will bring together clinicians, estate managers, conservation workers, artists and researchers to inspire the use of green space for the benefit of health, at healthcare centres across the country.

The event is a celebration of ten years of the NHS Forest and green space network - an alliance of 190 healthcare centres working to make the most of their outdoor spaces for patients, staff and the wider community.
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We're hiring again - would you like to join our growing NHS Forest and Greenspace programme?
Published by carey.newson on Mon, 2019-05-06 13:16

How can the environment contribute to people’s health? How can we mainstream environmental interventions within health and social care systems? Would you like to join our Greenspace and NHS Forest programme as a project officer to play a role in this important transformation?
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Revitalising green spaces at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
Published by sarah on Tue, 2019-04-23 15:13

Mount Vernon Cancer Centre in Northwood, on the outskirts of London, is starting work on a two-year programme to redesign several green spaces in the hospital grounds. The Centre, run by East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, historically specialized in TB and retains its original sanatorium building, though now occupied by offices. Its terraces and balconies, once used for fresh air treatment, overlook a large expanse of lawn, with a grove of mature trees nearby.
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GP surgeries go Bee Healthy
Published by carey.newson on Wed, 2019-04-10 11:56

We’re offering GP practices in Oxfordshire the chance to create havens for bumblebees as part of the Bee Healthy project. This new pilot scheme, run by the Trust for Oxfordshire’s Environment in partnership with the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare and Wild Oxfordshire, will provide funds and support to help two health centres plant bee-friendly borders in their grounds.
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