Mental Health Groups

...helping people with anxiety, depression or low mood

At Inside Out we aim to use nature to make a positive change to everyone's health and wellbeing. Our Woodland Wellbeing sessions offer time to immerse yourself in the natural world through activities including bushcraft and foraging, building, lighting and cooking on fires, environmental arts, natural crafts and a focus on mindfulness in nature. 

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What are the benefits?

Trees and green spaces are unrecognised healers, offering benefits from increases in mental wellbeing through mindfulness and can provide a flexible set of skills to manage your mental health and to support wellbeing.

Spending time outdoors in nature can:

• improve your sleep quality
• help you to feel less overwhelmed
• positively change the way you think and feel about your experiences (especially stressful experiences)
• help you to make wiser choices increase your ability to manage difficult situations
• reduce levels of anxiety reduce levels of depression reduce levels of stress help you to clear your mind 

Nearly two thirds of us have experienced mental ill health at some point in our lifetime. Paying more attention to the present moment - to your own thoughts and feelings, and to the world around you - can improve your mental wellbeing.

About our Sessions

Each session will begin with a short, informal introduction followed by free choice of activities, and end with an optional reflection time. There is no pressure to participate in group activities and all tasks are optional. Our Woodland Wellbeing sessions offer an inclusive, supportive environment to simply be outside amongst a community of like-minded people. Suitable outdoor clothing is required(outdoor footwear, waterproofs and long-sleeves. Drinks and snacks are provided.

"Thank you so much to Esther and team for delivering a fantastic forest school skills afternoon to the students at The Manchester Hospital Schools. Students were guided through activities in a supportive environment which enabled all of our students, many with high anxiety to take part in every aspect of the afternoon. The activities stimulated social interactions between pupils who find this extremely challenging. We will 100% be having another event in the near future!"
Kieran Halliwell, Educational Visits Co-ordinator, Leo Kelly Centre

Pricing

Our events/sessions are competitively priced. Our rates include materials, tools and lunch. Subsidies available for block bookings.

• Full day (5 hrs) £50pp
• Half day (2hrs) £30pp

New Venue - Woods for Hire

If you are interested in running any sessions from a private site, we have recently collaborated with a farm in Romiley, Stockport which has acres of land and a small patch of woodland which would be perfect to run Eco therapy sessions from. 

There is also accommodation on site for up to 10 guests. This would suit hiking parties, First Aid courses. Art/craft weekends, wellbeing retreats (yoga courses). 

 If you are interested, please get in touch with Esther via phone or email and we can give you more details.