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Wild About Wellbeing

The Wildlife Trusts
Nature
Safe and Accessible Green and Blue Spaces Project
Arts
Wellbeing
Social Prescribing
Nature Prescriptions
Nature and Wellbeing
Mental Health
Neurodivergence
Beat the Street
Green Gyms
Wildlife Trusts
Know Before You Go
Creativity
Curriculum
RSPB
Creativity In Nature
Urban Green Space
Nature Conservation
Education

Wild About Wellbeing is a podcast by The Wildlife Trusts. Here, join Rob Gordon and Dom Higgins as they talk about all things to do with nature and health.

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Dom and Rob are joined by Miles Richardson from the University of Derby, to share his insight into the importance of being connected to nature, how nature helped his creative process, self-assembly wardrobes and robot dogs, and how we are all a part ... more

We are joined by Alexis Johnson, Nature and Wellbeing Officer at RSPB, to talk about RSPB's work in social prescribing and how creativity plays a part.

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Dom and Rob are joined by Professor Daisy Fancourt, the author of Art Cure: How The Arts Can Transform Your Health. She shares her own findings and research into the importance of art and creativity to our wellbeing, and discusses the parallels betwe... more

Welcome to season three of Wild About Wellbeing! In this season, we are taking a look at the connection between nature, creativity and health. In our first episode of the season, join Dom and Rob as they share how creativity helps them, and hear what... more

In our final episode of season two of Wild About Wellbeing, we are joined by Joe Harkness to discuss his book Neurodivergent, By Nature: Why Biodiversity Needs Neurodiversity. We talk about neurodiversity in the conservation sector, barriers to entry... more

On this episode, Dom and Rob are joined by Sammy Fraser from Butterfly Conservation to talk about the Big Butterfly Count, the Wild Spaces programme, and how wellbeing and community play an important part in Butterfly Conservation's work.

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On this episode, Dom and Rob are joined by Miriam Bentley-Rose to talk about the Safe and Accessible Green and Blue Spaces project, how community was an integral part of the process, and what it will mean for access in the future.

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On this episode, Dom and Rob talk to Dr William Bird about Active Essex, Beat the Street, Dr Bird's own experiences as a GP, and how community and access to nature play a part in keeping us all healthy.

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Alexis Johnson
Nature and Wellbeing Officer for the RSPB
RSPB
Episode: Nature and Creativity: Social Prescribing With RSPB
Daisy Fancourt
Professor of Psychobiology and Epidemiology
University College London
Episode: Nature and Creativity: Daisy Fancourt - How Art Improves Our Wellbeing
Miles Richardson
Academic discussing nature-based wellbeing
University of York / The Natural Environment
Episode: Nature and Creativity: How Creativity Helps Us
Kathy Willis
Author of Good Nature, referenced in season
National Trust / House of Lords lectures
Episode: Nature and Creativity: How Creativity Helps Us
Joe Harkness
Naturalist, special education teacher, author of Bird Therapy and Neurodivergent By Nature
Independent author; Neurodivergent By Nature
Episode: Community and Access: Joe Harkness and Neurodivergent, By Nature
Sammy Fraser
Wild Spaces Officer, Engagement and Volunteering Team, Butterfly Conservation
Butterfly Conservation
Episode: Community and Access: The Big Butterfly Count
Miriam Bentley-Rose
Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at The Wildlife Trusts
The Wildlife Trusts
Episode: Community and Access: Safe and Accessible Green and Blue Spaces
Dr. William Bird
General Practitioner focused on nature-health collaboration
Intelligent Health / GP
Episode: Community and Access: Dr William Bird

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Rob Gordon
Host of Wild About Wellbeing
Dom Higgins
Co-host of Wild About Wellbeing

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Nature and Creativity: Daisy Fancourt - How Art Improves Our Wellbeing
Q: How can we widen access to arts and nature in education and healthcare?
Daisy discusses the need for spaces and policy support, integrating arts and nature into curricula, maintaining access to libraries and venues, and encouraging youth engagement to build skills like creativity and resilience for future jobs.
Nature and Creativity: Daisy Fancourt - How Art Improves Our Wellbeing
Q: What practical actions can listeners take to boost wellbeing through arts and nature?
She highlights book-end guidance from Art Cure, emphasizing tailored, evidence-based techniques, improving focus during engagements, and simple home-based creative activities that don't require significant cost or time to yield benefits.
Nature and Creativity: Daisy Fancourt - How Art Improves Our Wellbeing
Q: Can you just tell us how you got into that whole area and what you're finding?
Daisy explains starting in the NHS exploring clinical innovations where arts and gardening in hospitals showed meaningful improvements in experiences and outcomes, and how she pursued evidence to quantify these benefits, bridging clinical practice with research.
Community and Access: Safe and Accessible Green and Blue Spaces
Q: Why is it important to have these guides and how will they be used?
The guides provide an all-in-one resource for best practices, including know-before-you-go information, to help landowners open spaces to the public without compromising biodiversity, while also offering community engagement strategies and digital tools like webcams to broaden access.
Community and Access: Safe and Accessible Green and Blue Spaces
Q: What is the Safe and Accessible Green and Blue Spaces project and why was it created?
The project consolidates research from multiple organizations to identify common barriers to accessing nature across different groups, then creates practical guides and know-how for landowners to design spaces that are safe, accessible, and inclusive, with input from people with lived experience and funding support.

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Wild About Wellbeing focuses on the intersection of nature, health, and community wellbeing, with conversations that blend scientific insights, practical applications, and real-world case studies. Episodes frequently center on nature-based approaches to health, social prescribing, accessibility to green spaces, and collaborations between conservation groups and health-focused institutions. Noteworthy is the show's emphasis on actionable guidance for practitioners and organizations—from easy-to-implement nature prescriptions to inclusive, community-centered programs—often featuring researchers, practitioners, and charity partners. This mix makes it helpful for professionals in health, conservation, education, and ORG leadership seeking evide... more

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4. Kathy Willis
5. Joe Harkness
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