The first charity to have received a second grant from our Community Fund, the Wilderness Foundation have invested it into their Chatham Green Project.
The Chatham Green Project is an outdoor living classroom, built across 400 acres of farmland in the heart of Essex, with more woodland now being added to the site. We visited with Director Richard Hyland, witnessing a programme of one-to-one counselling sessions in private outdoor ‘pods’, a primary school lesson about pond-diving (scooping out and examining trays of pond water for life) and group therapy for troubled teens. Education is at the heart of what The Wilderness Foundation do in Essex, whatever the age.
Those that work at the Chatham Green site have an in depth understanding of both the outdoors and its connection with education and mental health, and they share a caring and sharing ethos much like we do. What a wonderful charity they are, and worthy of being the first charity to have benefited from a second grant from the Community Fund. You can find out more about their work here.