Positive Steps Outdoors – Green Therapy Seminar
19th May 2023 10:00 am - 12:00 am
Venue: Ormeau Baths, Belfast
Free
11th May 2023
Event Description
SENI member Positive Steps Outdoors invite you to join them on the morning of the 19 May 23, during mental health awareness week, at the Ormeau Baths, Belfast to explore mental and physical health challenges in communities and businesses, the value of improved mental and physical health and the role that engaging with the outdoors through green therapy plays in promoting wellbeing.
During the seminar, following a welcome by ex-boxer Carl Frampton, you will have the chance to hear from speakers from Positive Steps Outdoors, Aware NI, Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke, British Mountaineering Council, the Wellbeing Pathway, Belfast Hills Partnership and Mourne Heritage Trust.
The programme for the day is:
10:00 – 10:15: Arrival coffee and tea
10:15 – 10:20: Welcome by ex-boxer Carl Frampton
10:20 – 1025: Introduction to the day (Alan Elwood Director, Positive Steps Outdoors)
10:25 – 10:40: The mental health challenge (Marina Mc Cully, Head of Service Development Aware)
1040 -10:55: The Physical health Challenge (Emma McCrudden, Programme Manager – Work Well Live Well, Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke)
10:55 – 11:10: The value of Green Therapy (Dr Jeremy Windsor British Mountaineering Council and the British Mountain Medicine Society)
11:10 – 11:25: Real People’s Stories (Catherine Murrin – The Wellbeing Pathway)
11:25 – 11:45: Accessing Green Therapy (Positive Steps Outdoors, Mourne Heritage Trust and Belfast Hills Partnership).
11:45 – 12:00: Round-up & Thanks
Read about the seminar and register here and follow them on Linked In”.
*Donation
They are asking for a small donation of a minimum £10 per attendee to cover the costs of refreshments which are being provided by Stepping Stones who support people facing all kinds of barriers to employment including learning difficulties, Autism, ADHD and Dyslexia and Mental Health issues. You can make this donation via the link below. Please leave your name and your organisations name.
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