Coed Lleol have recently hosted two seminar days as part of the Actif Woods Wales project.

Held in Aberystwyth and Treherbert on the 16th and 23rd March the days were a chance for health professionals, organisations and individuals with an interest in linking health care with the natural environment to come together with some of the participants on the programme to learn more about the approach used and share knowledge and experience, partly in a practical woodland setting.

Presentations included 'National Exercise Referral and the outdoors' and 'Nature connection and wellbeing'.

Some of the presentations from the Aberytwyth day can be downloaded from the links below- Treherbert ones to follow soon!

 FCW presentation- Aberystwyth seminar day

 Actif Woods Wales project presentation- March 2012

 NERS and green exercise- March 2012 presentation

The 'carousel' of woodland activities in Aberystwyth was particularly well received, and those at the Treherbert day said they valued the opportunity to network with others whilst trying out some of the woodland activities included in the Actif Woods Wales sessions.

Feedback from those attending included some of the following comments;

“Very good to see how health professionals and service providers support each other. Great opportunity to network and ask questions.”

“It was good to network with potential partner organisations, sharing ideas/skills, reconnecting with woodlands.”