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Family Wild Walks, Outdoor Families, Research - January 28, 2022

Feeling good on the inside about getting outside

How do you connect with nature even when you don’t have much time, stay out on your adventure for longer, or go out on an adventure even on the days you ‘don’t feel like it? The Feel Good Inside & Out project was designed to explore what makes people feel better physically and mentally, by getting outside every day. We hope by reading about our project, you, your friends and family will be inspired to go outdoors more regularly.

Outdoor Family Camping 2021

As the seasons turn, the trees shed their leaves and the nights draw in, we are looking back and reflecting on our Family Camping trips of 2021.

For our community, our Family Camping trips are a huge highlight of the year. We go to our haven, Fairyland, and we create a community together for a week. We share games, recipes, dreams, stories, adventures… Together, we make discoveries, meals and memories.

We rely on one another. "It is not possible to go camping with a baby single-handed unless you have a community around you to help," said one mum. "We are like a big family," said a child.

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Family Wild Walks, London National Park City - February 24, 2021

5 Top tips for taking a reluctant child or friend outdoors...

Whatever the weather, getting outside in lockdown will lift your mood, get you some much needed vitamin D and reduce stress and anxiety. Here's our five top tips guaranteed to make even the most reluctant friend or child enjoy a walk outside, even in the depths of autumn and winter!

Leave only footsteps... respect, protect, enjoy.

The Countryside Code isn’t very long, it’s not complicated, it isn’t hard to follow and it applies to nearby urban green spaces as well as to mountains and moors. We think it deserves to be refreshed and revived so everyone can enjoy the outdoors...

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