Projects

As well as offering consultancy, Sensory Trust undertake short- and long-term projects which often include elements of research and dissemination of findings. The issues surrounding access to outdoor space and quality of experience in outdoor space are complex, and the diversity of the projects we are involved in reflects this. This page lists our current projects. For more in-depth information, take a look through our completed projects too.

Current projects include:

• Food Tastes Better Outdoors - will enable people with learning disabilities to prepare and package healthy food for picnics and discover suitable places to eat outdoors.
• Community Capacity Building. Working with the parishes of the Clay Area of Cornwall to develop and seek out individuals and informal groups to develop capacity for action.
• Harlow New Town extension. Sensory Trust is working on the extension to a substantial area to the north of Harlow New Town in Essex, UK.
• Creative Spaces. To create opportunities for older people with dementia to improve their environments, strengthen their communities and play a more active part in society.
• Let Nature Feed Your Senses - a new partnership between LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) and The Sensory Trust will connect disengaged groups and individuals with nature and the countryside, through food and farming.
• Clay Futures. To provide an opportunity for people who live in mid-Cornwall to have a say in decisions about the development of their area.
• Climate Change and Civil Society. A project to help non-environmental civil society groups engage with climate change and resource scarcity.
• Connect. This project connects older disabled people and people with learning disabilities with their local public spaces as a way of building lasting links between them and their wider communities.
• User engagement and staff training. As part of the Sensory Trust's continued program of furthering disabled people's access and enjoyment of the outdoor environment and public green space, we held an activity day at Lanhydrock House and Gardens.
• Eden Project. An on-going series of projects with Eden to develop inclusive experiences for visitors.

Let Nature Feed Your Senses

The three and a half year project will involve a new and exciting programme of activities and events throughout England, aimed at getting young people, disabled groups and older people out onto farms, nature reserves, education centres and city farms, to experience everyday nature and the countryside in their everyday life. More about the project...

Creative Spaces

Older people with dementia often feel isolated and stigmatised within their communities. Lack of social contact and meaningful experiences exacerbate isolation, depression and feelings of worthlessness. These impacts are shared by families and carers. The Creative Spaces project creates opportunities for older people with dementia to improve their environments, strengthen their communities and play a more active part in society. The project is based in mid-Cornwall, an area of social and economic disadvantage. More about Creative Spaces...

Clay Futures

Sensory Trust is a partner of the Clay Futures Project. The partnership aims to provide an opportunity for people who live in mid-Cornwall to have a say in decisions about the development of their area. More about Clay Futures...

Connect

This three year project connects older disabled people and people with learning disabilities with their local public spaces as a way of building lasting links between them and their wider communities. Both groups of people have been identified as commonly excluded from the benefits of using and getting involved in public green space and are often overlooked by public service providers. More about Connect..

Accessible information

This project is about improving access to public open space through the development and dissemination of accessible information. Involving people will be an important part of the work. People with learning difficulties, sensory impairments, physical disabilities, as well as young and older people, will be involved in planning and producing accessible information that can be used to make environments more accessible for everyone. More about the accessible information project.

Eden Project

Sensory Trust has a long-standing relationship with the Eden Project. We have worked with them since the beginning to provide accessible and inclusive experiences for all visitors to the site. More about our work with Eden...

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