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Let Nature Feed Your SensesAimsLet Nature Feed Your Senses will connect disengaged groups with nature. The main beneficiaries are young, disabled and older people. Through a national series of visits to the countryside the project aims to develop sustainable, lifelong connections between people and nature. Innovative activities, training and learning techniques will be used to provide a creative approach to environmental education; community engagement and visitor management. The focus will be on interactive sensory engagement, an approach that takes people beyond simply visiting the natural world to becoming emotionally connected and actively involved with it. The project will be exemplary in demonstrating how the range of barriers to accessing nature can be overcome. The project will be delivered through regional networks (a network of farms, nature reserves and environmental education centres) throughout England. It will:
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EvaluationFeedback will be gathered on the project’s success to share experiences and identify lessons learnt to provide a blueprint for others to use. Each site will be monitored on a quarterly basis both internally among the group in the Nature Networks and by the project leader. We will use peer-led reviews whereby beneficiaries are involved in gathering and reporting evidence. Measurements will be based on specific outputs and outcomes. This will include number of events, numbers attending, change of opinion, experience, habits and behaviour, particularly relating to understanding and personal relationship with nature. A full analysis of web hits and downloads will be recorded on a monthly basis. We will work with the University of Essex to monitor the health and wellbeing benefits and change in outlook and understanding.
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