The Natural Academy – PARTNER FEATURE

Learning that grows and connects

The understanding  and practice of  Nature Connection is blooming. This is in part due to the work of organisations like Natural Academy, who work with individuals and organisations to deliver accredited training courses and ongoing support to help them work with people in Nature.

As we are now understanding, it isn’t just time in Nature that is beneficial, but more importantly our relationship with Nature that has the greatest impact. Expert facilitation is key to helping create these feelings of connection, so the more we share best practice and support others in become expert facilitators, the better. Natural Academy are doing this in several ways…

The Pathway

If you are an individual seeking a career in nature, health and wellbeing, ecotherapy and eco-depth Natural Academy’s vocational pathway is for you.

Nature Well

Nature Well is an accredited, evidence-informed model developed to support health, wellbeing, and ecological care through structured, nature-based interventions. The model has been tested across NHS Trusts, social prescribing schemes, and community settings, providing a replicable and trusted framework.

Online

Wherever you are, and in your own time, you can complete one of  the Natural Academy’s interactive online courses in ecopsychology or nature connectedness. You will learn simple but effective tools and practices to apply to your personal and professional life.

We will be working with Natural Academy to co-design a programme of nature connection workshops. These sessions will run from Spring 2026 to Spring 2028. They will be run by eight local facilitators, which we will fund training for. We will be working with adolescents to address the dip in nature connectedness in the early teenage years, as well as adults that would benefit most from nature-based strategies to improve mental health.