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Wellbeing Activities for Young People

Health and wellbeing programmes for young people

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Funded by: Community Mental Health Fund

Outputs:

Outdoor science activities with young people
Outdoor environmental arts – opportunities for unstructured creative activities
Woodland Activities. These are delivered in local woodlands and involves a range of activities including tree I.D., green exercise, and relaxation.

Outcomes:

Improve knowledge of the local environment
Improved lifelong resilience for young people
Help reduce anger and bring focus for young people
Increase confidence for young people
Restore mental health and positive mood for young people
Improve stamina and levels of physical activity for young people
Improved perception of neighbourhood and sense of place
Improved mental health and emotional wellbeing of young people
Increased capacity of carers in supporting the emotional needs of their young people

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Active Travel Wellbeing Programme

Encouraging people to use active travel for everyday journeys

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Now that I have been to bike club I like cycling Bike Club participant

Funded by: Smarter Choices, Smarter Places, SESTrans

Outputs:

Deliver a Bike Club with Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre in Moredun and Canongate Youth in the City Centre – (6 week programme) – one day a week Bike for 20 young people.
Deliver a cycling group in the South East locality for people who are isolated with health and wellbeing issues.
Develop and deliver a cycling group in the North East locality for isolate adults
Work with neighbourhood groups in Moredun Craigmillar and Restalrig to help encourage residents to take part in walking and jogging groups.
Work with the travel hub staff at RIE and University of Edinburgh to help promote the local active travel paths in the local area.
Promote the new active travel route to Portobello.

Outcomes:

help give young people confidence in cycling and learning new skills to maintain bikes
improve the health and wellbeing of deprived communities
help encourage the staff and patients from ERI to use new active travel routes to access appointments and services.
promote the active travel network and how it can link up with other areas in the city to encourage greater use of off road paths.

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Wellbeing Activities with the Travelling Community

Wellbeing project that will aim to connect minority groups to greenspaces

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Funded by: COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING FUND

Outputs:

Develop a programme with the travelling community
Deliver 24 half day taster outdoor sessions

Outcomes:

Help integrate the travelling communities to the local area
Increase appreciation for the local woodlands and wildlife
Improve the health and wellbeing of the travelling community
Improve the biodiversity of the local greenspaces.

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Water of Leith NCN Path Upgrade

Improved access along a strategic route to enable people of all abilities to be more active.

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The Water of Leith walkway is much-loved route for people walking, wheeling and cycling but as a regular user I know it can be muddy and less accessible in places. These upgrades will be transformative, helping even more people to enjoy the path as part of our excellent network of off-road routes spanning the city or perhaps just to visit the fantastic Colinton Tunnel mural. Once the walkway improvements are complete, lighting will be installed on the Spylaw Park section by the Council’s Parks and Green space team to encourage people in west Colinton to use this walking route into the village. Councillor Scott Arthur, Transport & Environment Convenor of the City of Edinburgh Council

Funded by: Sustrans, Transport Scotland

Outputs:

Upgrade a 6.7km section of path along the NCN 75 in south west Edinburgh
Drainage & Tree works

Outcomes:

enable people of all abilities to use the path.
provide a safe surface all year round.
encourage people to be more active.

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Nature Restoration Projects

Greenspace improvement projects to improve local biodiversity and help tackle the impacts of climate change.

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Funded by: NatureScot

Outputs:

Wildflower meadow creation / enrichment planting – Areas of wildflower meadow enrichment approximately 2.11ha of grassland along the Pentland to Portobello route. 6.9ha of grassland enrichment at Craigmillar Castle Park.
Hedging – created a well-structured hedge with a total length of 298 metres in Craigmillar Castle Park and 898 metres along the Pentland to Portobello route.
Scrub planting – Less formal “loose” hedgerow planted to create a wider, more wildlife friendly, and less intensively maintained edge feature using native shrub species with 547 trees along the Pentland to Portobello route.
Individual Specimen Tree Planting – Planting of 10 standard trees within Craigmillar Castle Park and 73 standard trees along the Pentland to Portobello route.
Tree group planting- Creating pockets of 0.65 ha of trees along the Pentland to Portobello route.
Orchard tree planting – Planting up 6 orchard trees in Burdiehouse Burn Valley Park.
Wetland – The creation of a new burn section 280m long and a wetland approximately 60m by 50m at Cammo. Creation of a 0.26ha wetland area at Little France Park with 0.02ha of wetland habitat restored.
Riparian Enhancement- Planting 91 trees along the water courses of alder and willow along with other native species.
Bulb planting –Planting up a total area of 2630m² of native bulb planting, including native snow drops. This would provide an opportunity for volunteers to get involved.

Outcomes:

Improve the biodiversity of urban grasslands
Provide habitats for wildlife
Improve the appearance of urban greenspaces
Provide communities with the opportunity to help tackle the nature and climate emergency

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Figgate Park Greenspace Improvements

New greenspace improvements to Figgate Park.

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After many years of campaigning The Friends of Figgate Park are absolutely delighted to, at last, see children enjoying the new facilities in the play park. The old play park was so tired, neglected and definitely past its sell-by-date. Countless hours spent trying to get the project off the ground and with the support and wonderful ideas of the local school children and community the newly upgraded play park has come to life with the help of City of Edinburgh Council and Edinburgh and Lothians Greenspace Trust”. The Friends of Figgate Park

Funded by: FCC Community Foundation, City of Edinburgh Council, The Cruyff Foundation, The Scottish Football Partnership & Trust Mushroom Trust

Outputs:

6 new pieces of play equipment including a play unit for toddlers and an assault course for older children.
2 pieces of all ability play equipment
A new Football Court
3 new picnic tables
1 new all inclusive picnic table
2 new benches
A 164 m2 new safer rubber surface
180 new scrubs

Outcomes:

Increased use of outdoor play for children of all abilities
Increased use of sport for young people
Less antisocial behaviour
Improved appearance of the local greenspace
Improved biodiversity

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Burnshot Bridge Greenspace Improvements

Improved greenspace and biodiversity

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Funded by: City of Edinburgh Council

Outputs:

Access improvement works
Tree planting
1,350m2 of wildflower meadow

Outcomes:

Benefits to wildlife and biodiversity
Foster a greater sense of community pride
Improved green networks and connectivity
A visible aesthetic improvement to the landscape

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Woodland Activities with Schools

Outdoor activities with schools to help them become more aware of their local environment and improve their wellbeing

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Teaching staff have commented that some of the young people have enjoyed being outside and learning about their local nature.

Funded by: Walter Scott Partners, City of Edinburgh Council- Children & Families

Outputs:

Deliver programmes with schools across the region
Work with a target of 25 children in a class
Work with approximately 2 members of staff to improve their skills and confidence
Deliver 6-8 outdoor education sessions per programme
Provide each class with an activity pack so they can carry out their own sessions
Work with Special schools to deliver a programme of 6 outdoor activities

Outcomes:

Enable young people to interact with nature
Encouraging young people to learn about their local greenspaces and wildlife
Increase the confidence of teachers to develop more regular outdoor activities
Increase safety awareness of oneself and others
Promote environmental awareness
Reduce impact of vandalism/ litter in open woodlands by encouraging socially-responsible behaviour
Improve children’s listening, communication, negotiation, verbal and social skills.
Improve children’s positive mental attitude, self-esteem and confidence
Promote Forest School programme to the school as a way to engage children and young people in their local woodland, supporting pupils’ emotional intelligence

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Creation of small woodlands in urban areas to improve local biodiversity and help tackle the impacts of climate change; as well as providing opportunities for people living in local communities to connect with nature.

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Getting communities involved in citizen science where they live is a vital step in understanding and solving our planet’s environmental crises – with Wee Forests, communities can collect the data we need on their doorstep.Steve Andrews, CEO, Earthwatch Europe

Funded by: NatureScot

Outputs:

Identify sites for Wee Forest Creation
Create Wee Forests in Edinburgh & the Lothians
600 trees are planted densely in a tennis-court size plot with additional space allocated for an outdoor classroom or other community space
Work with schools to run outdoor activities
Help attract over 500 animal and plant species within the first 3 year
4-6 volunteers per forest act as a Tree Keeper Team to act as the forest ambassadors and support with maintenance
Each forest is expected to engage up to 50 volunteers on planting and monitoring days
Environmental and social data will be collected for every forest planted for up to 10 years and will be made available on an open source basis through Earthwatch’s data platform. This will help us assess the benefits they provide over time.

Outcomes:

Help raise awareness of the key role woodlands play in supporting wildlife and increasing our resilience to climate change.
Help people connect with nature close to home. To give young people the chance to plant and look after their own forest in their own neighbourhood.
Help neighbourhoods become nature-rich and more resilient to climate change.
Provide communities with the opportunity to help tackle the nature and climate emergency and contribute to Scotland’s tree planting targets.

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Community Link Worker

Provides social prescribing to help people improve their health & wellbeing

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Funded by: Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership

Outputs:

Keeping up-to-date with what’s happening both locally and city wide, sharing with the wider team when appropriate
Highlighting gaps in services
Providing 4-6 sessions per patient
Providing feedback, case studies and stats
Attend CLW Locality Team meeting
Providing appropriate and timely interventions

Outcomes:

Encourage people to lead healthier active lives through participating in physical activities for all abilities in their local greenspaces to help improve their self-esteem.
Enabling participants to link up with local community groups so they can continue to participate sustainably
Develop relationships with patients/clients and support engagement with services and activities to promote the development of individual resilience and ability to self-manage
Build a good relationship with lead GP to monitor how the service is going.
Networking, building and strengthen relations with community organisations, services and groups.

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