The Outdoor OT

Bringing together knowledge, sharing good practice and supporting occupational therapists. Interested in all things outdoors + connections with nature, Include @OutdoorOt and I will retweet. Let’s share ideas, celebrate great practice and opportunities. Let’s grow together!

Make a leaf lantern! 🍂🕯️🍁 Making lanterns is a lovely activity to do at this time of year. As the evenings are drawing in, many children are experiencing being up when it’s dark again for the first time in months. #leafcrafts #martinmas #steinercrafts #martinmaslantern

A huge thank you to everyone who faced the weather yesterday and joined us for our open day in Reading! We had a fantastic time showing you around the gardens, sharing our work, and feeding you cake. If you attended, let us know in the comments! 🍰

We have completed more wildflower areas as part of the project! Sorrel Drive Park in Rugby is now harrowed and sown thanks to our efforts yesterday. Coton Park is also harrowed, and just needs to be sown with seed tomorrow! Thanks everyone! #networkfornature #exploredunsmore

“The activities that are the easiest, cheapest, and most fun to do – such as singing, playing games, reading, storytelling, and just talking and listening – are also the best for child development.” Jerome Singer #childdevelopment #earlyyears #simplicityparenting

This week we're celebrating Volunteers Week! Volunteers are at the heart of Thrive and so this week we'll be sharing our gratitude and recognition of the amazing work they do! ⭐

My latest blog looks at the research on nature connection and climate anxiety: findingnature.org.uk/2024/04/23/cli…

'It’s brilliant to see this research confirming that trees are literal life-savers, protecting city-dwellers against the impacts of heatwaves in urban areas. This should spur us all on to expand our urban forests as a key action to adapt to a warmer future climate. We hope that policy-makers and city planners take note!' - ​​​ Jessica Allan, Science & Action Research Manager​ Read more here > buff.ly/3JvXZYz

The Dunsmore team have been out and about in the last couple of weeks, doing a bit of surveying and checking up on the hedges we planted last year! #exploredunsmore #networkfornature

We're delighted to have been featured in The Sun by Gardening Editor Veronica Lorraine, who recently came to visit our centre in London. 🌱 🔗Click the link to find out more about her visit: bit.ly/4aZJhFz

You can borrow a Tramper from our Tebay hub, conveniently situated at Eden Ewe Nique Lonnin. This all-terrain wheelchair allows individuals with reduced mobility to venture onto the rugged foothills of the Howgills. access-the-dales.com/eden-ewe-nique…

Have you checked out our events for 2024 yet! We have plenty planned and available to book through our website! Let us know if you have any questions! access-the-dales.com/accessible-wal… @Yorkshire_Life @yorkshire_dales @LoveNorthYorks1 #yorkshiredales #event #adventure #accessibility

Our client gardeners in Reading have been busy getting ready for spring! 🌷🌼 They have been planting up pots that are ideal for Mother’s Day gifts and making a variety of bird boxes. Available from the Potting Bench table in our car park.

Sounds like an interesting job... Royal Horticultural Society @The_RHS wants a Postdoc to use research evidence to optimise design of gardens, planting schemes & horticulturally related health interventions to promote human wellbeing. Closes 26th Feb. dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/wellbeing-…

I am about to send out some of @Tesco funded green themed activity letterboxes to socially isolated older adults in @HertsmereBC and @WatfordCouncil who struggle to get out of their home. @RCOT_OP @RCOT_Lauren @RCOT_MH @EndLonelinessUK

Recently I’ve made a sort of living photo of spring flowers on my garden steps to help my brain through very dark times. Voles live under the steps & pop up when I put seeds out & a wren visits every day. There’s also a small owl. Hopefully this photo will lift your mood too x🌿

To uplift everyone's mood, we've transformed 'Blue Monday' into the vibrant and positive 'Pink Monday' at St Luke's!💗 #PinkMonday

New Year, New Plant, and what a colourful image! @STH4PC #wellbeing #houseplant #PinkMonday

As one of the first flowers of spring, snowdrops often symbolise new beginnings, hope and ability to overcome challenges. On Friday some of our client gardeners evoked this spirit by spending the afternoon splitting snowdrops to share for sale on the entrance plant table.

Happy Valentines Day! Sharing our love to those we appreciate here at Thrive - our wonderful client gardeners, staff, volunteers and supporters ❤️

Ever fancied volunteering with us but not taken the plunge yet? We are running volunteer taster days at our Reading site on Thursday 22 Feb and Monday 11 March from 10am-12pm. To register or for more information, contact: 📞0118 988 5688 ✉️trunkwell@thrive.org.uk