Green Pathways - Peterborough

Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames.	Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Green Pathways Froglife’s Green Pathways scheme, encourages young people to take part in positive activities linked to conservation in their local community. We all know what people think about teenagers. But, given the right environment, we know they can be creative, enthusiastic and talented. The previous Green Pathways scheme was highly successful in engaging with younger young people (most of the participants were of primary school age) but in this reincarnation we are focussing on teenagers, aged 12-19. This project is all about giving young people who may find it difficult in normal life, the opportunity to shine. The target audience is disadvantaged or vulnerable young people which is quite a broad category. These young people may live in a deprived area, they may have a history of drug or alcohol abuse, they may be a young carer or attend a special school, they may be exhibiting challenging behaviour in or out of school or be deemed by their teacher or youth worker 'at risk of offending'. Whatever it is, these young people have a harder time than most and would benefit from the extra attention and the positive outlet that Froglife offers. We engage these young people in positive conservation linked activities in green spaces across Peterborough. We signpost them to additional help and support relevant to their wants and needs, and help them enjoy and learn about the natural world. Green Pathways' main tool is the long term project. Young people are referred to us for up to 12 weeks and we work with them in small groups on a defined project that they help plan, raise funds for and showcase. This could be building a yurt on a local nature reserve, digging a wildlife pond in a community garden, surveying for snakes, creating environmental art in a park or clearing scrub to restore habitat for the local newt population. Embedded into the programme of hard graft, young people also get to visit a different green space on their patch and carry out team and confidence building activities. We also run a more casual weekly drop in session in which we do similar practical activities but with a shorter lifespan. These activities run from different locations each week. Targeting schools and youth groups in particularly deprived areas of Peterborough, Green Pathways offers an outreach service. This might be a classroom session on careers in conservation, climate change or the role of charities in conservation, or perhaps something more reptile-y or amphibian-themed. We also work with groups in their own school grounds offering environmental education sessions with young people or working with them in their wildlife garden. Froglife is really excited about the potential of this project to really affect young people, their communities and the relationship between the two. Find out more O Project officer Rebecca Neal: 01733 425826 or rebecca.neal@froglife.org. O The history of Green Pathways in Peterborough.
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