Breathe Aberfeldy’s Seedcorn project ‘walk and talk’ and their Ideas Fund project, the ‘wellbeing walk’ is an excellent example of young people connecting with their local natural heritage and creating a wellbeing resource for the whole community.

Hear Jamie talking about the project at the Young People & Place Festival

The group’s next plan is to take VR headsets into the local care home, so that older people who can’t go on the walk can experience it virtually.

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greenspace scotland engages and empowers young people through the Young Placechangers programme.

Young Placechangers puts young people in the lead role – bringing together the wider community to look at local spaces and plan improvements. The Young Placechangers programme has used a co-production approach to develop and pilot a training and support programme enabling young people to transform both the place they live, their relationship to it and the wider community.

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