30 Days Wild coming soon – free Taster course

Spending time in nature makes us happier and healthier. Whether you smell a wildflower, listen to birdsong or taste wild blackberries, nature enhances all of our senses. Are you a grandparent, parent, teacher or teaching assistant looking for ways to engage young people in the environment? Would you like to learn some simple and inexpensive ways of occupying children out of doors? This FREE course is for you. Thursday 19^th May 10.00-3.30 Going Wild with the Wildlife will cover a number of activities to do with young people including minibeasts hunts, pond dipping and some earth education activities. The course is run in partnership with Middlesbrough Community Learning and more information can be found at http://www.teeswildlife.org/event/go-wild-with-the-wildlife-trust/ or ring 01287636382.

The course is ideal preparation for 30 Days Wild  which returns in 2016, with The Wildlife Trusts asking everyone do something wild every day from 1 – 30 June.  Whether you take time out to simply smell a wildflower, listen to birdsong, explore a local wild place or leave a part of your garden to grow wild for a month.  This year, the conservation organisation aims to inspire people to carry out one million Random Acts of Wildness, listing 101 fun and intriguing ideas online to get you started.  It’s all about making nature part of your life for 30 days – and it’s free.  Sign up at www.wildlifetrusts.org/30DaysWild.  Share your 30 Days Wild with us on twitter, Instagram and facebook using #30DaysWild

We want adults to dance in the rain and make cheeky cocktails out of natural ingredients, like elderflowers. Children and families can make wild works of art; go star-gazing or even put down their technology for a whole day. Even people at work can find time for wildlife, by taking meetings outside in the sun and transforming work spaces into wildlife habitats.