The WWP is a peer-to-peer programme of therapeutic activities for armed forces personnel, veterans and members of the blue light community. It provides participants with the opportunity to: Recuperate , Recalibrate and Re-engage. Set predominately within a woodland environment, activities are centred around bushcraft and the natural world. Many referrals to the programme are those who have become disengaged and lack confidence to continue as before. Participants can self refer and they do not need to have been diagnosed with a physical or mental health condition to attend. Examples of activities include foraging, tracking, making fire and shelters, archery, wild cooking, natural history, woodland and land management, green woodworking, hedgelaying ,drystone walling the day to day running of a smallholding. Natural environments can introduce an element of physical and mental challenge, something that is often lost in those suffering with mental health issues. Spending time in the woodland environment throughout the seasons brings its own personal challenges. Woodcraft activities, for example, provides an increased sense of accomplishment and achievement from learning a new skill, leading to increased self esteem, resilience, self worth and confidence. Whittling provides a physical and mental challenge. It develops problem solving skills and increases focus, motivation and concentration as well creativity and adaptability. In 2022 a small holding was added to the WWP's portfolio. Here participants can learn about permaculture, bee keeping and volunteer with tasks such as the annual apple harvest. Participants are able to attend multiple experiences and are able to continue to be part the programme for as long as courses are available. All courses and experiences are provided at no cost to beneficiaries. Funding is sourced through grants and donations. In 2024, the WWP had 193 active beneficiaries. WWP activities focussed primarily on developing the Bee Hive Project. During the course of the project the WWP delivered 4 x introduction to bee keeping sessions. These were progressive sessions designed to give participants an insight into the bee keeper’s year. This saw 28 new members enrolled in the WWP. Feedback: “Thanks so much for yesterday, it was just what I needed! It was really great to meet you and Nick and be part of something that's going to be an awesome project from the start” J Donohue, Jan 24 “Its honestly looking fantastic, I had no clue about bee keeping, its great to learn more about it” C Day May 24 Many of the participants were accompanied by family members. They were able to complete the tasks together to build long lasting happy memories and improve their family bond and social cohesion. One participant enjoyed making the frames so much that he took home a number of boxes of unassembled frames and spent his evenings putting them together. He told us that he found it very relaxing. Many of our existing veteran volunteers continued to help us extract the honey at the end of August. As a direct result of this project, one participant decided to join their local Bee Keepers Association, participate in a six week course and purchase his own hive; inspiring him to start his own bee keeping journey. The WWP also gained a regular bee keeping volunteer through this project; the daughter of one of our military veterans who suffered with social anxiety. Her father told us how proud and pleased they were that she became involved in this project as this helped her with her social anxiety and got her out into the outdoors more than she would have. In addition, the WWP continued to support our existing beneficiaries through events such as our annual apple harvest and woodland conservation volunteer days. Any profits made by the WWP are invested directly back into the company.

In 2024 the WWP continued to engage and consult with The Blue Light Foundation, Invictus Games Foundation and Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust. As the WWP’s strategic partners, staff from the Blue Light Foundation and Invictus Games Foundation have provided key advice and mentorship for the WWP in terms of delivery of programmes. They were consulted formally initially via a stringent application process and via monitoring reports and then informally through regular phone calls with staff. They also provided essential grant funding and provided an additional layer of quality assurance and due diligence in terms of WWP’s policies and project spending. The WWP surveyed their current beneficiaries to establish which activities they would like to become involved in in 2024. The overwhelming majority expressed an interest in learning more about bee keeping. The WWP therefore engaged a new stakeholder to facilitate this; North Somerset Council who supported the WWP with securing funding for the Bee Hive Project via the UK Government’s Rural Prosperity Fund. Initial consultation took place via an application process demonstrating that the WWP could deliver on their key requirements. The application was successful and this relationship will continue into 2025. Additionally, members of the WWP community embarked on their own fundraising challenges which helped to relieve pressure for reliance on grants from other third sector organisations.

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