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Researchers find that disadvantaged young people benefit from supported nature activities (www.froglife.org)

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OU researchers have produced new evidence which suggests that disadvantaged and vulnerable young people benefit from supported nature-focused activities. Green Pathways participants exploring their local woods.

Dr Jitka Vseteckova (Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies) and Dr Joanna Horne (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences), are authors on a co-produced article titled: Ecotherapy and out-of-classroom learning for vulnerable and disadvantaged young people: an evaluation of a project in England, which has just been published in the journal, Environmental Education Research.

The paper is the result of a long-term inclusive research engagement and co-production between the OU and the Froglife Trust, funded by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.

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