Tag: YouCAN
How the Countryside Education Trust is supporting young people in green careers
By creo
We got to know the staff and interns starting out in the environmental sector at the Countryside Education Trust and what the practical experience they are gaining means to them. The Countryside Education Trust (CET) in Beaulieu, now in its 50th year, has supported 15 interns and two early careers staff members so far through … Continued
First New Forest Thrive nature festival free for all the family
By creo
A new community festival will take place for the first time on the edge of the New Forest this summer. The New Forest Thrive event will take place on Sunday 6 July at Carvers Recreation Ground in Ringwood to celebrate everything that makes the New Forest the special and unique place it is. Led by … Continued
Youth for Climate and Nature scheme marks successful ‘Midway Moment’
By creo
The Youth for Climate and Nature (YouCAN) scheme has reached its halfway stage. Here is a collection of some of the successes so far, you may have seen some of these shared on our social media channels in March and April 2025 with #MidwayMoment. Blogs: ‘I just feel alive’: How the YouCAN scheme helped Charlie … Continued
‘Theatre is the perfect platform’: How young voices shaped new play on climate and nature emergencies
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Bringing the Outside In will follow a final year sixth form student in a soul-stirring exploration of fear, hope, and the importance of community, viewed through a local lens and inspired by Southampton’s urban landscape and the city’s nearby New Forest National Park. It will bring attention to topics of climate anxiety in young … Continued
’I just feel alive’: How the YouCAN scheme helped Charlie find his passion for working outside
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We joined Charlie at CET on a chilly January morning where he was practising coppicing, a traditional woodland management technique that has been used in this particular woodland in the Beaulieu estate for several hundred years – originally to support the boat building industry at Bucklers’ Hard. Now, much of CET’s coppiced woodland, such as … Continued