R&R PROJECTS

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R&R's Rewild Together youth program offers a range of curated projects designed in consultation with young people and key stakeholders to support creative development, health and wellbeing.

Our projects are designed to support young people to connect with each other and the natural world  co-creating space for each other as a community and exploring meaning and purpose.

This connection can take many forms and is lead by the young people connected with our program as they discover their interests, strengths and needs through nature connection and recovery.  

As part of this work we also sign post young people to support and opportunities to enable employment and growth in a way that is meaningful and tailored to their needs.

Recent events/projects include:

* Nature and Arts 4 all Project funded by Torbay Councils 'TAP project. Young people from three local primary schools, teenagers from a Specialist College and residents from a local care home created Sculpture and shared poetry and music ending in a celebratory performance in the music room at Powderham Castle.  Young people went on to achieve their Arts Award Discovery awards.

* Young people took part in an event to relieve stress and connect together ahead of their GCSE exam  period.

* R&R has been honoured and proud to work with a local children's hospice and a Cancer charity (who support children of parents receiving treatment) creating a specialist grotto and opportunities for young people to access events at Powderham Castle.

* As part of our Arts Awards program R&R worked with young people who have a parent serving in the military to achieve their Discovery arts award with a focus on nature connection.  We also worked with young people with a parent serving on submarines to make an animated music video of a Submariner sea shanti in collaboration with Never Such Innocence charity.

* We offer sessions on relaxation and managing stress for young musicians on the Powderham Live! program.

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For more information email helen@riseandrewild.co.uk

Working in collaboration with Plymouth University, The Iris Centre (NHS) Devon Partnership Trust and Powderham Castle, this project worked with clients identified with complex trauma (a diagnosis of BPD).

Using nature based occupational therapy tools and in line with therapeutic community work, the program was designed to invite participants to connect through walking and reflecting in local parks and exploring some of the natural heritage around locally, alongside items of interest from the Castle. The final workshop was held in the Castle grounds.

Using a person centred approach, this project was designed to connect with people at their pace and to offer spaces to creatively explore social participation and co creation of sessions together.

A paper is due to be written up for sharing in 2025/6 and will be available to download from this website.

The Rise Up! project invites people to  celebrate and capture the essence of recovery  through the creation of images, craft, poems and song featuring the symbol of the Phoenix.

Did you know that the Phoenix is the symbol of occupational therapy - a profession founded on  meaning and purpose making and co creation through the use of activities (known in the profession as occupations).

From painting to walking in nature or brushing your teeth occupations in this context means any activity that a person wants or needs to do in their lives.  Supporting people to live their best life their way.

To celebrate over 100 years of development of the profession Rise up! will invite those who have used OT services and those close to them to creatively contour a Phoenix in a way meaningful to them.

For more information email helen@riserewild.co.uk