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\t<\/a>\n\t\tCommunity Engagement, Programme Development, Project Management and Reporting for Canal & River Trust<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\tThe “Let’s Go Outdoors” initiative has demonstrably succeeded in fostering stronger family bonds with nature and boosting wellbeing by activating local canal spaces. Our evidence-based approach and community engagement have yielded positive outcomes for participants, effectively addressing a crucial need for accessible wellbeing activities. A key strength lies in our commitment to rigorous evaluation, allowing […]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\tRead more →<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-69.png\")
\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIn the Wild Leader Training<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tEducator pack<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\tAs part of our work for the Canal & River Trust to support the educator team deliver “Lets Go Outdoors” sessions we developed a Educator Pack which the Team at Muddy Publishing worked their magic to glam it up. Here is a sneak peak…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\tRead more →<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/https3A2F2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com2Fpublic2Fimages2Ff7b9966c-0a14-4412-8216-990a947044e5_632x894.png\")
\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tResources<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tFREE interactive tools for families along the canal side.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\tAs part of the pilot project, funded by People\u2019s Postcode Lottery, we designed wellbeing tools for families which are now live on the Canal & River Trust website, the team at Muddy Publishing did a brilliant job bringing our tools to life, these included: You can access downloads of these here on the Canal & […]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\tRead more →<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0795-2-768x576.jpeg\")
\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIn the Wild Leader Training<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tTraining Staff at Hatton Locks<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\tThis marked a significant milestone as we officially began the “In the Wild Leader” training for the Canal & River Trust staff. It’s been fantastic to see their enthusiasm! We even had the pleasure of joining them for a recent team day, getting everyone actively involved in a Family Wellbeing Session. This hands-on experience was […]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\tRead more →<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_8759-768x1024.jpeg\")
\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFamily Wellbeing Session<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIn the Wild<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tNottingham Family Wellbeing Sessions<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\tWe had a lovely time delivering this family workshop in partnership with The canal and River Trust at the canal side in the middle of the city of Nottingham. It was wonderful to see the families come to take part in our well being activities and to hear that for many it was a new […]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\tRead more →<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_8606-2-768x576.jpeg\")
\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFamily Wellbeing Session<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tHatton Family Wellbeing Session<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\tIt was great to get on the waterside with families at Hatton Locks, after all the work that goes into development of our programmes actually seeing them in action is an amazing feeling. Thanks to all the families that joined us. Sessions were delivered by Laura Dumbleton-Jones and Miranda de Freston \u2013 Directors of HCK, […]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\tRead more →<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As a result of a successful pilot project, we were able support a Canal and River Trust bid for longer term funding to and extended version of this project out over 15 different locations via grant funding from Sport England. “Let’s Go Outdoors” stands poised to make a substantial and lasting contribution to the health, wellbeing and appreciation of our canal environments for children and families across a wider reach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-1995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-wild","tag-canal-river-trust"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1995"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2427,"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995\/revisions\/2427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The “Let’s Go Outdoors” initiative has demonstrably succeeded in fostering stronger family bonds with nature and boosting wellbeing by activating local canal spaces. Our evidence-based approach and community engagement have yielded positive outcomes for participants, effectively addressing a crucial need for accessible wellbeing activities. A key strength lies in our commitment to rigorous evaluation, allowing […]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\tRead more →<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n As part of our work for the Canal & River Trust to support the educator team deliver “Lets Go Outdoors” sessions we developed a Educator Pack which the Team at Muddy Publishing worked their magic to glam it up. Here is a sneak peak…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\tRead more →<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n As part of the pilot project, funded by People\u2019s Postcode Lottery, we designed wellbeing tools for families which are now live on the Canal & River Trust website, the team at Muddy Publishing did a brilliant job bringing our tools to life, these included: You can access downloads of these here on the Canal & […]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\tRead more →<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n This marked a significant milestone as we officially began the “In the Wild Leader” training for the Canal & River Trust staff. It’s been fantastic to see their enthusiasm! We even had the pleasure of joining them for a recent team day, getting everyone actively involved in a Family Wellbeing Session. This hands-on experience was […]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\tRead more →<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n We had a lovely time delivering this family workshop in partnership with The canal and River Trust at the canal side in the middle of the city of Nottingham. It was wonderful to see the families come to take part in our well being activities and to hear that for many it was a new […]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\tRead more →<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n It was great to get on the waterside with families at Hatton Locks, after all the work that goes into development of our programmes actually seeing them in action is an amazing feeling. Thanks to all the families that joined us. Sessions were delivered by Laura Dumbleton-Jones and Miranda de Freston \u2013 Directors of HCK, […]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\tRead more →<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As a result of a successful pilot project, we were able support a Canal and River Trust bid for longer term funding to and extended version of this project out over 15 different locations via grant funding from Sport England. “Let’s Go Outdoors” stands poised to make a substantial and lasting contribution to the health, wellbeing and appreciation of our canal environments for children and families across a wider reach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-1995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-wild","tag-canal-river-trust"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1995"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2427,"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995\/revisions\/2427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/139.59.113.186\/happyconfidentkids-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\t<\/a>\n\t\tEducator pack<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t
\t<\/a>\n\t\tFREE interactive tools for families along the canal side.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t
\t<\/a>\n\t\tTraining Staff at Hatton Locks<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t
\t<\/a>\n\t\tNottingham Family Wellbeing Sessions<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t
\t<\/a>\n\t\tHatton Family Wellbeing Session<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t