Nature

Explore your curiosity for the world around you and discover how you and your friends can make a difference.

Nature

Explore your curiosity for the world around you and discover how you and your friends can make a difference.

Nature

Explore your curiosity for the world around you and discover how you and some friends can make a difference.

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VICTA
Activities
for 10-13s

Expeditions, international adventures, sports, art, wildlife… whether learning a new skill, taking up a new activity or going on an adventure, the list goes on…

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John Muir Environmental Award

Connect with nature and be responsible for the environment around you. Care for wild places and give back while earning yourself a recognised national award.

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WWF Green Ambassadors 4 Youth

If you are aged 5 to 14 years and care about the world around you, it’s time to take action and start earning your badges with the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature)!

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VICTA Activities for 10-13s

Expeditions, international adventures, sports, art, wildlife… whether learning a new skill, taking up a new activity or going on an adventure, the list goes on…

Join

John Muir Environmental Award

Connect with nature and be responsible for the environment around you. Care for wild places and give back while earning yourself a recognised national award.

Discover

What else is out there

Gardening for wellbeing

The Ernest Cook Trust has put together some activities that use gardening as the theme to explore the five ways to wellbeing. Please note that the activities included in the booklet range in difficulty and they may not be appropriate for everyone. Let us know which activities you try!

Download the pdf
Download the Word document
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Find out more about the Ernest Cook Trust

The Ernest Cook Trust helps nurture a lifelong journey of learning, appreciation and respect for the countryside through a range of Outdoor Learning experiences.

Find out more about the trust

30 Days Wild

30 Days Wild is The Wildlife Trusts’ annual challenge where they ask everyone to do one wild thing a day throughout the month of June. Included in the pack is VICTA’s sensory bingo activity which you can try at home. Use your senses to explore nature and see how many of the challenges you can tick off. Share your photos with us at students@victa.org.uk.

Download the sensory bingo activity
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30 Days Wild

Discover more activities and sign up for a 30 Days Wild pack on The Wildlife Trusts website.

Sign up on the Wildlife Trusts website!

RSPB

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have more than 140 local groups around the UK where you can make new friends, learn about their amazing wildlife and support their work to help give nature a home.

Visit the RSPB website to find out more
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Exploring nature

VICTA families took part in RSPB challenges over lockdown

See what we got up to!

Our Bright Future

Our Bright Future is an ambitious and innovative partnership led by The Wildlife Trusts which brings together the youth and environmental sectors, empowering young people to become skilled and engaged citizens.

Visit the Our Bright Future website to find out more
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Want to take part?

The Wildlife Trust and Our Bright Future have lots of opportunities for you to explore!

Visit their latest opportunities page

Action for Conservation

Action for Conservation are a group of young people taking action for the natural world. With 56% of UK species in decline and 52% of the general public unaware of the threats facing our wildlife, it is time we let our voices be heard. Join their youth movement and take action.

Visit the Action for Conservation website to find out more

WWF Youth Ambassadors

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) want to inspire, support and empower young people to take action for our world and help build a more sustainable future. Their youth engagement programme supports and empowers young people, helping them to inspire and motivate others to join in the fight for our world.

Visit the WWF website to find out more
Visit the WWF website to get creative and love nature

National Trust

Fancy helping behind the scenes at one the National Trust’s houses, conserving the landscapes they protect or digging at a real archaeological site? They have a varied programme of working holidays to suit interests and abilities. You’ll meet like minded people and help them make a difference.

Find out more about their Youth Ranger summer scheme
Find out more about their Green Academies project
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Wilderness Foundation

The Wilderness Foundation offers fun activities dedicated to supporting nature and wild places to flourish whilst also helping people to reconnect with nature and be the best they can be, both mentally and physically.

Visit the Wilderness Foundation website to find out more