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.
Discover with VICTA
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…
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.
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)!
Explore with VICTA
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…
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.
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!
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.
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.
30 Days Wild
Discover more activities and sign up for a 30 Days Wild pack 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.
Exploring nature
VICTA families took part in RSPB challenges over lockdown
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.
Want to take part?
The Wildlife Trust and Our Bright Future have lots of opportunities for you to explore!
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.
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.
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.
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.
