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Description:<\/span><\/span> Green referral<\/strong> is an umbrella term used to describe the referral<\/a> of individuals to groups, interventions or services<\/strong> that support engagement with nature-based interventions<\/a> based in natural or semi-natural \u2018green\u2019 environments, to improve their health and wellbeing<\/a>. The term green gym<\/strong> is used to describe environments such as such as forests, grasslands, gardens and parks in which an individual may partake in physical activities and\/or exercise. Examples of green referral activities<\/strong> can include, walking or running in parks, or volunteering to clear and maintain woodland.<\/p>\n

Ecotherapy<\/strong> falls under the umbrella of green referral<\/strong>. It is a formal type of therapeutic treatment which involves doing outdoor activities in nature with the aim of providing an adjunctive complement to existing treatments for mild-to-moderate mental health conditions. Care farming<\/strong>, also known as social farming falls under the umbrella terms of ecotherapy<\/strong> and green referral<\/strong>. It is a specific type of green care intervention<\/strong> that has been defined as the use of commercial farming and agricultural landscapes to promote mental and physical health through normal farming activity. Care farming<\/strong> is essentially voluntary work in an agricultural or horticultural environment for psychological and\/or physiological benefit.<\/p>\n

Alternative Terms:<\/strong><\/span> care farming, creative green prescription, ecotherapy, green careSC<\/sup><\/strong>, green care services, green health partnerships, green health referral pathways, green prescribingHC<\/sup><\/strong>, social farming<\/p>\n

Connected Terms:<\/strong><\/span> Active signposting<\/a>, blue referral<\/a>, books on referral<\/a>, community assets<\/a>, Sefydliadau\u2019r Sector Cymunedol a Gwirfoddol<\/a>, creative referral<\/a>, education on referral<\/a>, exercise referral<\/a>, nature-based interventions<\/a>, practice managed schemes<\/a>, referral<\/a>, social prescribing pathway<\/a>, social prescribing practitioner<\/a>, welfare support referral<\/a>, wellbeing<\/a>.<\/p>\n