May Newsletter

Welcome to our Skill Mill newsletter where we will keep you informed of what's going on across all our existing sites and our upcoming future plans.

The Skill Mill #ConnectWithNature

The 10th-16th May saw this years Mental Health Awareness Week held by The Mental Health Foundation. This year's theme was nature, and the positive mental health benefits which it brings.

When it comes to mental health benefits, nature has a very wide definition. It can mean green spaces such as parks, woodland or forests as well as blue spaces like rivers, wetlands, beaches or canals. It also includes trees on an urban street, private gardens, verges and even indoor plants or window boxes. Surprisingly, even watching nature documentaries has been

shown to be good for our mental health. At Skill Mill we have been observing and documenting the positive effect that working outdoors is having on the mental health of the young people we employ. They report having reduced stress, less anxiety, improved mood…..feeling happy. This is all great news as #teamSkillMill spend the majority of their time working outdoors!

You can access a range of content designed to give you more information about mental health, and to help you to look after your own mental health by clicking here.

#TeamSkillMill - Social Media Campaign Competition Winner!

Thank you to Good Finance UK, who ran the Share Nature competition. #TeamSkillMill are delighted to have been announced as the winner of the Social Supermarket Hamper.

Severn Trent's Community Fund Annual Review

To celebrate 1 year of the brand new Community Fund, Severn Trent has published their first ever Community Fund Annual Review.

You can find The Skill Mill on page 32 of the full review, which you can access by clicking here.

Future Parks Accelerator: Virtual Presentation

#TeamSkillMill and Urban Green Newcastle had the opportunity to present to Future Parks Accelerator members. The presentation covered The Skill Mill and Urban Green Newcastle's partnership, discussing our successes and other ways which Park Ranger Teams can get involved.

Welcoming Andrew Park to the Board

We would like to welcome our new Board Member, Andrew Park, to the team. Andrew has worked in a range of areas across Government including the economic and domestic affairs secretariat, youth policy, further education and apprenticeships and charity governance. He has extensive experience in designing and setting up new organisations, programmes and projects.

The Skill Mill Newcastle

#TeamSkillMill would like to thank Ritchie for all his hard work in his Skill Mill Supervisor role, and wish him all the best for the future. We would like to welcome David to our team. David is now working on our European Structural and Investment Funds project in Newcastle, alongside Urban Green.

Thank you to Neil Kerber Cartoons for creating this reflection of our double win in the latest Queen's Awards.

neil kerber cartoons
L O N D O N

“Supermodels” in Private Eye
“Neil Kerber’s Supermodels a very funny look at the mad world of fashion"
Ian Hislop, Editor, Private Eye

tel: (+44) 07495 618 390 (UK)
www.kerber.co.uk

All cartoons are copyright Neil Kerber

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