Wild About Wellbeing

By The Wildlife Trusts

Wild About Wellbeing is a podcast by The Wildlife Trusts. Here, join Rob Gordon and Dom Higgins as they talk about all things to do with nature and health.

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The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.

Wild About Wellbeing episodes:

May 08, 2026 Nature and Creativity: Daisy Fancourt - How Art Improves Our Wellbeing
Dom and Rob are joined by Professor Daisy Fancourt, the author of Art Cure: How The Arts Can Transform Your Health. She shares her own findings and research into the importance of art and creativity to our wellbeing, and discusses the parallels between nature and creativity.
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29min
April 24, 2026 Nature and Creativity: How Creativity Helps Us
Welcome to season three of Wild About Wellbeing! In this season, we are taking a look at the connection between nature, creativity and health. In our first episode of the season, join Dom and Rob as they share how creativity helps them, and hear what Dr Amir Khan thinks about this important topic.
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35min
August 15, 2025 Community and Access: Joe Harkness and Neurodivergent, By Nature
In our final episode of season two of Wild About Wellbeing, we are joined by Joe Harkness to discuss his book Neurodivergent, By Nature: Why Biodiversity Needs Neurodiversity. We talk about neurodiversity in the conservation sector, barriers to entry, and the importance of inclusion for the future of the environment.
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55min
July 25, 2025 Community and Access: The Big Butterfly Count
On this episode, Dom and Rob are joined by Sammy Fraser from Butterfly Conservation to talk about the Big Butterfly Count, the Wild Spaces programme, and how wellbeing and community play an important part in Butterfly Conservation's work.
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27min
July 10, 2025 Community and Access: Safe and Accessible Green and Blue Spaces
On this episode, Dom and Rob are joined by Miriam Bentley-Rose to talk about the Safe and Accessible Green and Blue Spaces project, how community was an integral part of the process, and what it will mean for access in the future.
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27min
June 27, 2025 Community and Access: Dr William Bird
On this episode, Dom and Rob talk to Dr William Bird about Active Essex, Beat the Street, Dr Bird's own experiences as a GP, and how community and access to nature play a part in keeping us all healthy.
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43min
May 02, 2025 Community and Access: Shropshire Wildlife Trust and Community
On this episode, we walk to Anna, Kate and Enise from Shropshire Wildlife Trust about the Trust's work on a pair of community projects and what that's meant for both working with those local communities and what it means for the future.
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54min
April 18, 2025 Community and Access: Access, Arts and Adventures
On this episode of the show, we talk to Jenny from Kent Wildlife Trust and Michelle from Access, Arts and Adventures about accessibility, art and nature. You can find out more about Access, Arts and Adventures at their Facebook page: Access, Arts and Adventures on Facebook
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34min
April 04, 2025 Community and Access: WWF & A Prescription for Nature
On this episode, Dom and Rob speak to Kat Machin from WWF about the campaign A Prescription For Nature and the role that community plays. You can find out more at the following link: A Prescription For Nature
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31min
March 21, 2025 Community and Access: Attenborough For All
On this episode, Dom and Rob talk to Helen from Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust about Attenborough For All, a project that looked at what the local community felt about Attenborough nature reserve and how it could become an important place to be in nature for even more people.

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FAQs about Wild About Wellbeing:

How many episodes does Wild About Wellbeing have?

The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.

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