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What Wild and Well is, the five steps to mental wellbeing, how to get involved.
What the Wild and Well project is
The Wild and Well project is exploring how parks can improve the health and wellbeing of people in Bristol.
The project is being trialled in Hartcliffe Millennium Green, South Bristol.
Wild and Well follows the Bristol Future Parks approach, by exploring new ways to invest in and provide vital mental and physical health benefits from our parks.
Five steps to mental wellbeing
Through Wild and Well, we're exploring how parks and green spaces can support the 5 steps to mental wellbeing Go to https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/self-help/guides-tools-and-activities/five-steps-to-mental-wellbeing/ (opens new window) recommended by the NHS. These evidence-based steps that people can take to improve their mental health and wellbeing are:
- Connect with other people.
- Be physically active.
- Learn new skills.
- Give to others.
- Pay attention to the present moment.
They can be used to create nature-based activities to improve health and wellbeing, including:
- play groups in parks
- park runs
- training courses, such as land management and learning nature-based skills
- volunteering with the friends of groups
- walking for wellbeing and mindfulness
Get involved
We're looking for groups and organisations in South Bristol who:
- run or want to run nature-based health and wellbeing activities
- work with people who would benefit from health and wellbeing activities
You'll have the opportunity to join a group who will:
- help develop the project
- create a nature-based health and wellbeing programme
To get involved or to find out more, email futureparks@bristol.gov.uk.
You don't need to submit an Expression of Interest for the Wild and Well project.
Applications are closed
You can no longer submit an Expression of Interest.
Expression of Interest pilot phase
Thank you to everyone who submitted an Expression of Interest for our Bristol parks and green spaces. We've had an excellent response to the pilot phase of Bristol Future Parks and look forward to sharing more details of the successful projects soon.
The Expression of Interest period for the pilot phase ran from 25 October to 31 December 2021.
Following a thorough assessment process, we've chosen:
- 7 small scale projects
- 8 medium scale projects
- 6 larger projects
16 of these are community projects and 5 are commercial projects.
January and February
All applications went through an initial assessment and engagement process to evaluate the feasibility of each proposed project.
March
The projects that passed the initial assessment went through a formal assessment to look at how each project met the detailed selection criteria.
April
All successful projects went through an internal governance review. Community development experts at Bristol City Council began working on 4 small scale projects.
May
We contacted all applicants to tell them the outcome of their submissions.
We delivered 2 parks workshops to plan the development and delivery of the commercial and community projects.
Next steps
The selected projects are currently undergoing further assessment into feasibility. Thank you for your continued interest.
Follow us on Twitter Go to https://twitter.com/futureparksbris (opens new window) to find out more about our exciting new projects.
Bristol parks and green spaces aims
Our parks and green spaces vision statement.
Explore the parks
Explore parks in detail, including maps, images and ideas.
- Explore Blaise Castle Estate Go to https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/6b8ca42a5a4b41329c11134c96f903c4 (opens new window)
- Explore Dame Emily Park Go to https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1b81c96b932849568b274f87887e4e96 (opens new window)
- Explore Eastville Park Go to https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e909a8730df24bdaaf15fe042f920a0d (opens new window)
- Explore Sea Mills Recreation Ground Go to https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/56f6f7ad6f6f47cdb97edf2cc9c67bf1 (opens new window)
Chaplin Community Garden is much smaller than our other parks, so we have fewer details. Find out everything you need to know at Chaplin Community Garden.
Sea Mills Recreation Ground
![A large park on a sunny day](/images/Subsites/Bristol%20Future%20Parks/Carousels/Sea%20Mills%20carousel%201.jpg)
![Trees and grass in a park](/images/Subsites/Bristol%20Future%20Parks/Carousels/Sea%20Mills%20carousel%202.jpg)
'The Rec' is a small open space tucked away in the heart of Sea Mills Garden Suburb, created in 1936 as a healthy living environment for the community. We invite investment that will build on and expand the existing activities within the park, including:
- the sports pavilion
- large grass sports pitches
- wildlife orchard
Eastville Park
![A large green park surrounded by trees](/images/Subsites/Bristol%20Future%20Parks/Carousels/Eastville%20carousel%201.jpg)
![A lake in a park](/images/Subsites/Bristol%20Future%20Parks/Carousels/Eastville%20carousel%202.jpg)
![A tree lined avenue in a park](/images/Subsites/Bristol%20Future%20Parks/Carousels/Eastville%20carousel%203.jpg)
Eastville Park is a large, grand Victorian city park spread across a spacious and diverse landscape. There are over 1 million visits to the park each year and it hosts a number of amenities, including:
- a fishing lake
- a community garden
- a bowling green
- tennis courts
- playgrounds
- woodlands
- wildflower meadows
Dame Emily Park
![A children's play park in the middle of a larger park surrounded by trees](/images/Subsites/Bristol%20Future%20Parks/Carousels/Dame%20Emily%20carousel%204.jpg)
![A skate park](/images/Subsites/Bristol%20Future%20Parks/Carousels/Dame%20Emily%20carousel%206.jpg)
![A cycle path in a park](/images/Subsites/Bristol%20Future%20Parks/Carousels/Dame%20Emily%20carousel%207.jpg)
![A skate park surrounded by trees](/images/Subsites/Bristol%20Future%20Parks/Carousels/Dame%20Emily%20carousel%209.jpg)
![A skate park](/images/Subsites/Bristol%20Future%20Parks/Carousels/Dame%20Emily%20carousel%203.jpg)
Dame Emily Park is a small and historic urban park best known for 'The Deaner', its skatepark. A real hub of the community, the park offers opportunities for partners to enhance its facilities, which include:
- a community garden
- the old pit head
- ball courts
- a play park
- open green spaces
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