Generation green 2 in the North east

A project that helps children connect with the outdoors and nature.

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00:00Generation Green 2 is a year-long government-funded project for schools in socially disadvantaged areas,

00:07which now has approximately 800 pupils from the North East to visit the Northumberland coast.

00:12Bridie Melkertz from Mudlarks Outdoors, who led sessions in Almouth, said for some children it was their first ever trip to the sea.

00:20Funding for Generation Green 2 has been provided by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,

00:27and it covers the cost of the sessions for children, as well as their bus fares, to allow schools to partake in these days out.

00:34The project is said to cost £4.5 million that connects more than 25,000 young people to nature and rural life.

00:41Research shows that people who are more connected with nature are usually more likely to feel like their lives are worthwhile,

00:47and while many children choose not to go outdoors, the founders of this project hope it will connect more children to this feeling

00:54and allow them to experience beautiful rural places that they'd otherwise not have access to.