JMA

30thJanuary 2024

Field Notes: Young people and nature

30.01.24|Categories: Places|Tags: , , , |

Sandwood Conservation officer Lynn Munro reports on a fun community engagement programme in this John Muir Trust news item (21 Dec 2023) . This involved working with local partners to engage young people in wild places and the John Muir Award. Read about how young students from the age or [...]

9thJanuary 2024

Highland Field Notes: Young people and nature

09.01.24|Categories: Places|Tags: , , , |

The John Muir Trust news page shares this report by Sandwood Conservation officer Lynn Munro. Lynn describes a fun community engagement programme working with local partners to engage young people from Kinlochbervie Primary School in wild places and the John Muir Award.

21stNovember 2023

John Muir Award redesign and education update

21.11.23|Categories: Events, Resources|Tags: , , , |

The John Muir Trust have shared progress made on John Muir Award redesign principles. These include: Increasing support for people to protect wild places. Greater focus on nature connection. Closer collaborative links between Award Providers and participants, and the John Muir Trust. The link also shares how you can get [...]

26thOctober 2023

John Muir Award impact on Scotland’s education

26.10.23|Categories: Miscellaneous, Resources|Tags: , , |

The John Muir Trust has shared news of its  annual report summarising John Muir Award activity taking place with schools in Scotland (22 September 2023). This includes the following statistics: 384 schools involved in delivering the John Muir Award in Scotland (up 3% on 2021-22) 14,530 Awards achieved by pupils [...]

1stAugust 2023

JMA – Award redesign

01.08.23|Categories: Events, Resources|Tags: , , |

The John Muir Trust have put out an invitation to help them redesign the John Muir Award for people and wild places. The Award aims to help people towards a life-long passion to experience, enjoy, protect and repair wild places. Can you help to enhance how progression in these experiences [...]