This episode of the Green Heart of York podcast is about volunteering. We will help people better understand how volunteering can benefit individuals, organizations, and communities. Hopefully, it will encourage you to volunteer, knowing that barriers can be addressed and broken down and that there is something out there for everyone, even if that isn't necessarily at St Nick's. We'll chat all about the positives of volunteering, why people volunteer in the first place, and try to bust some myths about volunteering too.

Featured participants:

Holly Hennell, Manager York Cares
Maria Gill, Senior Green Corridors Officer, St Nicks

This episode of the Green Heart of York podcast is about careers, whether that's in the charity or the environmental sector, and thoughts about entry into the sectors, as well as the benefits, the challenges, movement between sectors, and some of the realities that are involved every single day. 

Guest speakers:

Ellie Stead, CEO, St Nicks
Emma Williams, VCSE Sector
Harrison Green, Trustee, St Nicks
Maeve Milliken, Green Corridors Trainee, St Nicks

If you don't know what a green corridor is, let alone an urban green corridor, then today's podcast is definitely for you. You can expect to have a much clearer idea of what's involved, how you can get engaged, or learn and do more in relation to urban green corridors. Today's podcast is about urban green corridors in York. What are green corridors? What does the urban element entail? And how working and volunteering within urban green corridors can support positive outcomes for climate change and for individuals.

Featured participants:

Councillor Jenny Kent
Craig Ralston from Lower Derwent Valley & Skipwith Common NNR 
Ellie Stead, CEO, St Nicks
Beki Hagger, Senior Green Corridors Officer, St Nicks

The Green Heart Of York Podcast - Brought to you by St Nicks.

This session will provide some really interesting insight about being outdoors, different types of activities and how movement and mindfulness in nature can positive enhance your life. We’ve shared lots of ideas today on how to connect to nature, the benefits of connecting to nature and what we do to connect to nature. Have a think about them and see what you can do to connect to nature. It doesn’t have to be in a big or dramatic way. Notice how you feel beforehand, when you are focussed on nature and then how you feel afterwards. Notice your thoughts. It’s ok if they wander but try to bring them back. Try to bring a sense of curiosity to it. Notice how your body feels. And then try to keep some image from it in your mind and use this over the following week. It may be a path, a creature or a plant. For me at the minute it is the delicate hazel flower that is so tiny. What is it for you? Bring it back to mind during the week. If you do this it will bring back those feelings of when you were relaxed and calm at that time. It’s a little St Nicks Fix. 

Featured participants: 

Mike Fletcher, co-owner Pool Bridge Farm
Andrew Garner aka Wolf, owner Forest Quest
Ellie Stead, CEO, St Nicks
Eleanor Tookey, Senior Ecotherapy Officer, St Nicks