Bristol Avon Rivers Trust - Long Ashton
Mental wellbeing
'Rivers for Wellbeing' is an inspiring project to improve mental health and the environment, by bringing local communities closer to nature.
About this cause
We're an organisation that wants to improve mental health and the environment by bringing local communities closer to nature. BART works in partnership with organisations and individuals to reconnect communities with their local rivers, helping to protect and restore the water environment, improve wellbeing and to pull communities together through river-based activities.
Bristol Avon Rivers Trust - Long Ashton website
How this cause brings people in the community together
'Rivers for Wellbeing' aims to encourage participation in outdoor river-related activities to promote the multiple benefits to mental and physical wellbeing that come with being immersed in nature. The project will have a lasting legacy with newly trained volunteers, the aim of long-term improvements to wellbeing, and a new lifelong connection to the natural environment.