Green Health Network Event
**This event is now closed**
We are delighted to welcome new and existing network members to another event in our ongoing series of Green Health Network Events.
This latest event will look at staff wellbeing, looking at how you can utilise greenspace to improve health wellbeing. We’ll be discussing what green health assets are available to help all staff, with a special focus on our work at both Astley Ainslie and the Edinburgh Bioquarter with our Rehabilitation Rangers and Work Well leads.
We’ll also be exploring some of the challenges and opportunities around how the NHS estate and other local greenspace can support staff wellbeing and would welcome your thoughts as part of our discussion.
For those attending in person, there will be a guided tour of the green spaces around Astley Ainslie after the meeting, and a chance for further discussion over lunch or a cuppa.
Date: 25 March 2025
Time: 12 midday to 1pm
Location: Hybrid: Online and in person. Venue for in person: St Roque Boardroom, Astley Ainslie (map link: https://w3w.co/served.hooks.works.)
Upcoming dates
We run a series of events throughout the year to connect people and practice across NHS Lothian and beyond. We will be featuring some of the amazing projects that are already happening and hear about how people have collaborated to overcome some of the barriers.
Our next event will be an in person event, in partnership with our Tonic Arts colleagues:
- Tuesday 13th May 2025. More information will follow soon, but please do save the date in your diary in the meantime.
Be the first to receive notifications of our upcoming events by joining our Green Health Network.
Why should I attend?
Our Green Health Network focuses on connecting people, fostering collaboration, and sharing ideas across the network. We always aim to facilitate meaningful discussions and explore ways to support the network’s shared goals of improving wellbeing, sharing knowledge, and fostering partnerships.
Our Green Health events are a great way to:
- Share ideas and learning
- Make connections with others
- Contribute to professional development
Who is it for?
These network sessions are suitable for current network members and any NHS Lothian staff or voluntary sector partners who feel passionately about the benefits of nature and their potential to improve health and tackle climate change.
Not joined our Network yet?
If you feel passionately about the benefits of nature and its potential to improve health and tackle climate change, then our Green Health Network is a great way to share ideas, connect with others and do some professional development.
Get a feel for some of the things we discuss at our networking events by watching our short videos below:
Creating Green Breathing Spaces
In this short recording, Inga Cosway from the Work Well team, gives us some insight into the work being undertaken to develop the “New Royal Mile” at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and also introduces the new ‘Put Your Emotional PPE On’ campaign.
Watch here
Using the NHS Estate for Therapeutic Activities
In this short recording, Linda Walker, Head Occupational Therapist for Adult, Forensic and Older People’s Health Services shares her experience of working from the Royal Edinburgh Hospital to deliver therapeutic activities on NHS grounds.
Watch here
The Transitional Power of Gardens
In this short recording, Chris Jones, Patient Engagement Coordinator with Cyrenians, working at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital and Astley Ainslie Hospital, talks about work undertaken to develop meaningful and active participation in different areas of hospital grounds.
Watch here
Making Space for Nature
In this short recording, Jim Scott, Grounds Supervisor at the Western General Hospital, talks about what goes on behind the scenes.
Watch here