A project to provide mental health interventions for young people and their families is celebrating after receiving a major boost.

Cup-O-T Wellness and Therapy Services was established in 2017 and now helps people from across Norfolk.  

It has a dedicated woodland near Wymondham for therapy sessions for people who prefer to be outdoors, with outdoor activities to help people to meet their goals. 

Norwich Evening News: The grant will go towards their woodland space The grant will go towards their woodland space (Image: Campfire Community)

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The woodland currently has lots of areas that include a campfire and cooking area, woodwork and bushcraft, a covered area known as the big green tent, a composting toilet, a sensory path and a yoga space.  

And now the woodland can get an upgrade including a new food preparation area thanks to a life-changing grant.  

The group has been announced as a winner of a £70,000 grant from the National Lottery's People’s Projects scheme.

The much-needed funding boost will allow Cup-O-T to continue their support of young people affected by mental health across the region.  

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Norwich Evening News: The therapy sessions are conducted in nature The therapy sessions are conducted in nature (Image: Campfire Community)

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Catherine Gray, founder of the project, said: “We can now open up our woodland spaces for therapy sessions, groups and family workshops, and are looking forward to creating a new food preparation area, so we can run all year round.”  

They work with young people and families who are on a waiting list or not able to access other mental health services, making the work they do extremely important.  

Norwich Evening News: The funding will help many young people and families currently unable to access mental health support The funding will help many young people and families currently unable to access mental health support (Image: Campfire Community)

The service brought a Ford Transit van in November 2018 which was converted into a calming therapy space but after the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, they moved towards getting set up outside.

Catherine added: “Being outdoors we are able to offer robust evidence-based therapies in a non-traditional space, breaking out of dull clinic rooms and working alongside nature.”