About Us

Who We Are:

Peace of Green is a Community Interest Company based in the East Midlands. Our company structure means that any profits we make are used to help others.

We believe that everyone has the right to have a relationship with the natural world, but not everyone finds it easy to access natural spaces. We provide creative and therapeutic time in nature, in order to enhance mental health and wellbeing, prioritising working with groups of people who might find getting out into nature more difficult due to finances, age, gender, ethnicity or ability. At our core we aim to build connections between people and nature with warmth, wisdom and joy.

What We Do:

We run a variety of outdoor and indoor based sessions. Some are open to the public; such as campfire cooking evenings and quiet retreats, and others cater for specific clientele groups, for example frontline staff, people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties, Looked After Children, or women who have experienced domestic violence.

Our aims are to create opportunities to bond with the living natural world, develop curiosity, form friendships and share time in nature.

Why We Do:

Spending time in nature is good for our mental and physical health. As a result of connecting with green spaces around us we become calmer and more contented people. The difficulties of the day may be forgotten as you lie in a hammock under the tree canopy.

The relationships we develop with others and with nature itself form new communities which strengthen our reserve, resolve, and resilience. We work hard to help improve access to nature for all, so that we can all feel its’ benefits and magic.

Joss McAuley

Joss is a freelance Therapeutic Forest School leader, working with (among others), Leicester City Council, Nottingham City Council, Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, and various schools, nurseries and community groups in the city and county. Her practice draws from the arts, mindfulness and creative approaches to learning. Joss has a degree in Environmental Biology and Psychology, and has undertaken additional training in using therapeutic skills in outdoor settings. She has also studied early years education, counselling, mental health and eco therapy, British Sign Language, forest school and outdoor first aid.

Eve-Lyn Scott

Eve-Lyn has worked on a variety of Forest School and Outdoor Learning projects, including work with foster families and home educating families. She has also worked on a research project regarding Forest School with DeMontfort University. Included on Eve-Lyn’s CV is experience with young people on the Autistic Spectrum, the elderly, team-building days and primary school TA support, and one to one support, with other roles ranging from museum designer to farm worker. Eve-Lyn has a degree in furniture design and also studied counselling, psychology, autism, art, design, photography, outdoors first aid, forest school and bushcraft.

Bean-Mhi Berriman

Bean-Mhi is a self-taught illustrator, textiles artist and natural dyer who currently works as a freelance Youth Arts worker and facilitates community arts and textiles workshops for all ages with an emphasis on holding space for conversations around mental well-being and leaning into the beauty in everyday living. Her practice has grown from her love for the natural world and its wonder, continually exploring sustainable art practices and how to tap into the existing knowledge and joy that communities hold. It is her aim to start conversations within these spaces about how we can best protect our planet whilst also finding a sense of connection to ourselves and others. Nature connection has become integral to her practice with work that centres around exploring creativity, authenticity and playfulness. 

Sarah Mowday

Sarah is a qualified primary teacher and works as a self-employed tutor for both primary and secondary children. She has a background of working with Early Years and has a lot of experience working with SEND children and looked after and cared for children; working closely with children who have dyslexia and autism. She is a mindfulness teacher and a self-published children’s author and has more recently qualified as Holistic Creative Expressive Therapist; currently working with community groups and focusing on facilitating creative expressive writing. A traveller and adventurer a heart with a love for animals, she is excited to be able to work with more groups, expanding her audience and help in the wider community.

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