Our Impact

The Country Trust targets its support to those facing the highest disadvantage; children, who through circumstance, face greater barriers in accessing green space and healthy food, and experience higher rates of obesity and physical and mental health issues.

In the 2023 - 2024 academic year, The Country Trust worked with 70,192 children across 1211 schools: the average percentage of children receiving Free School Meals across these schools equated to 44.2%. The national average is 25.9%.

READ ONLINE: IMPACT REPORT 2023 - 2024

 

2023-2024 Impact Report highlights:

 

“I never knew that just being away from the city could feel so good...My favourite thing was the freedom to feel good and be me.” - Post Residential Thank You Letter, Yorkshire 

• 100% of teachers reported finding the programmes valuable for supporting teaching and learning in school.  
• 100% of teachers reported finding the Food Discovery programme valuable in providing expert knowledge of food, farming and the natural world.  
• 97.2% of teachers reported all or most of their children growing in confidence to try new things. 

 “It has been wonderful to see my class experiencing something new, being free, and having new aspirations.” -  S McElwee, Teacher, Armitage CofE Primary School 

These experiences are a vital form of cultural capital. They enable children to enrich their lives by experiencing a new landscape and the opportunity to learn more about the natural world and where their food comes from. For many children, this broadens their horizons; from giving them a real-world context for their classroom learning, to opening their minds to hobbies and careers linked to food and farming.