Boost your child’s mental health with adventure

New research by Adventure Mind details the benefits of adventure for children and the opportunities for learning and development that it can bring, supporting children and young people to live healthy, fulfilling lives.  

The key elements of adventure include: 

• connection with nature  
• physical activity 
• an unfamiliar experience 
• challenge and risk 
• physiologically energised  
• challenge and risk 
• working together and 
• supporting relationships.

For more information and for advice on seven ways to get adventuring please visit: Boost your child’s mental health with adventure | Mental Health Foundation