Education and lifelong learning


Black Country Living Landscape is a great chance for everyone living in the area to benefit from the many education & lifelong learning opportunities that will be offered by the project. From pre-school to retirement there will be something for everyone. Example activities include:

  • Practical skills training - training in outdoor practical skills from habitat management to creating sensory gardens and from making bat boxes to constructing footpaths;
  • Training in leadership for new and existing ‘friends of’ groups - delivering the skills needed to run and maintain a ‘friends of’ group, including leadership, first aid, health & safety, risk assessment, publicity and fund raising and equal opportunities;
  • Walk leader training - training people to organise and run a variety of walks, looking at issues such as health & safety, assessing the needs of the group and what to look out for on route;
  • Curriculum-related training - including ‘teaching the teacher’, i.e. equipping education professionals individuals with the skills needed to run school-linked activities. The training will show the diversity of activities that can be run outside from the typical science based subjects through to geography and arts and literature. This builds on the Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country’s Natural Curriculum and Natural Connections projects, together with proven techniques from TIDE (Teachers In Development Education) and Learning Through Landscapes;