GTT x Wild Place
We’re connecting hard-to-reach teenagers with green spaces and working conservation at Bristol’s Wild Place Project — because time spent in nature changes young lives.
Not every conservation project happens on a faraway island or in a remote wilderness. Some of the most important work happens close to home — and that is exactly what our collaboration with the Wild Place Project is all about.
Since 2018, GTT has worked with the Wild Place Project on projects to connect hard-to-reach groups of teenagers with conservation areas and green spaces, with one clear aim: improving their well-being. Spending time in nature is one of the simplest and most powerful things any of us can do for our mental and physical health, yet many young people rarely get the chance. This project opens that door.
The Wild Place Project is part of Bristol Zoological Society, a conservation and education charity. The Society works to save wildlife through conservation research, protecting endangered species and the habitats they depend on — so the teenagers who visit are not just enjoying green space, they are stepping into a working conservation environment and seeing that world up close.
For GTT, this partnership captures something we believe deeply: that conservation is for everyone, and that the first step is often simply helping a young person feel at home in nature. Our conservation projects now span four continents, but the work we do here in the UK matters every bit as much.