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SEVEN SISTERS VISITOR CENTRE
Seven Sisters Country Park (SSCP), near Seaford
Thursday 17 May at 12 Noon

David Pennington, Trustee of Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT), opens a new exhibition of photographs recording the experiences of adults with learning disabilities participating in a SWT Forest Schools programme.

The display is officially opened at 12 noon on May 17th and will remain open to visitors to the Country Park.

The Forest Schools programme, developed in Scandinavia, aims to build confidence self-esteem and independence in students of all ages and abilities. The group from Lewes were led in achievable hands-on bushcraft and conservation tasks in Friston Forest by SWT’s Mike Murphy.

Mike says “The adults found the programme massively beneficial. It helped develop their hand-eye coordination, bonded them together as a group and raised their confidence in using potentially harmful tools.”

The captions, written by the participants, are a unique record of the group’s experiences and the exhibition includes pictures of them using a bow drill set to create fire by friction and using bow saws and knives to make tools from green wood.

The adults with learning difficulties belong to, and have driven, a 5 year Interreg project ‘Nature Corridors for All’ led by John Parry who is also a SWT Trustee.

The SSCP can by reached by public transport including Bus 12 & 13 between Brighton and Eastbourne and Seaford railway station links to the Country Park.

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