Natural England is committed to enabling Green Exercise and is funding a three-year programme comprising one demonstration project in each of the government regions. This programme runs from 2007 to 2010.
The eight demonstration projects show:
the many different ways in which our physical health and mental wellbeing can be maintained and improved in the natural environment;
the range of possible activities;
the different sections of the population that Green Exercise can appeal to and benefit;
the different settings in which Green Exercise can take place.
All the demonstration projects are being evaluated to provide examples of good practice that can be promoted to health and leisure professionals as well as decision makers at a policy level.