A project which aims to help young people use nature to improve their mental health has been awarded a cash boost.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services , external(CAMHS) Goes Wild! offers support for people between 14 and 17 years old with a community space in the centre of Newquay.

The initiative, which provides education and mental health services, has been awarded £150,000 from NHS Charities Together.

Molly Jenkins, clinical associate psychologist for mid Cornwall CAMHS, said the funding would “enable us to deliver a nature-based lifestyle medicine programme”.