Sharpham Success Stories

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17th April, 2025

by Katie Tokus | 1 Min Read

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Young people on retreat at Sharpham

Explore this year's human and more-than-human success stories, including case studies of retreatants and participants on our nature-connection courses, testimonials from people who won bursary places to stay with us, highlights from our Google Reviews and feedback and more.

Phil Cardew, Mindful-in-Nature participant

Phil's story

Phil struggled to express his grief due to a culture of silence amongst male colleagues and friends. Then he began our Mindful in Nature course.

A retreatant journalling in the library at Sharpham House

Helping Mum reconnect

Hannah was so attached to her phone that she would walk her little boy to school whilst staring at a screen. Until she came on retreat with us...

Ospreys landing on their nest - but not at Sharpham yet

Building osprey nests

We and our nature-restoration partners gained funding monies to erect eight-metre high osprey nests, to entice this fish-eating birds of prey back to breeding on the Sharpham Estat...

Saltmarsh opposite Sharpham House

Saving the saltmarsh

Work began to save a rare, riparine habitat at Sharpham, helping to shore up the saltmarsh and conserve a disappearing ecosystem.

TV's Frances Tophill and Jack Skuse, from our rewilding partners Ambios plant an oak tree sapling for National Tree Week 2024

TV Tophill's tree!

Gardeners World host Frances put some roots down at Sharpham. Literally.

Our holiday let, The Bathing House, on The Sharpham Estate in Shalborne - a film by Caroline Corrie

Caroline Corrie

Sharpham at the cinema

We appeared on screen in a historical drama made by a South Devon film-maker

Tree planting at Sharpham

Funding for new trees

Our continuing nature-restoration work received further funding for thousands of trees to be planted on the Sharpham Estate

Young people on retreat at Sharpham

Large donation given

A gift to our charity from the The Hollick Family Foundation will go to subsidise retreat-spaces for young people

Self-Compassion Retreats at Sharpham Trust

Bursary recipient shares her testimony

Sharpham donors helped this retreatant transform her life after accessing our burnout retreat

Barn 10 Nights Retreat

The Barn - Google Reviews

The Coach House nature mindfulness retreat centre at The Sharpham Trust

The Coach House - Google Reviews

Sharpham House - Google Reviews

Woodland Retreat Sharpham Trust

Woodland Retreats - Google Reviews

At the heart of the Sharpham Trust ethos is our desire to build a more mindful, compassionate and environmentally sustainable world.

We connect people with nature and foster mindfulness and well-being through our programme of retreats, mindfulness courses, outdoor learning and the arts.

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