Belfast’s Colette McCartney, founder of Holistic Kidz, reveals how starting the UK’s first ever outdoor early years wellness company was simply a case of sprinkling special magic on the children and young people of Northern Ireland
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00:00Hi everyone, my name is Susanna and I'm super excited to tell you all about
00:05Holistic Kids. My mummy, Colette McCartney, started Holistic Kids in 2019. Since then
00:12more than 20,000 kids have come to our holiday camps, birthday parties, school
00:18trips and fundraisers for schools and charities. With so much technology
00:24everywhere, it is so important, now more than ever, that kids like me take bricks
00:29from screens and play outside as much as we can, just like our grown-ups did when
00:34they were young. Holistic Kids is all about getting outdoors and the fresh
00:39air and having lots of good old-fashioned muddy fun with our
00:44friends. When I go to Holistic Kids, I get to step out of my comfort zone and try
00:49new exciting things that help me grow. I also leave at the end of every day
00:54feeling happy, healthy and like a shining superstar. Our camp leaders are the best
01:01because they do so many fun activities with us like forest trekking, bushcraft,
01:07nature assault courses, building dens, mud pie making, scavenger hunts, mud slides,
01:14tree swings, art and lots more stuff like play football with Niall McGinn. He's
01:21kind and nice and funny and the football is super fun. I've learned how to score
01:28lots of goals just like Niall does. There's something for everyone at
01:33Holistic Kids, so come join us and let's make more outdoor childhood memories
01:38together. Remember, the mud will wash off but the memories will last a lifetime.
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