About us

Rebuild is the trading name for the National Family Support Service’s semi independent provision. The NFSS (Rebuild) provide semi interdependent placements for young people between the ages of 16 and 24 within the Liverpool City Region. The NFSS is a home grown service that also provides a range of services for young people to help them reach their full potential.

We  believe in giving back to our community and investing in the futures of its families and are fortunate to be in a position were we are able to offer employment and training for the local community and develop our service to be able to financially support local charities supporting struggling families. We are proud of the service that we have to offer  through our Rebuild project and wish to continue supporting our community through employment, investment and training.

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The term ‘Nature Deficit Disorder’ is used to point to some negative effects of spending less time in nature:

Children have limited respect for their immediate natural surroundings. Pioneer Richard Louv believes that the effects of nature deficit disorder on our children will be an even bigger problem in the future. “An increasing pace in the last three decades, approximately, of a rapid disengagement between children and direct experiences in nature has profound implications, not only for the health of future generations but for the health of the Earth itself”.

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Nature Deficit Disorder

The effects from nature deficit disorder could lead to our being at risk of having a shorter lifespan than their parents. Attention disorders and depression may develop. “It’s a problem because kids who don’t get nature-time seem more prone to anxiety, depression and attention-deficit problems”. Research suggests that going outside and being in the quiet and calm place can help greatly. According to a University of Illinois study, interaction with nature reduces symptoms of ADD in children. According to this study, “exposure to ordinary natural settings in the course of common after-school and weekend activities may be widely effective in reducing attention deficit symptoms in children”. Attention Restoration Theory develops this idea further, both in short term restoration of one’s abilities, and the long term ability to cope with stress and adversity.

Louv claims that “studies of students in California and nationwide show that schools that use outdoor classrooms and other forms of experiential education produce significant student gains in social studies, science, language arts, and math”.

some positive effects of treating nature deficit disorder include everything from a positive effect on the attention span to stress reduction to creativity, cognitive development, and children’s sense of wonder and connection to the earth”.