Sessions for families with young children will soon resume in Charlton Mackrell and begin in Drayton with help from a Grass Roots Grant. We are very pleased as we have missed the lovely Wednesday afternoon sessions with mums, dads, grannies and young children.

Please look at the calendar for dates.

We will be able to repair our storm damaged craft shelter area and improve parking at Hallr Wood, thanks to another grant from SCC Aggregates Levy who have supported our summer playschemes for the last two years.

We are ideally placed to offer interesting courses for this age group; bushcraft and bow making, conservation skills and woodland crafts. We are so pleased to hear that Somerset County Council's Youth grants will help us offer subsidized courses and we are now busy planning a programme for 2009-10.

Do get in touch if you are interested and within this age group or work with a group that is.   

Held back by lack of technical skill, our gallery has been empty until recently. We are soon going to have lots of albums in this gallery which will give viewers a better idea of the range of activities our group is involved in. Have a look at what we've done so far in our Gallery

Please see our attached annual review from Januarry 2009

Summer Newsletter July 2008

 A huge amount has been accomplished in the last 6 months.

 Martyn Huxter has worked tirelessly to install infrastructure at Hallr Wood with the help of a few stalwarts and some of our Awards for All grant.

 We now have; a large flattened area for our fire circle & Norwegian tipi, tool storage shed, large open sided Craft Tent, compost toilet & male urinal, access for larger items & emergencies at Badger Bridge with a wider path. We also have parking in Ray Hick’s field although we still encourage people to park in Charlton Mackrell car park or walk or cycle wherever possible.

We are delighted to have a grant from Somerset Play Forum for a play scheme and after school club in Drayton.

Please see calendar for further details.

We are thrilled to have successfully obtained an Awards for All grant for our activities.

This will enable us to train volunteers and group members, run sessions for children & buy compost toilets for the wood.

We will also train some group members to oversee the safety of our site.