About our organisation...

• Our group is open to anyone who supports improved access to high quality outdoor learning for all ages in Central Somerset. We aim to link independent practitioners with communities and provide mutual support. We work closely with parents who are an important part of our support network. Our meetings are informal and take place in the woods where we operate. See Calendar for dates. There is no membership fee. 
• We are affiliated to the Forest Education Initiative and some of our group are members of the Yeovil and Dorset FEI Cluster group and the Devon Forest School Network.
• We are developing links with the Hawk & Owl Trust, Secret World, Somerset Wildlife & the Woodland Trust. We work closely with the Ham Hill rangers and have access to support and advice from the warden at Shapwick  Heath Nature Reserve.
• We began by running community after school clubs for children in woods during the autumn of 06 and are now mainly running holiday woodland playschemes in the Glastonbury and Somerton area of Somerset, with help from grants (see news).
• We became a constituted group in March 07 in response to local community interest.
• We have expanded our activities through the use of specialist instructors and now offer bushcraft, bow making, spoon carving, woodland crafts, creative writing and woodland drama.
• We operate an equal opportunities policy and are keen to involve more young people in the delivery of our activities. We welcome volunteers especially for our conservation and site maintenance activities and offer support and training. We are members of BTCV.
• We prioritise disadvantaged children wherever possible and seek funding to subsidize the cost of sessions for low income families and to expand our provision for different groups in need.
• We have registered with Child-Safe and have two Child Protection Officers who have received training.
• We have access to a number of sites and our leaders are mobile. We are able to set up sessions anywhere suitable, subject to the necessary risk asesssments & consents..