14/07/2026
Time in nature, under the trees and around the campfire, with muddy hands and smoke in your hair, time spent playing and learning with your hands and whole body, sometimes on your own and sometimes as a team.
Feeling a sense of belonging and freedom, in a space to make your own decisions and be seen, supported and valued for who you really are.
This is our work, this is what we believe in.
At the end of each of our therapeutic programmes, we ask our tribe what they have noticed about themselves during their time in the woods. One of the students said “The rest of my week is easier when I’ve been to Forest School.”
Others said “I can concentrate out here”
“I like it because it’s quieter out here”
“I felt calmer when I’d been to Forest School”
“It’s somewhere I felt confident and didn’t worry about what other people thought”
Over 8 weekly sessions we have worked with these young people in the woods using bushcraft and wilderness therapeutic approaches. For many, the woodland environment reveals strengths and qualities that are less visible in the classroom. It was such a joy to see them develop and realise their strengths and to hear from school staff that this was showing up back in the classroom too. It reminds us of the real value of different learning environments and practical, relationship-based ways of being with young people.
Huge thanks to for trusting us to support their students and to our brilliant team and Stu for all their hard work and dedication.
