New Futures Academy

27/05/2026

Places are filling up on our wonderful cob sculpting course with Ellie Coles….. so book your ticket now if you don’t want to miss out 😃 you can book through the dandelion events link in our bio

23/05/2026

Pick & Print

Botanical printmaking workshop

Our wonderful group facilitator Juliet is collaborating with artist Pip Greeves to share a playful and creative day of printing at the yurt!

Natural Ink Making. Land Connection. Foraging. Sun Prints

You will take away a beautiful collection of your work!

*Sat 11th July*
*10.00 - 17.00*
*Tiered pricing!*

Booking through link in bio

18/05/2026

Thank you so much, everyone that so kindly donated plants for our new growing beds 🙏🤩💚 we were given so many that we decided to build another two beds! We now have lots of lovely perennial veg in the Hugelkultur bed, and lots of natural diet plant seed stone for the dye bed and herb set aside for the Mediterranean bed too. So big thanks go to Jenny Thompson, Ruth Walker, Catherine Munro, Alison Wilson, Jane & Simon Smith, Josh Zara, Roberta Bishop & Natalie Torr 🙏🙏🙏🤩🤩🤩

17/05/2026

🔥 MAY HALF TERM ADVENTURES (Ages 13–18) 🌊🌿

Ready for two unforgettable days of wild adventure, creativity, survival skills, and outdoor fun? This May half term we’re heading to Dartmoor AND the beach for hands-on experiences designed for curious, adventurous teens!

⛰️ Tues 26th May — Hound Tor, Dartmoor
🥾 Tracking & stalking games
🧭 Navigation challenges
🌱 Foraged wild snacks
🧺 Make your own foraged fibre basket
💦 Optional river swimming

🏖️ Weds 27th May — Man Sands Beach Trip
🎨 Create & photograph beach art
🪨 Geology challenge
🔥 Wild foraging & outdoor cooking
✏️ Nature observation & drawing
🐚 Rock pooling & optional sea swimming

Led by the brilliant Samara Lewis & Juliet Murray 🌟

These are small-group, screen-free days packed with adventure, confidence-building, creativity, and connection with nature 🌿

✨ Places are still available!
DM us to book or email: [email protected] .the.soul

14/05/2026

Creative Cob sculpture Workshop 6th & 7th June…. come and learn how to make cob (an ancient building material using clay sand and straw) in this very affordable workshop for adults and teens…we’ll be making a bench or a wall or a sculpture depending on what the group wants to make…led by cob artist Ellie Coles…. They will also be a chance for each person to make a Dorodango (a beautiful Japanese art for which involves making highly polished spheres of mud and clay from the site.) Message us for more details or to book your place…..just £30 for adults and £15 for teens

11/05/2026

05/05/2026

We’ll also be making beautiful ‘dorodangos’ at the cob workshop on 6th & 7th June….which forming involves mud, water, and soil into perfectly round, polished, and shiny spheres, often called “mud dumplings.” It is a meditative, hands-on craft requiring patience, where soil is shaped into a ball, dried, layered with fine dust, and polished by hand to a high, stone-like shine…. It will be a super affordable workshop, lots of fun - message us for more details 🤩

05/05/2026

Creative Cob Workshop 6th & 7th June…. come and learn how to make cob (an ancient building material using clay sand and straw) in this very affordable workshop for adults and teens…we’ll be making a bench or a wall or a sculpture depending on what the group wants to make…led by cob artist Ellie Coles…. Message us for more details or to book your place…..just £30 for adults and £15 for teens

06/02/2026

We’ve got leatherwork or felting on the menu for this Sundays forest crafts youth group session…. And it looks like we’ve still got some places available, so if you know anyone age 13 to 18 that would love to learn some great craft skills and spend time connecting with nature and other young people for just £10 per session …. Send us a message or find our registration form in the link in the bio. 🤩🫶 we are based in Littlehempston near Totnes in Devon

31/01/2026

We are currently taking bookings for our Outdoor Fun School Holiday clubs programme.....The first one is in February half term, on Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th Feb.

The theme for Wednesday’s session (18th Feb) is FIRE....we’ll be learning some proper bushcraft skills in different ways to light fire, how to make and cook Bannock Bread on the fire and doing some fun Pyrography...there’ll be games and group challenges, and a bit of adventuring in the woods....

The theme for Thursday’s session (19th Feb) is ‘SLINGSHOTS’.... we’ll help you to make your own slingshot out of wood and rubber...and then there’ll be target practice and a friendly competition, as well as games and campfire cooking

It’s for 13 - 18 year olds and costs just £10 per person per day!
If you would like to come to this, please register for it asap (link in bio)