Woodcraft Folk’s General Council met in September 2026, you can find an update from the meeting from Co-chair of General Council, Eddie Moriarty below.
A note from Eddie Moriarty, Woodcraft Folk’s Co-chair of General Council:
General Council met last weekend, at time of writing, (11-13th September), the first time we have met as a council since our new members were elected at Annual Gathering and members of the DF movement were appointed at their Everything and Old/ New!
I’d like to thank our outgoing members of council, Alex Thompson, Eedie Baker-Thompson, Huw Hickman, Lara Sayers, Larry Goodwin, Nancy Hawker, Paul Nolan-Paley, Ro Marsh, Ruth Doak, Stella Azurdia-Fraser and Tyler Eckersall, thank you all for the work you’ve done over the last year and longer while you’ve been on GC, I’m going to miss your presence and look forward to working alongside you in the movement again at some point in the future.
And a warm welcome to Angus Crocker, Austin Vincent Argarwal, Caitlin Small, Eriol Evans, Georgia Lomax Thorpe, Hannah Khan, Hazel Wilis, Isy Barnes, Isobel Ford, Loki White, Seren Waite and Tom Brooks!
Some of us arrived early to the weekend to join our members of staff at the tail end of their conference, which was a lovely opportunity to have. Being able to take a short time to catch up and meet our staff team, some for the first time, was lovely – it’s always amazing to hear from the people who help keep our movement going, and the passion they have for it too.
We used the weekend to introduce being on GC to our newer members, and refresh some of us who’ve been on for a little longer. Tom Brooks has put together a short video covering what was discussed – but for a little bit more detail, the following people were appointed to the following roles on the board:
- Vice Chair for Staffing: Joe Bailey
- Vice Chair for Joint Centres: Ian Brown
- Vice Chair for Campaigns and Communications: Eddie Moriarty
- International Secretary: Tamsin Pearce
Our committees for Education and Groups and Safeguarding will be determining who their Vice Chair’s will be, but both committees are being stewarded by multiple members of GC.
As well as being Vice Chair for Campaigns and Communications, I remain Chair of General Council. This year, we’re trialling a new way sharing the load, and I’m being joined by Joe Bailey as Co-chair. We believe that this matches the spirit of what we do as a Cooperative movement, and better reflects the way we work.
As always, should you wish to get in touch with myself or General Council, you can do so at chair@woodcraft.org.uk or general.council@woodcraft.org.
