News and stories
The results are in for this years Membership Badge Competition!!
Thursday, 23 November 2017
We're pleased to announce that the winner of this year Membership Badge competition is Alicia Peacock a venturer from the Ealing & Hammersmith District. We received over 133 votes and the result was very close with only nine votes separating 1st and 2nd place.
We'd like to thank the 151 members who made an entry and their Districts for supporting them to get their entries in:
Recycle4Woodcraft
Wednesday, 22 November 2017
Recycle your inkjet cartridges, raise money for Woodcraft Folk and protect the environment!
It’s so easy. You just need to visit www.recycle4charity.co.uk/Register/C85021 and enter your contact details. You can order freepost bags to return your items in, or even arrange for a box of wanted items to be collected, free of charge! You can even monitor your account to see how much you’ve raised and each quarter an automatic payment will be made to Woodcraft Folk.
Cambridge Youth Debate Student Fees
Tuesday, 21 November 2017
As part of National Parliament Week, Cambridge District hosted a debate with local politicians.
The house motion for the debate was:
Find out the official name of International Camp 2020
Friday, 17 November 2017
Watch this great video put together by the IC2020 camp board.
They're pleased to announce the name of the camp is ............................
"I Act" Action day - 25 November
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
I Act “Action day” is here!
I Act is a project looking at preventing sexual violence using the active bystander approach. Being an active bystander means taking responsibility and choosing to act when you see something happening that could either lead to, or is an act of sexual violence. Each individual action might not seem like it can make a difference but when we all choose to act, we can create a bigger change.
Rene Poole 1922 - 2017
Monday, 13 November 2017
Irene Poole (Folk name, Woodbine)
December 1922 - November 2017
DF Newsletter Now Available
Monday, 13 November 2017
The District Fellows newsletter is now available to download. It includes up to date news from DF committee, recent meetings, upcoming events and all DF related activities that are happening in regions near you.
Vote for your favourite Membership Badge design for 2018
Thursday, 9 November 2017
Earlier this year we asked our members to take part in this year’s Membership Badge competition. The theme was ‘Be inspired by local action'.
Last year was the 80th anniversary of the 'Battle of Cable Street' and in honour of this great collective achievement we wanted our members to research local action in their communities and design a badge which illustrated what happened.
Available now the updated Volunteers Policy!!
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
This year General Council approved the updated volunteers policy which is now available for to download from our website.
The volunteers policy seeks to:
Update from the recent General Council meeting
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Last weekend new and existing members of GC met for the first time at our Cudham Centre to discuss all things Woodcraft. This was their first meeting since our AGM so part of the main business was to elect a Chair and other keys roles within GC.
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