Ever wondered how young people like YOU change the world?
Your Story matters.
“100 Objects for 100 Years” project will showcase our stories throughout 100 years of Woodcraft. Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, we will uncover the incredible history of the Woodcraft Folk, spanning the world with friendship!
- Tell the stories – young people working with our team and partners to explore and share our stories.
- Meet fellow inspiring people, share past and present Woodcraft Folk experiences.
- Shape our Future How we can make a difference!
For any questions or to get involved, get in touch with our Project Officer Marcus – marcus.belben@woodcraft.org.uk.
100 years, thousands of stories, Spanning the World with Friendship
District Celebrations and Opportunities
We will be visiting districts to support events and activities celebrating 100 years of Woodcraft Folk across the UK, helping celebrate the way you want to, Connecting, pooling our skills and resources to make this a truly special year. Please contact marcus.belben@woodcraft.org.uk to loan our mobile exhibition, run activities, build on our ‘Wish you were Woodcraft’ postcard exhibition.
Workshops & our Partners
We’ve run 8 workshops in the Archive reading room UCL IOE to explore Woodcraft Archives with UCL IOE. We will be working with the Museum of Youth Culture and other creative practitioners to provide workshops in Districts building up to Centenary Celebrations throughout the year. Please contact me to find out more.
Celebrating our Centenary sharing online
Thanks everyone who took part in our zoom 28th April – we’d like to invite everyone to another to share experiences on 100 Objects and across Woodcraft Folk Friday 6th June 6pm and Wednesday 14th July 6pm. It’s a good chance to share ideas and plan for some awesome Centenary opportunities.
Archive Residentials
After our first residential at Cudham in April, we visited Mulberry Bush campsite, and we’ll also be at Cudham 5th July to 6th July organising displays and activities for Camp ‘100 Trailblazing Now and Then’ Tent as well as the usual camp fire and Cudham fun. Travel and food will be paid for. Book a place by contacting Marcus.belben@woodcraft.org.uk.Â
Trailblazer Tent at Camp 100
We will run a range of activities in our tent celebrating the trailblazing work of Woodcraft Folk, based on activities identified from our archives our members want to do (tent making and decorating, silk screen t-shirts, games, badge making, shadow puppets…)
It will also be the launch of our mobile 100 Objects exhibition!
‘100 Objects for 100 Years’ Exhibition at Rochdale Pioneers Museum and Four Corners
Our extensive free public exhibition will include archive items, interviews, and the stories young people have selected and curated, sharing our messages, Spanning the World with Friendship. The exhibitions will run from 6th November to 31st January 2026. Visits/ Activities for Woodcraft Groups can be booked. We will also launch our ebook at Rochdale!
‘Wish you were Woodcraft’ Postcards
Please send your memories, photos, artwork and stories to us – we’re putting together a giant postcard exhibition to go out across the world and feed into our online exhibition. Please share your experiences so we can represent all of Woodcraft!
