Woodcraft Folk have one week to raise 20k to help secure their future
The cooperative movement is raising funds to support their impactful youth work as they mark 100 years of service This year youth organisation Woodcraft Folk marked an incredible 100 years of cooperation, social action and bringing brilliant experiences to thousands of young people. Thanks to kind donations from members and supporters Woodcraft Folk give children […]
COP 30 Carnival resonates across the World
15th November saw the carnival in Brazil for COP 30 joining with a Cardboard Carnival in Birmingham and people all over the world demanding more from our governments and corporations. After workshops with Birmingham Woodcraft Folk and other youth groups we met at the Edge and put our questions to COP 30 via a live […]
100 Objects exhibition from Manchester to Rochdale!
We celebrated the launch of our ‘100 Objects Spanning 100 Years’ exhibition in Manchester with young people from the city joining us for the big reveal! The exhibition has now moved to Rochdale and will be touring. See where it’s going next and how you can see this amazing collection.
Woodcraft Folk launches traveling exhibition ‘100 Objects Spanning 100 Years’
Woodcraft Folk today launches their traveling exhibition, ‘100 Objects Spanning 100 Years’ that tells the story of a century of their cooperative youth education, activism, and community work across the UK and beyond. Funded by the National Lottery Fund and kicking off at venue 1 Angel Square today in Manchester, the free touring exhibition offers […]
Woodcraft Folk’s monumental Camp 100 celebrated a century of youth-led activism and unveiled a bright future
Woodcraft Folk’s Camp 100 landmark event has been alive with youth empowerment, adventure, and the spirit of cooperation and solidarity as hundreds of young people and volunteers gather at Kelmarsh Hall marking 100 years of youth-led activism. Across rolling fields surrounding Kelmarsh Hall and gardens, Northamptonshire, something very special has been taking place over the […]
Woodcraft Folk announce 2030 international camp!
Something big is coming… Woodcraft Folk has always believed in bringing young people together across borders in co-operation — and in their 100th anniversary year, they are thrilled to announce that they will be hosting their next international camp in 2030! As thousands of young people are gathered from all over the world currently at […]
Preparations underway for Camp 100 – celebrating 100 years of Woodcraft Folk
At the start of March, the Camp 100 organising team met up at Height Gate Camping Barn to discuss and progress plans for Woodcraft Folk’s centenary celebration international camp happening in summer 2025. Camp 100 is happening between 27th July and the 6th August 2025 at Kelmarsh Hall in Northamptonshire. Young people, group leaders and […]
Camp 100 is only 18 months away!
Youth organisation Woodcraft Folk is turning 100 in 2025! One of the ways they are celebrating this exciting and impressive milestone is to host an international camp welcoming their members from across the UK and friends from all over the world. The Camp 100 team have been hard at work to create the best Woodcraft […]
Lockerbrook Camps for All a huge success
Over the weekend of 24 – 26 November young people from across the country came together at Woodcraft Folk’s Lockerbrook Residential Education Centre in the beautiful Peak District. 25 young people from London, Leeds, Manchester, Todmorden, Newcastle, Derby and Sheffield attended, for some this was the first time they had taken part in Woodcraft Folk […]
Young people travel across the country to attend Camps for All event at Biblins Youth Campsite
Over the weekend of 27 – 29 October, youth organisation Woodcraft Folk hosted a Camps for All event at Biblins Youth Campsite in the beautiful Wye Valley. Participants aged 10 – 15 and came from across the country from Leeds, London, Oxford, Banbury, Aberystwyth and Cheltenham to attend the event. The group was made up […]
Venturer Camp hoping to attract more young people thanks to funding
In their spirit of increasing and widening participation, youth organisation Woodcraft Folk are pleased to have secured some funding to offer those in need reduced (and in some cases FREE) places at their Venturer Camp coming up this summer. Venturer Camp is taking place 5th-12th August 2023 for 13-17 year olds at Woodcraft Folk’s Biblins […]
Annual General Meeting 2023 update
Woodcraft Folk’s 2023 Annual General Meeting will be held at Woodcraft Folk’s Venturer Camp event on Thursday 10 August @ 2pm. It was so wonderful to host the AGM at last year’s Common Ground and see the large numbers of young members engaging that once again we have made the decision to host the AGM […]