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 […]
Venturer camp is back for 2023 – bookings now open!
Venturer Camp 2023 will be happening at Biblins Youth Campsite this summer Between 5th and 12th August 2023 and especially for this year, the camp is open to young people between the ages of 13 and 17. Some of the previous venturers didn’t get the chance to participate in a Venturer Camp because of Covid […]
Learn about Woodcraft Folk’s international youth work at their symposium event
Join Woodcraft Folk to celebrate nearly a 100 years of spanning the world with friendship! In partnership with the UCL, Woodcraft Folk is hosting a symposium reflecting on its international youth work. With its motto of ‘Span the World with Friendship’, international activity has been a constant within Woodcraft Folk demonstrated through its international youth […]
Camps for All – join Woodcraft Folk for a camp to remember in 2022!
Woodcraft Folk is a movement for children and young people, open to everyone. The youth organisation offers a place where children grow in confidence, explore engaging activities, learn about the world, build lasting friendships and start to understand how to value the planet and each other. This year Woodcraft Folk are organising two exciting camps […]
Young people come together for climate action workshop at Cudham residential
During the Easter break young people from Lewisham and Greenwich, New Barnet, Hornsey, Sheffield Waltham Abbey, Bristol and Newham came together to take part in the All Change residential at Woodcraft Folk’s Cudham Environmental Activity Centre. The group, along with Woodcraft Folk staff and volunteers, took part in carbon literacy training as part of the […]
First Woodcraft Folk Scotland event hosted in over two years a huge success!
Woodcraft Folk’s had a fantastic turnout of 69 adults and young people attended their Scotland day event, Reconnecting for Well-being. The event was held in Falkirk in late March and all six districts were represented with people coming from Glasgow, Stirling, Falkirk, Edinburgh and Dundee. Fabulous sunshine filled weather meant attendees were outdoors all day […]
Woodcraft Folk secure carbon literacy funding
Woodcraft Folk are delighted to have been successful in their recent funding application to the Royal Society of Chemistry. It is the first time that the RSC has supported Woodcraft Folk activities and the charity are looking forward to future collaborations. The outreach grant will enable Woodcraft Folk to develop partnership work with the Future […]