First Peer Action Collective Workshops Complete
Woodcraft Folk’s Peer Action Collective (PAC) Peer Facilitators have delivered their first local co-operative values workshops to Changemakers (young people age 10-25) in Hull and Bradford in the past week. The workshops were facilitated by two Woodcraft Folk young leaders, Eliza and Sadie. The workshops saw PAC Changemakers explore co-operative models of working through a […]
Woodcraft Folk young members proud to be part of launched E-mpACT toolkit
E-mpACT: Youth for inclusive e-education, is a three-year project focusing on addressing the youth needs during and post covid-19 pandemic, addressing digitalization, non-formal education and international solidarity. The project aims to raise awareness in youth work by examining the pandemic’s impact on non-formal education and international solidarity. E-mpACT involves young people/youth partners from 8 countries […]
Peer Action Collective Training kicks off with Weekend at Cudham
At the start of February, Woodcraft Folk hosted a training weekend at the charity’s Cudham Environmental Activity Centre. The weekend was attended by Woodcraft Folk members from across the country who will be delivering workshops later this year as Peer Facilitators as part of the Peer Action Collective. The Peer Action Collective (PAC) seeks to […]
Woodcraft Folk participants deliver anti-racism workshops in Spain
In late September, four of Woodcraft Folk’s young members spent a week in Mollina, Spain attending an IFM-SEI seminar titled ‘Choosing Anti-Racism. Radical Reorientation’. The participants included Eliza Dolly, Teo Patel, Mickey Lowe and Bean Dolly. One of the facilitators was also Woodcraft Folk’s Trustee Spike Asari. The project included seven different partner organisations, which […]
Woodcraft Folk launch Peer Action Collective project to support 10-25 year olds
Woodcraft Folk’s young facilitators are full of excitement following the launch of the Peer Action Collective (PAC). The Peer Action Collective seeks to support 10 to 25-year-olds to contribute to community activities designed to help young people live a life free from violence. The innovative collective is funded by the Youth Endowment Fund, the #iwill […]
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 […]
Woodcraft Folk to embark on 15k fundraiser to fund Adventures for All
From 28th – 5th Dec youth organisation Woodcraft Folk are taking part in the Big Give Christmas Campaign to raise 15k in funds for their Adventures for All. During the campaign week, every donation will be doubled thanks to match funder the Reed Foundation and the charity are asking for people to donate this Christmas to […]
Fund vital youth work by signing up as a Friend of the Folk today!
As we find ourselves in the midst of a financial crisis, charities are needing support more than ever to ensure their vital work can continue. Charity Woodcraft Folk are reminding people about their Friend of the Folk scheme which is made up of regular donors who help fund their crucial work with young people. The […]
Kind donations result in captivating events for Woodcraft Folk’s young members
Thanks to generous donations to Woodcraft Folk’s Residential Adventures fundraiser last December, young members of the charity have been able to enjoy an array of captivating and impactful events. Through the fundraiser, £18,000 was raised with supporters kindness making adventurous activities possible for many young people. Thanks to the funding, young people were able to […]
Woodcraft Folk trustee supports with delivering letter to downing street calling for Free School Meals For All
On the 29th June, Wodcraft Folk Chair of General Council Aggie Taylor joined children and young people, MPs and peers, trade unions, doctors and other civil society leaders handing in a letter to parliament at 10 Downing Street demanding universal free school meals across the UK. Over 90,000 people have signed the letter including Woodcraft […]
Woodcraft Folk young members have their say on climate change
In May, many young Woodcraft Folk members took part in the think tank New Philanthropy Capital (Think NPC) Everyone’s Environment programme by sharing their views, thoughts and feelings about the climate and nature crisis. DFs at their Spring Awakening event and participant’s from Young leader training, Green Influencers in Leeds and Pioneer and Venturer groups […]
Journey of Youth Leadership Participants Head to Santiago
At the end of April, two participants from Woodcraft Folk travelled to Santiago, Chile to take part in a toolkit development workshop which was the third international event for the Journey of Youth Leadership project. Woodcraft Folk have been participating in the project with other IFM-SEI organisations since 2021. The project is funded by the […]