Dream Our G-Local Movement
Woodcraft Folk joined members of the International Falcon Movement to explore inclusion and diversity as part of European project. The main aim of the Dream our G-LOCAL project is to reflect on our own practices regarding accessibility and inclusion and find ways to improve our movement. Together with other organisations working with underserved youth and children, we […]
Green Influencers Launch Event – A Turtle Success
On Monday (1st March) we had our online launch event for the Green Influencers Scheme on Dream Big at Home. Elaine our new Green Mentor explained what Green Influencers is all about, we talked about the climate emergency and what local action we can take. Then we all made a recycled turtle. And they were all […]
Ingenious Engineers School Sessions!
Over the past week some of our team of volunteer engineers have been running sessions for years 3-6 at Woodslee Coop Academy as part of their blended home/school online learning. Our Ingenious project is funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering and we are working with a team of recruited volunteer engineers with a huge […]
Launch of the Green Influencers Scheme
Woodcraft Folk are pleased to announce the launch of the Green Influencers Scheme supported by Ernest Cook #iwill . We will be supporting groups of young people (10-14 years) in Leeds and Bradford to plan and run green social projects in 2021 and 2022. The Green Influencers Scheme aims to help young people realise their […]
Open wilding project
Woodcraft Folk is passionate about working in partnership with like-minded organisations and as such is joining up with the Open Wilding Project to increase opportunities to our members and attract additional volunteers to support our activities. The Open Wilding Project is an industry changing, innovative conservation organisation built by students, for students of the environment. […]
Ingenious Blog – Coal Vs Gas Vs Renewables
As part of our Ingenious Engineering, Kids field project funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering the team have been hard at work developing blog posts to share ideas from the project with young people. This blog post is written by Josh one of our volunteer engineers and looks into coal, gas and renewable means of energy […]
Ingenious Blog – Engineering to Combat the Climate Crisis Part Two by Bob Dean
Last week’s instalment In my last blog I talked about how I got into engineering, how renewable energy generation helps combat the climate crisis and some of the challenges that have been overcome in developing offshore wind farms. In this second blog I talk about hydroelectric power, community power projects and why engineering is a great career […]
Green Influencers Scheme
Woodcraft Folk are pleased to join 40 other organisations in the Ernest Cook #iwill Green Influencers Scheme.
Ingenious Blog
Engineering to Combat the Climate Crisis Part One by Bob Dean