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

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As part of our celebrations we will be hosting an international camp 27 July – 6 August 2025 at Kelmarsh Hall, Northampton. We will welcome friends from Woodcraft Folk groups across the UK as well as our international friends across the IFM-SEI network.

To find out more head over to the Camp100 website

Click here to find out how you can get involved.

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We are looking to build a team of enthusiastic peer facilitators (age 18+) who will be paid to deliver workshops to young people across the UK emphasising and raising awareness about the importance of cooperation and how they can use cooperative values in their social action projects and every day life. We will be delivering 14 sessions over 2024-2025 to groups of young people (changemakers) across England. 

Cooperative values include democracy, self-help, self-responsibility, equity, ethical values, solidarity and equality, all things that we explore at Woodcraft Folk through games, drama activities, discussions, debates and outdoor activities. 

Groups of Changemakers will be made up of young people from a range of different organisations across the country and will be groups who are looking to make change in their local areas including eradicating youth violence, supporting School refusers, mental health and stopping discrimination in their areas 

Woodcraft Folk’s young facilitators will be supporting regional groups to explore how to adopt a co-operative approach to their work. Those with some life experience of social action and facing barriers such as violence, care experience, school refusal, mental health difficulties etc. would be most welcome to express interest as these are some of the topics the changemakers will be exploring through their social action projects. 

A training and preparation event is scheduled for February 2nd-4th at Cudham. During the weekend we will work together to produce tools and session plans to support Social Action Leads and Changemakers to develop, deliver and evaluate their social action projects. 

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We have worked with volunteer group leaders and young people within our organisation as well as working closely with youth workers and young people from our partner organisation The Kite Trust (TKT). The Kite Trust are a youth organisation based in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who support young people from the LGBT+ community.

Throughout this project we have also worked really closely with Cass Humphries-Massey, a  Thanatologist, who is somebody who researches and works with grief and bereavement.
Cass HM is the founder of Navigating the Wilderness, a practice in which they tend the wilds of grief. Cass has helped our team of youth workers from both organisations understand the subject better and supported us to develop the ideas of our young members into a meaningful and useful resource. Cass has helped our team of youth workers from both organisations understand the subject better and supported us to develop the ideas of our young members into a meaningful and useful resource.

what we have done

Authorship of this toolkit sits between a number of authors engaged in a process of
co-production from initial conception to publication. We have met with young people across London, Cambridge and Peterborough who have participated in workshops and consultations to develop artwork and content for the toolkit. They have shared their own experiences of bereavement and of supporting others.

Some authors have chosen to be named, and some have chosen to remain anonymous. We want to thank all of the authors of this toolkit, including all of our young people, volunteers, and members of each organisation involved.

We believe young people, and all people, can benefit from openly, creatively and compassionately sharing spaces to navigate grief. We hope you notice ripples of support stemming from the work contained within this toolkit. We believe this work can reach far beyond the pages we have co-produced and authored here, and we encourage anybody with ideas, connections and resources available for this work to get in touch.

Find version 1 of the toolkit below

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Participants of this project are analysing the social impact and youth worker’s perceptions of the challenges of digital literacy, to advocate for an accessible youth work in relation to the pandemic and solidarity policy with neighbouring countries of the EU and different regions in the world.

This project wants to ensure that future policies on digitalization consider the specific needs and aspirations of young people from marginalized communities, and address challenges and barriers they face in active e-participation. E-mpACT involves young people/youth partners from 8 countries and 4 continents and is being led by IFM-SEI.

The project so far

In May 2022 the project saw a Kick off meeting at Woodcraft Folk’s Cudham Centre which involved in-depth planning of the overall project goals and outputs with participants from Woodcraft Folk and international partners. Participants came together to further their learning about the project at Common Ground international camp in August 2022.

Young participants and project officers took part in E-learning during September 2022 which looked at the impact the pandemic had on youth work and what engagement with online youth work participants have had. We explored the positive and negative impact online youth work has had across the world.

In October 2022, 2 young participants from Woodcraft Folk joined international counter parts in Slovenia for workshops around ‘what makes the perfect trainer?’ looking at online and offline qualities of different methods of facilitation and what resources trainers need to be the best trainers. The group also discussed digital activism and promoting causes through certain platforms such as Tik Tok, Instagram, Twitter etc. 

In November, another 2 young participants and our ESC comms volunteer took part in a co-design workshop in Berlin focusing on how to undertake research on and offline and different techniques to do this. Woodcraft Folk participant Lilith (17) said at the end of the trip “I didn’t know anything about research, now I have a pretty good understanding”.

Over 2023 the project continued to explore different ways of delivering youth work. In April Young Leader Training took place at Woodcraft Folk’s Heightgate Centre. We brought young leaders age 18-25 to engage with an introduction to safeguarding/risk assessment, participate in workshops around digital youth work, take part in mental health and physical first aid training as well as this participants share skills and look at the basics of being a leader. Find out more about the weekend here.

In December 2023 participants from Woodcraft Folk and the other project partner organisations traveled to Zimbabwe to develop an educational toolkit full of information and activities around digital and online youth work.

Upcoming project activity

2024 will see each project partner develop a policy paper on a subject they will continue work on. In July a seminar will take place in Peru focusing on Advocacy and Capacity building. The end of the year will see roundtables organised by Woodcraft Folk to bring together other organisations and projects focusing on recovery of youth work and supporting young people’s mental health after COVID.

Check out the E-mpACT toolkit which has been developed by project partners focusing on impactful online and digital youth work here.

To find out more about the project or to get involved get in touch to lauren@woodcraft.org.uk

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Woodcraft Folk is a movement for children and young people, open to everyone from birth to adult. Woodcraft Folk offers a place where children will grow in confidence, explore engaging activities, take part in workshops, learn about the world, build lasting friendships and start to understand how to value our planet and each other.

We aim to bring exciting experiences to young people from all backgrounds through organising engaging events for young people (aged 10-15) as part of our ‘Camp for All’ initiative. Whether you are new to Woodcraft Folk or a long standing member, we want young people to join us for a weekend filled with fun, adventure and making new friends.

Non members and members can register their interest in a camp or residential via the form at the bottom of the page and we will then send you the relevant event information and booking instructions. Further details on upcoming camps can be found below.

Upcoming camps!

Our Camps for All weekend residentials will take place at centres and campsites across the UK that are owned and/or managed by Woodcraft Folk. Find out more about our centres and campsites here.

In 2025 we have 2 exciting Camps for All events for young people to join:

24 – 26 October, join us at our Lockerbrook centre, beautifully situation right in the middle of the Peak District with stunning views of the Lady Bower Reservoir. Participants will take part in bushcraft activities, cooperative challenges and games, exploring the local area and making new friendships. The centre is fitted out with dormitories with bunk beds and has a large recreational room with games, table tennis, craft space and a cosy indoor fire.

14 – 16 November, Camps for All will be heading to Heightgate near to Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire. The centre has dormitories and a large heated barn where we can enjoy games and activities in all weathers. Over the weekend we will take part in bushcraft activities (fire lighting and whittling), a walk across the area of outstanding natural beauty up to Stoodly Pike, pizza making, making new friends and cooperative games and challenges.

Adventurous and fun activities

Our Camps for All camping and residential activities will be delivered by experienced Woodcraft Folk staff and dedicated, enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteers. We will often take part in adventurous activities such as canoeing, weasling and crate stacking that will be instructor led.

The events will include exploring the surrounding areas of natural beauty around our centres, playing co-operative games, making new friendships, taking part in workshops around social change and children’s rights, enjoying adventurous activities and spending our evenings around the campfire.

To Book:

To book your child/ren on to a camp or residential, we first need you to fill in the form below to express an interest in the upcoming events.

Once you have filled in the form, we will contact you with more information about the camp/s along with booking and payment instructions. Feel free to share this with others you know who may be interested.

For Woodcraft Folk members that sign up there is a discount and for non members who sign up to the camp, their fee also includes an annual subscription to Woodcraft Folk!

Booking closes when all places are filled – there are only a limited number of places available at most of our camps so book soon to avoid disappointment!

FREE Voyager Membership subscription when non members sign up to a Camps for All event!

If you are new to Woodcraft Folk and sign up to a Camps for All event you will receive a FREE annual Voyager Membership subscription which includes a welcome back of goodies such as an activity booklet with 40+ activities to try at home, a water bottle, stickers and branded stationery and invites to regional and national Woodcraft Folk member events. You’ll also have a reduced fee to pay for any future Camps For All events you sign up to. Sign up to a Camps for All event below to receive your FREE annual Voyager Membership subscription!

The cost of the upcoming weekend trips are:

Fees cover the cost of accommodation, food and activities across the weekend.

Our Camps for All events cost £75 for those already part of a local Woodcraft Folk group or district. There is an extra charge of £25 for new Woodcraft Folk members which covers an annual Voyager Membership with the organisation.

If you have questions or queries, please email Lauren Karstadt, Programme Manager. (lauren.karstadt@woodcraft.org.uk) We don’t want finance to be a barrier to participating and sometimes have some funding streams to support subsidised spaces on our residentials. Get in touch to find out more.

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• Lockerbrook, 24 – 26 October 2025
• Heightgate, 14 – 16 November 2025
• I cannot make any of these but I want to find out about future events

If you can’t make any of the currently available camps or would like to find out more, you can join our mailing list. We’ll keep you up to date with what Woodcraft Folk is doing, upcoming events you can take part in; and other opportunities to support our work and ways to get involved. 

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IFM-SEI Shaping the Future! (11.8.25-18.08.25)

Papers for all or no papers at all!?

We live in a world where borders are not just lines on a map, but walls that separate dreams, people and rights. Migration is not just a “political issue”; it is the reality of millions of people seeking to survive, resist and find a place to be free. This Summer School proposes a space to understand the structural causes of migration, challenge systemic racism and explore alternatives from an approach of social justice and international solidarity.

In this year’s Summer School, we will look at migration and all the issues and challenges around it. We will not only explore the circumstances that might cause people to migrate but also look at the situations they might be faced with in the places they migrated to. Bringing together people from all over the world, we will share experiences from our fight against racism and xenophobia in all their forms. Looking to the future we will discuss how we can bring about a world free of so-called “border crises”, where everyone can go and live where they want to, how they want to.

The programme is developed by the International Team of Kurt Löwenstein Education Centre. We will work in track-sessions every day. But we will leave plenty of time per day for other parts of the programme participants self-organise, with the help of the International Team, but also themselves. In committees we organise our free time and evenings. We will have time to share workshops also participants bring with them and spend one day on a field trip in Berlin. Much more will develop and happen.

The seminar will be conducted in English; thus, it will be rather hard to understand the instructions and fully participate if your English is limited. However, you may help each other out in delegations.

When?

11. – 18. August 2025

Target Age?

18-30 years old

Participation Fee?

50-100€, depending on your country of residence.

Travel cost reimbursement?

Possible – for more details contact Jonas Gerber.

Registration deadline?

20. July 2025 (Participants needing Visa invitations, please apply as early as possible!)

How to register

Sign up to attend here

Questions?

Feel free to contact Kurt Löwenstein Education Centre with any questions.

Contact details:

Jonas Gerber
Email: j.gerber@kurt-loewenstein.de
Phone: +49(0)33398-8999-15

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