Wilder Woods

Central Somerset Outdoor Learning Partnership

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Woods for Well Being

Sunday, December 13th, 2015

We are thrilled that we have been successful in gaining Awards for All support for our new project, Woods for Well Being. We will be offering sessions for those struggling with mental health issues, loneliness or otherwise in need of a ‘Green Prescription’ at Drayton and Hallr Woods in 2016. Some sessions will be offered […]

Literacy Project

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013

Ernest Cook Make your Mark Literacy Project – August 2012- July2013 Final Report July 2013  Summary of the Project –  Our outdoor literacy project has been full of variety with input from creative practitioners with many different skills; professional story tellers, artists, green wood workers, teachers and forest school leaders. The project took place at […]

Top John Muir Award for two boys

Sunday, November 27th, 2011

Two of our regular volunteers have recently gained their third and top John Muir Award. This is a huge achievement requiring sustained commitment and the boys have been working towards it since March. The photo is of Mark Johnson who has been coming weekly to Hallr Wood. He is an expert on bird identification and […]

Hallr Wood autumn update

Monday, October 10th, 2011

Our family conservation club has sadly now finished. Everyone wanted it to keep going so we hope to be able to start up again in the spring. We are now focusing on getting our access up and running and have finally received notification from SSDC that we have been authorised to proceed with the work. […]

Grants and donations and update on planning at Hallr Wood

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

We are very grateful to SSDC Community Fund, the Charlton Mackrell Parish Council and the Charlton’s panto group CHADS who have all recently given grants and donations towards our access/planning conditions costs at Hallr Wood. We are really pleased that the new Parish Council is supportive of our work in the community and thank them […]

CSOLP Annual Review 2009

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Our annual review (2009) is ready. Unfortunately it is 8 pages long and we haven’t managed to upload it but electronic copies can be obtained by emailing forestschool@beccott.com