Find somewhere to volunteer, visit a foodbank, support a friend, or a charity and find a way to donate. The act of giving can help to re-affirm and strengthen connections and contacts and provides the opportunity to demonstrate our appreciation for others. Making small changes to our daily lifestyles can help mitigate the impacts [...]
Turn off your phone and fully immerse in nature! Forget about the pressures of social media for a while and be present in the moment. Try and embrace the Joy of Missing Out, the rivalling concept to FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), by consciously leaving your phone at home and spending some quality time [...]
Take the opportunity to meet with family and friends in the outdoors, in parks, at the beach, in the garden and enjoy an activity together. True connectedness with other people will have a much greater influence on our wellbeing, so why not use this time of year to set some dates aside to spend [...]
Take just a few minutes out of your busy day and try a mindfulness exercise in nature, like a walk in the park, running on the beach or climbing a tree. Time spent outdoors can drastically improve your mental and physical wellbeing. However, if access to the outdoors is difficult, you can gain similar [...]
There are many ways to become more sustainable. For example, learning to garden and grow your own vegetables can help reduce air pollution and provide a healthy food source. There are also many ways to recycle materials to create habitats in the garden, reducing unnecessary waste and creating homes for different animals. Gardening not [...]
Dear All, What a year 2021 was and how grateful I am writing this, looking back at the challenges we have overcome and mountain we have climbed. I am incredibly proud and humbled by the charity and the team I get to work with every day. Rewind to March 2021 when we were [...]
A look back at the achievements of the Chatham Green Project team over the past twelve months Educational Delivery The Chatham Green Project was very busy with school delivery in 2017, with a big outreach delivery at the start of the year. Our Outreach delivery is based around important environmental days of the year, such [...]
Wilderness Explorers Day Camps Our popular Wilderness Explorers camps are based across our whole 40-acre site and include forest play, shelter building, camp fires, nature investigations and free play. Explorers camps are run by our Forest School leader and suit children aged 5-10 yrs. Places limited, don't miss out! Dates Monday 12th Feb, Wed 14th [...]
Wilderness Explorers Day Camps Our popular Wilderness Explorers camps are based across our whole 40-acre site and include forest play, shelter building, camp fires, nature investigations and free play. Dates Monday 23rd, Wed 25th & Fri 27th Oct 2017 Times Camp activities are 10am to 3pm. We offer an early drop off from 9.30 a.m. [...]
It was our pleasure and honour to welcome HRH Prince Harry to the Wilderness Foundation UK today (14/09/2017) The Prince spent over 90 minutes meeting with children and young people who have experienced for themselves the positive power of nature to improve lives and the positive power of humanity to save wilderness. In a packed [...]
On the evening of Friday 26th May we were joined at the Chatham Green Project by Notley Yoga, for an evening of drumming!
Anyone who has seen the impact that learning and playing outdoors has on children knows how powerful such experiences can be. Learning outdoors creates lasting memories, helps build a greater awareness of the environment
The Chatham Green Project welcomed a class of 26 pupils and 4 teachers to the farm on Thursday for a fun and fact filled journey from Field to Fork!
Does your child enjoy the outdoors? Why not come along to our brand new Forest Kids club where we have fun in the woods... shelter building, camp fires, rope swings, mud play, bug investigations and much more!
From time-to-time we put out a night vision camera to see what's happening on the farm when we aren't here.