John Muir Legacy Event The Wilderness Foundation are delighted that Chris Packham is going to be exploring the legacy of John Muir, founder of the modern conservation movement, and the beliefs and actions he still inspires today at a special event in London on the 9th September. Members of the Wilderness Foundation will be attending and would [...]
The Wilderness Foundation is inviting a small group of like-minded people to participate in a mini solo camp over 18th and 19th August 2015. The course will be delivered at Chatham Green in Essex, led by WF team members Jo Roberts and Helen Payne.
The Wilderness Foundation is pleased to announce the date for it's annual Wheels for Wilderness Sponsored Cycle Ride. Come to Chatham Green on Sunday 6th September and take part in Wheels for Wilderness - our annual fundraising cycle ride. It will be a fun family day of cycling through the Essex countryside! As a charity we [...]
Adventure Travel Film Festival The Adventure Travel Film Festival is taking place on 14-16th August in London The festival attracts adventurers and speakers from all over there world and they come together and show their films of their travels. People that cycle, motorbike, canoe, walk, climb and sail all over the globe. There are workshops [...]
Huge thanks to Kerri Hicks who completed the Brighton Half Marathon yesterday and raised over £550 for the Wilderness Foundation. Kerri ran the winter half-marathon in just under two hours (1:59:53) - a fantastic effort considering most of her training took part in a particularly difficult time of year enduring during freezing conditions and short [...]
[slideshow_deploy id='8853'] Last Saturday saw the whole team busy bright and early preparing our Chatham Green base for our Festive Fayre. The weather was on our side and we welcomed over 400 visitors in the brilliant sunshine to our site , with nearly 200 children visiting Father Christmas in his specially decorated canvas cabin to receive a present. Our [...]
The Wilderness Foundation celebrated a £1,500 donation from Persimmon Homes - one of the UK's leading house builders. The generous contribution includes a £1,000 charitable donation and £500 sponsorship of The Wilderness Foundation's Festive Fayre, which takes place on Saturday 6th December in Chatham Green, just outside Chelmsford. The cheque presentation took place at Persimmon [...]
Visit our event next Thursday for inspirational ideas! Visit our Christmas Shopping Extravaganza next Thursday 13th November to get some fabulous presents for your friends and family, whilst supporting the Wilderness Foundation. The event is being held at Little Baddow Memorial Hall, North Hill, Little Baddow CM3 4TA between 10 am and 3 pm. Tickets [...]
Join us at our Annual Festive Fayre on Saturday 6th December 2014 at our Chatham Green site. There is loads to see and do: Follow our magical reindeer trail - spot where Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph are hiding. Meet Farmer Frasier and his friendly farm animals (depending on the weather you could [...]
Join us at our Chatham Green Project for family fun on the wild side this Halloween. Take a twinkling twilight walk around our farm and woodland area. Spooky nature crafts in the Education Centre Scary stories by the campfire Apple-bobbing and light (fright) refreshments 6pm—9pm, Friday 31st October 2014 £5 per child, suggested age 5-12, [...]
We would like to invite all teachers, both primary and senior, for a tour and presentation of our Chatham Green Project on either the 15th or 23rd September.
The Wilderness Foundation are organising a Vintage Tea Party in Burnham-on-Crouch on Thursday 6th November between 2 pm and 5 pm. The tea-party is very kindly being hosted by the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club. We are delighted that Philippa Munro will be demonstrating 'Inspiring Gifts from the Kitchen' and there will be 'Beautiful Flower Display' demonstrations too. Tickets [...]
[slideshow_deploy id='8494']The Wilderness Foundation held a special TurnAround 5 Graduation ceremony for six young people who have completed the twelve month TurnAround Programme with the Foundation on Monday 18 August. The event was held to celebrate the achievements of the young people who all come from challenging backgrounds and who took part in a tough [...]
What are you doing this Summer? We know how hard it is to keep youngsters busy during the long summer school holidays and we are organising a series of Summertime Family Activities at our Chatham Green Project to encourage youngsters to switch some screen time for outdoor time. The idea behind our Discovery Mornings is [...]
Calling all 8-12 years old – do you want to be the next Bear Grylls? Fit For Sport and Bear Grylls Survival Academy would like to invite your child to one of their Kids Only Survival Day Courses taking place at the Wilderness Foundation, Chatham Green. This partnership combines over 20 years of experience [...]