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Bushcraft skills
Picture the scene; you’re in an ancient woodland, sitting under a shelter that you built with you own hands, warming your body by a crackling campfire that you lit yourself whilst it cooks your evening meal using ingredients that you foraged from the hedgerow.
It doesn’t get much better than this and the sense of satisfaction and empowerment is huge!
Bushcraft is a set of skills that’s as old as humans themselves. Making fire, building shelter, foraging for food, using sharp tools and reading the landscape are all activities which we’ve been practising since prehistory. Bushcraft brings us closer to nature and to understanding ourselves.
At Woodland Classroom, we deliver our activity sessions to a high professional standard and we get great feedback from the clients we’ve worked with. We can lead on a wide range of inspirational and engaging bushcraft and woodland skills workshops to cater for all interests and abilities, giving your group the opportunity to experience the joy of outdoor living whilst connecting with nature through learning these traditional skills.
- Bushcraft can be used for a range of positive goals:
- Empowering young people
- Engaging communities, bringing people together
- Motivating teams to greater performance
- Promoting mental health & wellbeing through nature connection
- Delivering a memorable and unforgettable group experience
Practising bushcraft can be very empowering, especially for people who have never experienced it before, it has the potential to boost confidence and foster a positive mental attitude. Whatever your goal, we’d love to talk with you about how we can use bushcraft and woodland skills to engage your group.
- Bushcraft skills
- Wellbeing in the woods
- Festival Workshops
- Team building
- Corporate away days
- Mentoring
Your Tutor: James Kendall
James is our Head Bushcraft Instructor, certified through the Institute for Outdoor Learning. He is also a qualified Forest School Leader, Social Forester and experienced Woodland Manager.
“My approach to teaching bushcraft has always been with an emphasis on steering my students toward fostering a deeper connection with nature through understanding the landscape around us. Bushcraft skills are an effective way to do this as we learn about using natural materials and how we can live with the land, whilst also connecting with our own ancient past by seeing the land through the eyes of our ancestors.”
Skills you will learn
James teaches bushcraft skills to groups from all walks of life and abilities. Skills covered include:
Fire by Friction
Shelter Building
Sharp tool use
Tree & Plant Identification
Natural Cordage
Fire-lighting Skills
Hedgerow Foraging
Natural Navigation
Traditional Leathercraft
Dutch oven
Campfire Cooking
Tracking
Woven throughout all our sessions is the over-arching theme of Leave No Trace, which asks those of us who enjoy bushcraft to consider the short and long term impacts of our activities on the wildlife and habitats that we love, looking at ways we can reduce our footprint and tread more lightly on the land.
RURAL SKILLS WORKSHOPS
Having worked both in the field of environmental conservation for several years and as a former Manager of the 300 acre Long Wood Community Woodland in Mid Wales, James has a solid background in Countryside Skills & Woodland Management and now leads group sessions covering a range of practical rural skills including:
- Woodland Management
- Coppicing
- Hazel Hurdle-Making
- Living Willow Structures
- Tree & Hedgerow Planting
- Tree Felling with Hand Tools
- Charcoal Making
- Dry Stone Walling
We’ve seen time and time again the immense satisfaction groups get from getting stuck into these countryside skills, working together to achieve positive benefits for the environment and our natural heritage.
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Take the first step toward giving your group an experience they won’t forget. Get in touch with us and let’s get connected.
James is a conscientious hard working enthusiastic conservationist with a particular set of skills which include project management, working with volunteers and community groups amongst others. My experience of working with James has been a positive one, creating a feeling of that I could work with him going forward on other ventures in the future.
Chris Matts
Ancient Woodland Restoration Officer ‘ Woodland Trust
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