Community Craft Camp
Dates now confirmed: 2nd - 6th August 2017
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Wednesday 2nd - Sunday 6th August 2017
Weaving Community building and Crafting into a week-long Family Camp
A community camp with family and friends where each member will have time to focus on a particular craft and material or try out a variety of crafts throughout our time. We will also play games, share stories around the camp fire, sing and make music, cook together and share good local food cooked by our wonderful chef, Eloise Minton (click here for her website). There will be an interweaving of aspects from the Art of Mentoring to enrich our culture of nature connection and community during our time out on the land, under the open skies.
Ages and stages: We welcome people of all stages of life onto the camp

We aim to offer an accessible camp experience that enables parents and children to have time to craft in a way that meets them. Depending on bookings and numbers, we aim to have staff provision for:
3-6 yr olds who will have their own woodland area to explore, play and craft with a wonderful, experienced forest school and nature connection leader or two! Click here to see photos from this group from last year.
3-6 yr olds who will have their own woodland area to explore, play and craft with a wonderful, experienced forest school and nature connection leader or two! Click here to see photos from this group from last year.

7-12 yr olds who will have nature mentors to hold space for them to play, craft and create with stories around fires and the opportunity to develop their woodland skills. Click here to see photos from this group from last year.

10-16 yr olds who would like a more focused crafting experience with flexibility to follow the group's passions. Click here for further info.
10-16 yr olds who would like a more focused crafting experience with flexibility to follow the group's passions. Click here for further info.
These staffed provisions will be held for the morning and afternoon 2 hr craft sessions both to meet the children where they are at, giving them time with peers and to free parents up to have some more adult time with the crafts and receive tuition from our craft specialists. Last year these craft sessions are also open for older children to join should they choose however this caused some tension for the craft specialist to meet everyone's needs so the upgrade for this year we will have an older children's craft group with experienced nature mentors which will be separate from the adults during the 2hr craft sessions.
Under 3s will need accompanying throughout and if we have enough we will have a held parent and toddler group during craft session times. If there are not enough parent and child bookings to have it's own staff member, they will be welcome to join in on the fringe of the adult craft activities or to join the youngest children's group.
Under 3s will need accompanying throughout and if we have enough we will have a held parent and toddler group during craft session times. If there are not enough parent and child bookings to have it's own staff member, they will be welcome to join in on the fringe of the adult craft activities or to join the youngest children's group.
Primary Crafts on offer for ADULTS will include:
Each craft on offer will soon have it's own page with more info on the craft and who it will be facilitated by.
Cost
Our aim is to make this community craft camp both financially accessible and to be able to pay the craft specialists and chef an honourable wage. We feel it will be most nourishing for food to be provided by our wonderful chef and we will strive to provide good quality, local organic produce where possible.
Costs: If you and your family want to grow and be nourished by experiencing our craft camp and costs make it feel prohibitive, please contact us to see what is possible! Some part exchange spaces are available.
Adult Crafters £240 or Early Bird: £220 when booked prior to April 15th
Children £180
Accompanying adult with an under 3yrs £120
(or a 3 yr old that is not yet ready to go off from a parent for a couple of hours at a time)
Costs are all inclusive - they include:
camping fee, food (by our chef: Eloise Minton), materials, craft facilitator's fees and administration
Costs: If you and your family want to grow and be nourished by experiencing our craft camp and costs make it feel prohibitive, please contact us to see what is possible! Some part exchange spaces are available.
Adult Crafters £240 or Early Bird: £220 when booked prior to April 15th
Children £180
Accompanying adult with an under 3yrs £120
(or a 3 yr old that is not yet ready to go off from a parent for a couple of hours at a time)
Costs are all inclusive - they include:
camping fee, food (by our chef: Eloise Minton), materials, craft facilitator's fees and administration