🌿 What’s Happening at Wildlings
Wildlings is a place where children, families and the wider community come together to learn through nature, creativity and shared experience.
Throughout the year we offer kindergarten sessions, baby groups, holiday clubs, craft days and outdoor education training, all rooted in the rhythms of the seasons and the natural world.
Browse the events below to discover what’s coming up.
Wild Wednesdays - After School Club
A relaxed after-school club filled with woodland play, gardening, crafts, food preparation and tool skills. Children arrive from 3.30pm, with a hot dinner for the whole family at 6pm, followed by a story before heading home. Wednesdays until 7pm.
Flexi Fridays - September Block
A relaxed drop-off session for home-educated and flexi-schooled children aged 5–12. Enjoy woodland play, land skills, traditional crafts, cooking, nature connection and shared food at Noxon Farm. Fridays, 10am–2pm.
Birth to Three Group
A session designed to support our youngest ones with their parents.
There will be songs, craft, snack, outdoor play and a simple puppet story at the end.
Parent-Led Kindergarten - September
A gentle, parent-led home education community in our beautiful forest garden.
Each block begins with a Sunday Family Day, followed by Wednesday sessions filled with seasonal activities, woodland play, shared food, practical work and connection. Wednesdays, 9.30am–1.30pm.
Rekindle Juniors
A home-ed land, craft and adventure group for ages 8–12, running alongside Parent-Led Kindergarten. Scott or Karla will lead the older children in their own activities before everyone comes together for lunch and a story. Wednesdays, 9.30am–1.30pm.
Rekindle Juniors Taster Day
A taster morning of woodland adventure, land skills, crafts, tools and practical challenges for home-educated children aged 8–12, with a shared Wildlings lunch and story to finish. Wednesday 2 September, 9.30am–1.30pm.
Wildlings Kindi - Taster Day
A stand alone day to drop in to our parent-led kindi session.
Wildlings Summer Holiday Club - Saturday Family Session
Summer holiday fun for ages 5-12 in the Forest of Dean
Wildlings Summer Holiday Club - 8 Days of Outdoor Fun & Crafts
Summer holiday fun for ages 5-12 in the Forest of Dean
Wildlings Home Education Group
Our Wednesday Home Education Group aimed at ages 4-7, with a splinter group for 8-14 year olds.
🌿 Free Pre & Postnatal Drop-In – Wildlings Roundhouse Tuesdays 2-4pm
Emma’s Antenatal weekly pre & postnatal drop - free & open to all.
🌿 Free Pre & Postnatal Drop-In – Wildlings Roundhouse Tuesdays 2-4pm
Emma’s Antenatal weekly pre & postnatal drop - free & open to all.
☕️ Become A Volunteer
Wildlings is a community built on sharing skills, supporting families and reconnecting with nature. Whatever your experience or background, you have something valuable to offer.
You might be helping in simple ways – making a cup of tea for a tired mum, welcoming families as they arrive, or lending a hand during activities. Or you may wish to share a skill, such as showing children how to plant seeds, helping with crafts, green woodwork, cooking over the fire or supporting outdoor play.
Sometimes the most important role is simply being a friendly face and part of a caring community.
Volunteering with Wildlings is a chance to spend time outdoors, meet like-minded people and contribute to something meaningful for local families and young people.
What we offer in return
In exchange for your time and support, we aim to help volunteers grow and develop their own skills.
This may include:
🌱 Opportunities to learn and develop new skills
📚 Experience working with children, families and outdoor learning
🪪 Support with DBS checks where appropriate
📝 References for future work or study
🤝 Being part of a supportive community
Whether you can offer a little time now and then or would like to become more involved, you are very welcome at Wildlings.