EARTH: Post 16 Courses of 5 -28 weeks for NEET (Not in Employment Education or Training), young people focusing on improving life skills and employability through bushcraft and environmental conservation activities. Activities include: Bush craft & survival (shelters, fires and cooking) * Tree & hedge planting * Formative tree pruning * Coppicing * Scrub & ride maintenance * Green woodwork * Hedge laying * Making green wood structures * Woodland art and crafts * Animal homes and habitats * Whittling *Campfire Cooking Usually held in one of our beautiful woodlands Frithy Wood or Castan Wood Contact us or fill out our Natural Alternative Enquiry Form for more information or to discuss your young person's needs IMPORTANT INFORMATION DURING THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC: WE TAKE OUR DUTY OF CARE TOWARDS OUR STAFF AND TO PARTICIPANTS IN OUR PROGRAMMES VERY SERIOUSLY. FROM 19TH JULY 2021, WE ARE NO LONGER IN A POSITION TO ENFORCE ANY PREVIOUS REQUIREMENTS TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS AGAINST COVID TRANSMISSION, FOR EXAMPLE, THE WEARING OF FACE COVERINGS. HOWEVER, WE WOULD ASK THAT ANYONE ATTENDING OUR PROGRAMMES IS MINDFUL OF THE RISK TO THEMSELVES AND OTHERS AND TAKES WHAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE RESPECTFUL PRECAUTIONS WHILST IN THEIR GROUP; PARTICULARLY WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THE WEARING OF FACE COVERINGS WHEN USING OUR MINIBUSES, WHEN PREPARING OR SERVING FOOD, OR WHEN IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OTHERS. WHILST SOCIAL DISTANCING IS NO LONGER MANDATORY, WE WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE ALLOWING OTHERS THEIR PERSONAL SPACE. WE DO HAVE IN PLACE VARIOUS HYGIENE MEASURES TO MINIMISE THE RISK OF TRANSMISSION OF DISEASE. WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU USE OUR HAND-CLEANING FACILITIES AND FOLLOW ANY GUIDANCE FROM STAFF RELATING TO SHARED TOOL ETC. USE. IF YOU ARE DUE TO ATTEND A GROUP IN PERSON AND YOU KNOW YOU MIGHT HAVE CORONAVIRUS, OR YOU ARE EXPERIENCING ANY SYMPTOMS SIMILAR TO THOSE RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS (PERSISTENT COUGH, FEVER, LOSS OF TASTE/SMELL) PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND AND CONTACT US TO LET US KNOW SO THAT WE CAN INITIATE ANY NECESSARY TRACK AND TRACE ACTION. AS WITH ANY ACTIVITY THAT INVOLVES A GROUP OF PEOPLE AT THE MOMENT, THERE IS NO WAY TO COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THE RISK OF CONTRACTING CORONAVIRUS. IF YOU ARE IN A HIGHER RISK GROUP FOR CORONAVIRUS (E.G. IF YOU WERE PREVIOUSLY ADVISED TO SHIELD), OR IF YOU HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO HAVE A VACCINATION, PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR PERSONAL HEALTH RISK VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE JOINING ONE OF OUR EARTH GROUPS.