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We won the Institute of Outdoor Learning Community Development Award!

Posted in Uncategorized by Natalie / December 18, 2019 / 0 Comments

Our project in Dee Park’s woodland, Lousehill Copse, won the Institute of Learning’s Community Development Award 2019. ‘Mission Lousehill’ is a community re-wilding project that engages the Dee Park community with an ancient woodland on their doorstep. By combining spy themed creative arts, … Continue reading →

Please vote for Nature Nurture! We’re finalists – Institute for Outdoor Learning Awards…

Posted in Cool Campaigns, Uncategorized, Wild Reading, Wild Theatre, Wild Town by Natalie / September 18, 2019 / 0 Comments

We are wildly excited that our Mission Lousehill project at Lousehill Copse in Reading. It’s now up to you to vote to help us win! To vote, simply go to: https://bit.ly/2zo8UzA and click ‘Mission Lousehill’. Winning this Institute for Outdoor … Continue reading →

Tech & Nature: Woodland Wonder

Posted in Uncategorized by Natalie / August 7, 2016 / 0 Comments

So this is our next plan…What do you think?

See the magic unfold in the wild woods…

Posted in Uncategorized by Natalie / December 17, 2015 / 0 Comments

It was just another evening at Norcot Community Centre…or was it? Who are they with giant ears coming out of their hats? Hey…it’s Poco Drom and the long-locked flautist? Why, that’s The Green Man! Oh my and all those … Continue reading →

Families go Wild around Reading!

Posted in Cool Campaigns, Uncategorized, Wild Reading by Natalie / August 13, 2015 / 0 Comments

Hundreds of families picnicing in the park, a group of children singing animal songs, another group making weird and wonderful creatures out of clay and painting butterflies…then venture deep into the wood to discover children creeping along a blindfold … Continue reading →

Tim Gill supports The Wild Reading Project!

Posted in Cool Campaigns, Forest School, Play, Uncategorized, Wild Reading by Natalie / November 21, 2014 / 0 Comments

Crikey! Tim Gill is one of the UK’s leading thinkers on childhood, and an effective advocate for positive change in children’s everyday lives…and he supports The Wild Reading Campaign! Tim was Director of the Children’s Play Council (now Play England) … Continue reading →

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BBC Radio Berkshire – Phil Kennedy Interview

Posted in Uncategorized, Wild Reading by Natalie / November 11, 2014 / 0 Comments

Listen to Teresa Verney-Brookes bigging up The Wild Reading Project with Phil Kennedy on BBC Radio Berkshire.

Dr. William Bird’s ‘Beat the Street’ goes Wild!

Posted in Uncategorized by Natalie / November 10, 2014 / 0 Comments

Dr. William Bird is the Strategic Health Advisor for Natural England developing the Natural Health Service that will use the natural environment as a major health resource in England. He’s also the bloke behind RSPB’s report, Natural Thinking….and he’s behind … Continue reading →

Two weeks to go: Pledge your support for The Wild Reading project!

Posted in Uncategorized by Natalie / November 10, 2014 / 0 Comments

We’re on a mission to give children the chance to be happy, have fun, enjoy nature and get active outdoors in their local green space. Reading, like many towns has loads of wild spaces, where children can roam free, play … Continue reading →

Families go Wild at the McIlroy Park Family Wild Day

Posted in Uncategorized by Natalie / October 13, 2014 / 0 Comments

It had been raining for days and when the Nature Nurture team arrived at McIlroy Park early morning on Saturday, it was still tipping down. Would anyone be coming out today? But then the sun broke through, the sky became … Continue reading →