Heartwood
We are building something very special and unique to Croydon...
Imagine...
A woodland space, sheltered, with a camp fire and wood store where adults and children can run wild and free all year.
A sheltered, decked area in nature where people can dance, do yoga and the arts under the trees in the summer rain and not get wet.
Doing or teaching yoga, having or facilitating a therapy or just gathering in a warm, cosy yurt with a woodburning stove, even on the coldest of days.
A Green Gym among the trees run by expert coaches.
Groups, schools, families, adults, children gathering here for all different reasons, and creating community together.
Being able to be here no matter what your ability, whether you are in a wheelchair, with a buggy, or using walking aids.
This place being available everyone no matter what their income is.
This is our dream. We are making it real. Want to join us?
Over the years we have slowly connected with what is now an incredible team of qualified practitioners, friends and community partners who have all come together to form The Heartwood Collective. They range from the youngest of children to the wisest of elders, and everything in between, hailing from all over Croydon, with a raft of experience, knowledge and skills They are committed to this vision, and are already bringing their considerable skills and energy into making this real.
Imagine 3 circles.
One for Facilitators using Heartwood as a container to deliver therapies, offer wellbeing activities like yoga and fitness, forest school, nature connection and nature based arts activity, and curating beautiful events for all.
One for Beneficiaries - individuals, families and groups in the community who visit Heartwood to benefit from the work that happens here.
One for the Friends - people who support Heartwood through their volunteering, energy, time and love. Builders, maintainers and guardians of the site and its associated administrative processes.
These three circles fit together as a Venn diagram, and converge on a central space which is Community. People will be in more than one circle at a time - often all three simultaneously - both offering to and taking from Heartwood as and when needed.
Which organisations are already in the collective?
Go Wild With Us UK C.I.C.
Frylands Wood Scout Centre
Heart of Movement
Wildfitness
Tangled Feet
Creative Croydon C.I.C.
Sound and Movement Sanctuary
Croydon HomeStart
Mrs Burney's Bees
The Woodshed Nursery
Nuthatch Retreats
The British Red Cross
Bensham Manor School
St Peter's Primary
Forestdale Primary
Ridgeway Primary
Off The Record Young Carers Service
Council Youth Projects
Council SEND projects
Individual musicians, artists , psychotherapists and supervisors across modalities
If you are inspired, and would like to join our Collective, you can talk to us at office@gowildwithusuk.org to find out more about what we do here and how you can get involved or be supported.
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