Forest school Leader & Director
Email Abby: abby@urbanoutdoorslondon.co.uk
Phone: +44(123)123 45 67
I first found out about Forest school when my daughter was young, and through watching my own young children play in natural environments I was inspired to find out more. I noticed their engagement and absorption in every task, their natural curiosity and wonder at every small living thing and their transformation and joy as they explored.
I’ve always been an explorer – travelling the world, living in many countries, absorbing ideas and cultural practices, visiting some of the most amazing wilderness in outback Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, the United States, the West Indies, and Europe – so it was a natural progression for me to want to share this wanderlust and the freedom I felt when immersed in natural surroundings.
I started when Forest school was in its infancy in the UK, and I spent many years working in community groups and Home Education groups before training to Level 3 Forest School leader, with Archimedes here in the UK. The training was transformative and galvanised my desire to reach as many people as possible with this unique and absorbing practice.
I continue to bring Forest School to the widest possible audience through engagement with parents, schools, community groups and funded community programs. I now am working towards offering Wilderness Therapeutic Interventions – working on a deeper therapeutic delivery of the healing power of the outdoors and nature immersion.
The children and young people I work with bring me daily joy, their wonder, creativity, humour and energy are a constant inspiration.