As we’ve gone on we’ve developed a really good connection with the inner-city areas around the woods, and that’s been an amazing journey.
David
As we’ve gone on we’ve developed a really good connection with the inner-city areas around the woods, and that’s been an amazing journey. We work with children in local schools in Harehills, in Chapel Allerton & Chapeltown. We work with people from the dementia café, Action asylum, and then all those people get to use the words in a different way.
And there's a real pleasure in seeing the range of activities people get involved in. You might have a group of men at risk of suicide joining in with Bushcraft in the woods, then the next moment you have kids taking part in a bug hunt. You really get to see people's interest in nature, and from that their passion in preserving it. We’ve had poetry writing workshops, Indian dance themed walks, we’ve had a photography exhibition touring the local libraries. People come in and input into the woods, people give a lot and they gain a lot - it’s a two-way thing.