Consulting, Training & Advocacy

We are passionate about supporting high-quality outdoor education, hands-on learning, and free play opportunities in early years settings.

Through our consulting, training, and advocacy work, we support nurseries, schools, and childcare providers in developing nature-based education that enhances children’s wellbeing, creativity, and connection to the world around them.

Our Approach

We believe in supporting you in strengthening your workforce so that they are fully equipped, skilled and motivated to deliver rich, meaningful outdoor experiences for children.

Our training and consultancy sessions provide practical, hands-on strategies to help educators feel prepared and inspired.

We also recognise the power of collaboration. By bringing together early years settings, we foster a supportive network where educators can share ideas, problem-solve challenges, and build a community of practice dedicated to outdoor learning and child-centred education.

We provide practical training days, consultancy for educators, and advocacy for outdoor learning, all rooted in deep respect for childhood, nature, and hands-on learning.

Training Days for Early Years Educators

We run immersive, practical sessions designed to inspire educators and enhance outdoor learning in early years settings. Topics include:

  • Craft & Traditional Skills: Willow weaving, cob building, natural dyeing, working with sheep’s wool, and cob oven building. These hands-on activities help early years educators develop practical skills they can pass on to children. Seeing adults engaged in meaningful, purposeful work fosters a deep sense of connection and imitation in young children.
    Simple crafts such as mending, carving, doll making, and creating a seasonal nature table enrich the learning environment and support children's holistic development.

  • Elements in Education: Using fire for outdoor cooking, water play, earth-based games and activities, and air.

  • Foraging & Shelter Building: Learning to forage safely, building shelters for people and animals, integrating survival skills into outdoor play.

  • Outdoor Risk & Play: A comprehensive, hands-on guide to risk assessments for early years settings, embracing the benefits of 'risky play' while keeping children safe, taking a fresh look at HSE guidance and ensuring best practices..

  • Healthy & Sustainable Food: How to lower food costs while serving healthy meals, food hygiene outdoors, and outdoor cooking for early years settings.

  • Integrating Outdoor Learning into Your Setting: Practical strategies to seamlessly bring outdoor play and nature-based learning into everyday practice.

Consultancy for Nurseries & Schools

We offer one-to-one support for early years settings looking to integrate nature-based education into their curriculum. Consultancy can include:

  • Curriculum development in line with the latest OFSTED guidance and up-to-date neuroscience, ensuring your staff understand the remarkable benefits of creative free play, nature-based learning and crafting ring time songs and games to stimulate imagination, language and maths.

  • Outdoor play audits to maximise the potential of your setting’s natural spaces.

  • Staff training and mentorship to support educators in deepening their understanding of outdoor learning.

  • Risk assessment and policy guidance to create safe and enriching play opportunities.

Building a Stronger Early Years Community

We know that early years educators face unique challenges, and that working together makes all the difference. Through our training days and consultancy, we aim to:

  • Bring together different settings to share best practices, problem-solve, and collaborate.

  • Support educators in gaining new skills and confidence in delivering outdoor learning.

  • Create a community of practice where childcare professionals can exchange ideas, resources, and experiences.

Get Involved

Whether you’re an educator, childcare professional, school leader, or childminder, we’d love to support you in bringing more nature-based, outdoor learning into your setting. Contact us to learn more about training days, consulting, or collaboration opportunities.