Wild Things Charity (Registered Charity No: 1209478) was established in 2024 to continue the pioneering work of Wild Things Ecological Education Collective Ltd, a not-for-profit workers co-operative. 

The “Wild Things project” has been providing high-quality, tailored learning experiences in the natural world since 1997. 

Based in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, we focus particularly on working with groups of children and young people who have experienced disadvantage in their lives and who would not otherwise have access to spending time in nature – with all the social, emotional and educational benefits that this can bring. 

Our programmes provide unique learning experiences in a safe and inclusive woodland setting, and are designed to nurture children and young people’s emotional wellbeing, social skills and connection to the natural world, helping them build the resilience and self-esteem necessary to meet life’s challenges.

Wild Things believe that in order to care for the natural world, children need to have been given the opportunity to have built a real and lasting relationship with it – and this can only happen through rich and meaningful first hand experience.

Over the years we have ran various projects and programmes – to get a better idea of what that looked like, have a look at our Gallery section.

If you would like a quick and short insight into one of our main programmes, the forest school sessions, have a look at the video below!