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We are excited to launch our Outdoor Families 2021 programme!

Outdoor Families is a journey together, in community. We go on adventures, led by our children, through the greenery in our neighbourhoods. We explore our local parks and meet our local trees and resident foxes, birds and neighbours.

Our Wild Walks and Family Camping trips have been redesigned and tested over the last year to ensure we are still able to gather in nature safely, following the most up-to-date Coronavirus guidelines. We are preparing for family camping trips in the Easter, May Half Term and Summer school holidays, so we’ll be ready to go camping when national restrictions permit. Of course, we can’t predict the future and as such remain flexible and able to change our plans if necessary.

Despite the pandemic, we still managed to complete two Covid-safe camping trips this year, thanks in no small part to sponsors, funders and our loyal customers. Your support has kept us going through the hardest times.

Three days and two nights under canvas at Green Farm Kent, blue skies, sunny days, moonlit nights, a couple of unscheduled games of rounders (with a football, anyone?), kite-flying, muddy play, exploring hidden trails, feeding the animals, resting in hammocks. Welcome to Family Camping 2019!

We were back at Green Farm Kent this August with 11 families from Hackney, Southwark and Hammersmith, for their first ever camping trip! It was great to see everyone with big smiles, breathing fresh air and relaxing...

“I really enjoyed climbing the mountain and getting to the top. I felt free and active. I will always remember these memories,” Joe (aged 9) wrote in a letter after he and his sister Eran (12) had conquered the highest mountain in England and Wales.

Getting the whole family outdoors, empowering parents to let children play and seeing how children burn up their energy achieving huge physical goals, is a practical and positive way to nudge families to get outdoors more....