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Introducing Outdoor People

This website is predominantly about the shop, so you can buy the outdoor gear you want onlione and know it supports our projects!

We are proud to be the ONLY non-profit outdoors store in the UK, with every purchase helping us to get more children outdoors through our projects and campaigns.

If you would like advice on how to get outdoors more, and you live in East London, this is just the place to come. We are in the heart of Hackney!

In store too we have a fabulous rail of 'Go Greener gear, which is less than 35% of the original price. This gear was donated by Marmot or Vango as ex-warrenty or ex-display, refurbished by us and then sold to you to rause money for our projects. Win-Win.

We are now activily fundraising and recruiting for Outdoor Family Camping, and hoping to take twelve families camping next summer - if you can help either get in touch or donate via our Local Giving page!

You can read more about the OPAL Primary Programme we deliver over on the schools tab. We are so proud to deliver this amazing programme, developed by Michael Follett almost 20 years ago, across East London and East Kent. As OPAL mentors, we work in a network of providers across the UK and beyond.

If your school is wants great playtimes every day, do request a free introduction.

We have free Wild Walks maps on the website and in the shop and we host Wild Walks regularly from the shop or around Hackney.

Finally we now offer a fabulous Sandpit service and Schools Shop - if you want your dream beach or to kit out your class with great waterproofs, do get in touch!

Want to hear about WHY outdoor play is so important, and WHY Cath founded Outdoor People in 2014?

Listen to these podcasts:

Childhood, Freedom, Play and the Outdoors Pt 1

Childhood, Freedom, Play and the Outdoors Pt 2

Vulnerability of outdoor play