Find a Bradford Forest School Practitioner
If you are looking for a Forest School Practitioner to deliver sessions in your setting, click the Practitioners below for more information and contact details. The Practitioners included in this database have a huge range of skills and experience and are all:
- Qualified level 3 forest school practitioners
- Enhanced CRB / DBS checked
- Qualified in First Aid
- Insured for Public Liability
- Available to work on a contractual basis (either as self employed individuals or small businesses or charities)
Contact a practitioner directly to discuss your ideas and check their qualifications, status and availability against your requirements.
Forest School Practitioners in the Bradford Area
Bear and Lapor Ltd
Phil Lowde
phil.lowde@bearandlapor.co.uk
07973 339 007
Website
Phil Lowde – Outdoor Creative Practitioner
Working with children and young people across all age groups, on:
• Team Building
• Problem Solving
• Communication, speaking & listening
• Application of skills
• Focus on specific subjects; Maths, Literacy, Science, etc.
School Grounds Design
Staff training & development courses:
• Outdoor Learning & Play
• Outdoor Maths
• Den Building
• Outdoor Literacy
• Team Building
Delivering Forest School sessions
Bee Outdoors
Lizzie Ellis
lizziebeeoutdoors@gmail.com
07885 588451
Website
Lizzie provides outdoor learning and forest school sessions in schools and local Bradford woodlands. Lizzie uses the WILD Passport as a structure to show progression and impact on learning.
Get Out More CIC
Annie Berrington
annie@getoutmorecic.co.uk
07974 935105
Website
Get Out More CIC is one of the most established forest school enterprises in Yorkshire, with an excellent track record and a dedicated staff team. We are a social enterprise on a mission to help people engage with nature to feel better in mind and body. We run outdoor programmes, including forest schools, outdoor play and community engagement programmes, for people of all ages across West and North Yorkshire. We use local woodlands, parks and natural spaces to bring people together, be active and feel good, working towards our vision: communities and nature growing healthier together.
Get Out More runs outdoor programmes for groups, schools, communities and businesses, addressing the need to improve physical health and mental wellbeing through engaging with nature. Programmes include;
Forest schools, Community Engagement, Outdoor Learning, Creative and Corporate. See our website for further details
GoWild Outdoors
Chris Calveley
info@gowildoutdoors.org.uk
07855 357866
Website
Chris Calveley has 15 year’s experience working in secondary education. He has a wide range of experience (award winner) working in the outdoors with children of all ages and community groups, as a Teacher, Archaeologist, Duke of Edinburgh Leader & Assessor and Forest School Practitioner. GoWild Outdoors aims to reach out to people, to encourage them to be more active and experience the outdoors. They offer educational and recreational experience to both children and adults, giving them the opportunity to succeed, develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences in the outdoors.
Talk to us about: Forest Adventure Parties – School Sessions in all subject areas including curriculum specific programmes, other school projects i.e. Gardening - School Holiday Clubs - Team Building & Problem Solving – Learning, Play, Exploration, Nature & Conservation – Corporate Events – Available for Events & Shows - Duke of Edinburgh Assessor & Expedition Skills and member of the Forest School & Mountain Training Associations. Based in the Leeds-Bradford-North Yorkshire areas, but is mobile to other areas.
Green Explorers
Claire Drake
Green.explorers@outlook.com
07786551834
Website
Green Explorers deliver woodland play and forest school sessions from their own site in Cleckheaton or at your site in West Yorkshire. Claire is a qualified playworker and forest school practitioner, passionate about children’s play and learning in outdoor environments. We work with preschool and primary aged children and can tailor sessions to meet the group’s needs. We specialise in working with families, engaging parents to play and explore with their children.
Mark Parry
Mark Parry
pazzarcher2013@outlook.com
07766262027
Website
Mark offers high quality experiences and bespoke training in a variety of nature based learning events, in some wonderful woodland in West and South Yorkshire. My guidance and tuition caters for adults, families, and children of all ages and abilities in an outdoor setting. Personal development, increased self-esteem, and increased confidence are the underlying themes Mark strives for, using the re-connection and enjoyment of the outdoors
Green Space Forest School
Ruth Brotherton
ruth@greenspaceforestschool.co.uk
07415517256
Website
I taught art and design in secondary schools for 17 years before deciding to pursue my passion for outdoor education. I currently run a Forest School intervention programme for students with SEND in Key Stage 3, as well as working on a freelance basis with children aged 5-11 in holiday Forest School clubs.
With Green Space Forest School I work with adults and place an emphasis on wellbeing and nature connection. Activities include guided meditations, forest bathing, mindful photography, nature journaling, collaborative land art projects, traditional crafts and campfire cooking. Sessions can either be stand alone or enjoyed as part of a continued programme and all take place in a beautiful local woodland setting.
I am also available for family sessions, parties or small groups of any age on your own land, as well as staff wellbeing and team building days.
Ruth McBain
Ruth McBain
ruthamcbain@gmail.com
07970 956177
Website
Ruth is a qualified Forest School Leader with 10 years’ experience as a freelance Forest School Leader and Outdoor Learning Practitioner & Consultant, working in a range of settings, with diverse groups of pupils. She is committed to working against the climate and biodiversity crises, and is keen to share and develop this enthusiasm in others. Above all Ruth has a passion for children learning in, and connecting with, nature, which she encourages both through her sessions and through helping schools develop their grounds and their outdoor learning. And she likes playing games too!
Well Wood
Michaela Worthington
wellwoodu@gmail.com
07813 584665
Website
Hi, my name is Michaela Worthington. I established Well Wood in 2015. I have over 15 years’ experience working in primary education supporting all areas of the curriculum and 7 years delivering Forest School sessions, to children from 4 to 13, in a range of woodlands across West and North Yorkshire. I currently manage the Forest School programme at an outstanding primary school in Bradford. I have been an active member of the Bradford Forest School Network since 2011 and am currently the Membership Officer and Secretary for the Network. I am also a member of the Forest School Association. I believe in embracing the wonder of the outdoors whatever the weather. Well Wood you like to join me?
Contact me to chat about any of the following:
School based Forest School sessions
Woodland holiday play sessions
Curriculum linked outdoor learning
Student placement mentoring
Staff taster sessions
Team building days
Advice on starting Forest School in your setting
After-school Forest School clubs
Gardening Clubs
Within the Wood
Joe Drury
withinthewooduk@gmail.com
07508181406
Website
Within The Wood provides fun, educational, hands on experiences within nature to people of all ages, with the aim to promote the holistic wellbeing of each individual. Let your children be wild at our popular Forest School sessions. Spend a celebration immersed in nature at one of our woodland parties. Try your hand at archery in a woodland setting. Experience the outdoors like never before during our well-being sessions. The possibilities are endless when within the wood.
We lead our sessions from our beautiful 8 acre woodland site in Stanbury, near Keighley, though our services are also mobile at a site of your choice.
Please visit our website to find out further information and to see what exciting sessions are available for you and your family.