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Join us for an all new parent and baby experience at Cliffe Castle! Take the first steps into nature with your little one in a friendly and supportive environment. Hazel will bring all kinds of age appropriate activities for your baby to explore, create and play with.
Places are free but must be booked in advance.
Part of the Reaching Communities project, funded by The National Lottery Community Fund
Join us for an all new parent and baby experience at Cliffe Castle! Take the first steps into nature with your little one in a friendly and supportive environment. Hazel will bring all kinds of age appropriate activities for your baby to explore, create and play with.
Places are free but must be booked in advance.
Part of the Reaching Communities project, funded by The National Lottery Community Fund
Get Out More is running a Forest School Level 3 Certificate for Forest School Leaders course, based in Keighley, West Yorkshire across 2 weeks in June and October 2024.
ITC Level 3 Forest school Practitioners Award is an opportunity to explore different approaches to using the outdoor environment in a forest school setting. This qualification is for those who wish to coordinate, manage and lead quality forest school sessions with children, young people or adults.
Learners investigate how to design and run a successful forest school programme and look at how to approach and apply it safely and effectively. The Level 3 forest school training explores the Forest School Association’s Forest School principles at a higher level, developing learners’ understanding of the natural environment, risk assessment, child development and nature-based learning.
This forest school Level 3 course is aimed at individuals who have a minimum Level 2 qualification in related subject or relevant experience in working with children.
This course will be delivered in 2 parts:
10-14 June 2024
22-25 October 2024
The course is planned to be delivered at Cliffe Castle Park in Keighley, subject to a lease arrangement. There is a possibility that the course may use alternative venues in Bradford district, which will be confirmed as soon as possible.
A limited number of places are available for those who wish to undertake the Level 2 Award for Forest School Assistants. This will involve undertaking the first week of the course in June only, and completing a reduced number of assignments.
This is a Kindling Training course regulated by ITC Awards and delivered by Get Out More CIC
Fees:
The Level 3 course fee is £900 per person to be paid in advance. Level 2 course is £500 per person.
Eligible* adults who have qualified for a funded place, need to have the access code to book their free/subsidised place. (*Elibility applies to people living and working in Keighley Big Local or Better Start Bradford areas of Bradford district only, who have successfully applied for a funded place). Contact [email protected] for details.
If tickets are sold out, join the mailing list for our next course contact: [email protected]
Get Out More is running a Forest School Level 1 accredited training course, taking place Monday 16 – Wednesday 18 September 2024 at Cliffe Castle Park in Keighley
ITC Level 1 forest school training is an introduction to the forest school ethos. The Level 1 course introduces the Forest School Association’s Forest School Principles and how the approach can benefit the holistic development of children and young people. Learners will participate a range of basic woodland skills such as games, shelter building, fire lighting and tool work, enabling them to facilitate outdoor learning using different learner-centred processes while encouraging children’s social development, confidence and self-esteem.
This course is suitable for anyone working with children and young people including school staff, community workers, parents etc. It is ideal for those people who are wanting to gain skills for working outdoors with individuals and groups, those who want to explore Forest Schools within their own setting or those who wish to support a trained Forest Schools practitioner.
A limited number of free or subsidised places are available to eligible people:
- living or working in the Keighley Big Local area
- nurseries and parents from the Better Start Bradford area (Bowling and Barkerend, Bradford Moor and Little Horton).
If you think you may be eligible for a free place, please contact us for for details of how to apply.
This is a Kindling Training course regulated by ITC Awards and delivered by Get Out More CIC
Booking:
The course fee is £300 per person to be paid in advance.
If tickets are sold out, join the mailing list for our next course contact: [email protected]
Join us for an all new parent and baby experience at Cliffe Castle! Take the first steps into nature with your little one in a friendly and supportive environment. Hazel will bring all kinds of age appropriate activities for your baby to explore, create and play with.
Places are free but must be booked in advance.
Part of the Reaching Communities project, funded by The National Lottery Community Fund
A wellbeing group for adults in Cliffe Castle Park to reduce stress and feel more positive. Activities such as natural crafts, nature walks, fire lighting, campfire cooking, clay art, and whittling will be incorporated. There are some steep hills in the park. No dogs or children please.
The session will run from 1pm until 3pm, meeting outside the cafe at Cliffe Castle.
This is a child-free and dog-free session to allow relaxation for all
participants. Please switch your mobile phone to silent at the
beginning of the event and avoid making and receiving calls during the
session.
Session date activities:
10/04/24 – Yoga with Rachel Shaw
17/04/24 – Photography with Lisa Holmes
01/05/24 – Soundbath with Melanie
15/05/24 – Yoga with RAchel Shaw
22/05/24 – Shaun from Stockbridge Nature Reserve will guide us around Stockbridge Nature Reserve
The group will be run by:
Sue Barker from Get Out More, a social enterprise on a mission to help people engage with nature to feel better in mind and body. Sue is a qualified forest school leader.
Free event but places must be booked in advance. If the group is full, please add your name to the waiting list.
Sessions will be occasionally supported by:
Rachel Shaw of Earthed Yoga
Val Preston of Truly Essential Holistic and Tai chi
Wild Wellbeing is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund
A wellbeing group for adults in Cliffe Castle Park to reduce stress and feel more positive. Activities such as natural crafts, nature walks, fire lighting, campfire cooking, clay art, and whittling will be incorporated. There are some steep hills in the park. No dogs or children please.
The session will run from 1pm until 3pm, meeting outside the cafe at Cliffe Castle.
This is a child-free and dog-free session to allow relaxation for all
participants. Please switch your mobile phone to silent at the
beginning of the event and avoid making and receiving calls during the
session.
Session date activities:
10/04/24 – Yoga with Rachel Shaw
17/04/24 – Photography with Lisa Holmes
01/05/24 – Soundbath with Melanie
15/05/24 – Yoga with RAchel Shaw
22/05/24 – Shaun from Stockbridge Nature Reserve will guide us around Stockbridge Nature Reserve
The group will be run by:
Sue Barker from Get Out More, a social enterprise on a mission to help people engage with nature to feel better in mind and body. Sue is a qualified forest school leader.
Free event but places must be booked in advance. If the group is full, please add your name to the waiting list.
Sessions will be occasionally supported by:
Rachel Shaw of Earthed Yoga
Val Preston of Truly Essential Holistic and Tai chi
Wild Wellbeing is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund
A wellbeing group for adults in Cliffe Castle Park to reduce stress and feel more positive. Activities such as natural crafts, nature walks, fire lighting, campfire cooking, clay art, and whittling will be incorporated. There are some steep hills in the park. No dogs or children please.
The session will run from 1pm until 3pm, meeting outside the cafe at Cliffe Castle.
This is a child-free and dog-free session to allow relaxation for all
participants. Please switch your mobile phone to silent at the
beginning of the event and avoid making and receiving calls during the
session.
Session date activities:
10/04/24 – Yoga with Rachel Shaw
17/04/24 – Photography with Lisa Holmes
01/05/24 – Soundbath with Melanie
15/05/24 – Yoga with RAchel Shaw
22/05/24 – Shaun from Stockbridge Nature Reserve will guide us around Stockbridge Nature Reserve
The group will be run by:
Sue Barker from Get Out More, a social enterprise on a mission to help people engage with nature to feel better in mind and body. Sue is a qualified forest school leader.
Free event but places must be booked in advance. If the group is full, please add your name to the waiting list.
Sessions will be occasionally supported by:
Rachel Shaw of Earthed Yoga
Val Preston of Truly Essential Holistic and Tai chi
Wild Wellbeing is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund
A wellbeing group for adults in Cliffe Castle Park to reduce stress and feel more positive. Activities such as natural crafts, nature walks, fire lighting, campfire cooking, clay art, and whittling will be incorporated. There are some steep hills in the park. No dogs or children please.
The session will run from 1pm until 3pm, meeting outside the cafe at Cliffe Castle.
This is a child-free and dog-free session to allow relaxation for all
participants. Please switch your mobile phone to silent at the
beginning of the event and avoid making and receiving calls during the
session.
Session date activities:
10/04/24 – Yoga with Rachel Shaw
17/04/24 – Photography with Lisa Holmes
01/05/24 – Soundbath with Melanie
15/05/24 – Yoga with RAchel Shaw
22/05/24 – Shaun from Stockbridge Nature Reserve will guide us around Stockbridge Nature Reserve
The group will be run by:
Sue Barker from Get Out More, a social enterprise on a mission to help people engage with nature to feel better in mind and body. Sue is a qualified forest school leader.
Free event but places must be booked in advance. If the group is full, please add your name to the waiting list.
Sessions will be occasionally supported by:
Rachel Shaw of Earthed Yoga
Val Preston of Truly Essential Holistic and Tai chi
Wild Wellbeing is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund
A wellbeing group for adults in Cliffe Castle Park to reduce stress and feel more positive. Activities such as natural crafts, nature walks, fire lighting, campfire cooking, clay art, and whittling will be incorporated. There are some steep hills in the park. No dogs or children please.
The session will run from 1pm until 3pm, meeting outside the cafe at Cliffe Castle.
This is a child-free and dog-free session to allow relaxation for all
participants. Please switch your mobile phone to silent at the
beginning of the event and avoid making and receiving calls during the
session.
Session date activities:
10/04/24 – Yoga with Rachel Shaw
17/04/24 – Photography with Lisa Holmes
01/05/24 – Soundbath with Melanie
15/05/24 – Yoga with RAchel Shaw
22/05/24 – Shaun from Stockbridge Nature Reserve will guide us around Stockbridge Nature Reserve
The group will be run by:
Sue Barker from Get Out More, a social enterprise on a mission to help people engage with nature to feel better in mind and body. Sue is a qualified forest school leader.
Free event but places must be booked in advance. If the group is full, please add your name to the waiting list.
Sessions will be occasionally supported by:
Rachel Shaw of Earthed Yoga
Val Preston of Truly Essential Holistic and Tai chi
Wild Wellbeing is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund