Tribe - A New Year's Gathering 2025!

Come and join our Wild Tribe for some FREE Winter Woodland Fun at Heartwood in Frylands Wood.

We are excited to announce that we have been funded by the NHS Winter Engagement Fund for this event, which has enabled us to offer it out FOR FREE!!

All we ask is that you spend a short time chatting to our lovely Andrea about your Winter Health around our Wellbeing Fire, and receive some information about how the NHS could help you to make your Winter healthier! I'm sure we can all get behind that idea! If this is not your thing however and you'd rather just attend and not join in with the discussions, there are unfunded tickets also available, which at just £6.50 per head, we think you will agree are still a bargain!

(You can also purchase a ticket if you would like to support Heartwood even further. All monies made from this event will go directly towards equipment and resources for the development of Heartwood and future events like these.)

We're really looking forward to offering you a fun day out for all the family in the woods this January. We realise that this time of year might not be first choice for a Winter activity, but we're here to show you how good it can be to get outdoors all year round! You're sure to need the Vitamin D if nothing else!

As always there will be fun challenges, surprises, crafts, 2 roaring camp fires, delicious cake and hot chocolate, and of course lots of Free Flow Winter Fun to be had. There will be an opportunity to set your intentions for the year ahead, and to find the animal who will guide you over the next year in our special woodland hunt.

We will also be offering a couple of our own Woodland Winter Health activities around our Wellbeing Fire, with a special workshop with Suzy of Wildheart Yoga / Go Wild WIth Us UK for ideas about easy, holistic and fun approaches to good Winter Health that you might not have considered.

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Do come dressed up festively if you'd like to! Bring a picnic and if you'd like to you can bring something simple to cook on the fire like a tin of hotdogs or beans. We have a toasting rack which you can toast cheese sandwiches, bread, cinnamon buns or anything else 'toastable'!

Looking forward to seeing you there!

If you came last year, you'll know about our chilled out, go with the flow approach! There will be activities on offer throughout the day, but no set schedule. We'll let the day unfold as it will, and that includes your arrival time!

If you arrive before 11am we will not be ready so please bear with us!! However, if you manage to arrive at 11am, you will get to experience everything on offer, but we leave it up to you when you arrive and when you leave. We will be packing up at 3pm and always, we heartily welcome help to clear up.

When you arrive, head for the big metal gate opposite the entrance to the car park which leads into the woods and for your first challenge, you can follow the cardboard signs and red ribbons to find us! (You can find us at Heartwood at the top of the wood - if you're not up for the challenge, you can ask for directions at reception - they can provide you with a map of how to get there.)

Just a little reminder about what to bring / expect.

Clothing for cold and wet weather - hoping as always for a dry, crisp, sunny day, but you never know!

A winter picnic for you and yours. You are also welcome to bring something small to share with other families for our sharing table, but there is no obligation to do so at all, as everyone will have their own picnics and there will be marshmallows provided. If you want to, you can also bring a tin of beans, hotdogs or similar - we don't have saucepans for everyone to use, so please stick to something tinned that we can put in the embers of the fire (make sure it has a ring-pull or bring a tin opener!) or you can bring a cheese sandwich, crumpet / cinnamon bun or similar that we can put in our little toasting rack and you can toast over the fire!

A mug, and a spoon for hot drinks.

A camping chair is useful if you have one. There is some log seating. Alternatively you could bring a picnic blanket but make sure it has a waterproof back, as the ground will be wet.

Bring some twinkly lights or lanterns to add to the sparkle - who cares if its not Christmas - it is still Yule and we're all about Hygge here at Heartwood!

There will be shelters provided in the event of wet weather or indeed snow, and our fires will keep you toasty!

Let us know if you have any dietary requirements or allergies on arrival. We will be providing both vegan and milk based hot chocolate, and veggie / halal marshmallows. There will also be a sharing table!

We look forward to Going Wild and Being Well with you!

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