NATURE LED LEARNING & PLAY COMMUNITY GROUP BASED IN HASTINGS
“We are nature, we belong in nature, all of us, for the human spirit has a primal allegiance to wildness. We may think we are domesticated but we are not, we are feral in pheromone and intuition, feral in our sweat and fear, we desire and crave wildness because it is what we are.. wild! And connected to this beautiful, complex, wonderfully unfathomable world. Physically, physiologically and spiritually there is no separation. The current global crisis is separating and disconnecting us even further away from our already severely damaged connection to our true wild nature. Our very survival as a species depends on our relationship with the natural world. We must remain connected and be there to help others reconnect and rewild on the other side, at this time more than ever.” Luke Funnell - Founder and Director Project Rewild
Rewilding: “The planned reintroduction of a species into a habitat from which it has disappeared in an effort to increase biodiversity and restore the health of an ecosystem” Merriam - Webster dictionary definition
Project Rewild has been set up to reintroduce children, adults, families and communities back into the wild, into a habitat from which we have almost completely disappeared; nature, the great outdoors!
We aim to create deep emotional connections with the natural world around us and to reconnect everyone who joins our courses, workshops, events and immersions, with their own true wild nature.
SPRING IS HERE
We have some exciting groups and events THIS SEASON.
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REWILD HASTINGS
FREE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS IN HASTINGS DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AND AFTERSCHOOL.
GET OUTSIDE & GET ACTIVE. IN THE WOODS, ON THE BEACH & OVER THE HILLS
OUR TOWN HAS SO MANY NATURAL WONDERS TO EXPLORE AND ENJOY.
Free for all local children.
MAY HALF TERM DATES COMING SOON:
HAF
Thanks to the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme we are able to offer Free outdoor activity days to local children all year.
Join the Project Rewild team for nature based play and learning. Activities include: Nature based games and play, bushcraft, music, Archery, exploration, foraging, campfire cooking, nature based arts and crafts, storytelling, wild free play & creation
FREE HEALTHY LUNCH IS PREPARED AND COOKED ON THE FIRE WITH THE CHILDREN. MUCH OF OUR FOOD IS GROWN ON OUR LOCAL ALLOTMENT.
Free spaces are available to local children in receipt of free school meals age 7-14 years.
SUMMER DATES COMING SOON.
North Seat days click here
Churchward days click here
TAKE ACTION MAN
Project Rewild is aiming to improve the mental health of men in our town through nature based experience and tribesmanship.
Take Action Man offers local men the opportunity to get outside in the towns wonderful natural spaces, get active, learn new skills and spend time together talking, supporting and helping one another.
NEW DATES FOR 2024 NOW AVAILABLE.
Living Earth Project
Land based alternative education.
Our exciting new outdoor project will give children a rare opportunity to work directly with the land.
Students will gain practical skills and knowledge whilst gaining a deep understanding of what it means to live in connection with to the natural world around them.
For home educated and school children.
FREE TO LEARN
Our hugely popular Free to Learn woodland education group is a unique and exciting opportunity for young people to fully engage and learn in nature. The group runs every Monday during term time at our magnificent ancient woodland site in Staplecross. We are now offering this to any child as an alternative or addition to school.
GROW
Free woman’s wellbeing group.
We grow food for wellbeing on a Hastings allotment using only sustainable methods.
Grow food
Forage herbs
Make medicinal teas
Guided mindfulness meditation in nature
Thursdays and Thursdays 10.30-1.30
Our Funders
“Time in nature is not leisure time; it’s an essential investment in our children’s health (and also, by the way, in our own)”