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Thank you

Thank you for celebrating our 10th birthday with us at the weekend. Whether you joined in the adult wild workshops on the Saturday or enjoyed our festival on the Sunday – thanks for coming.

We had 480 people join us for the festival – the most we have ever had visit in one day! We also raised £850 from the generous donations, raffle, sale of drinks and food and our homemade jams – all of which sold out.

We would like to thank the local companies that supported our raffle with some fabulous prizes including:
including Amrutha Lounge, Perry Hill Pub, Van Dough, Mud Club, Tubemapper – London Photography and Soma Space

Festival time – Sunday 15th September 11am-4pm

Its festival time – Sunday 15th September 11am-4pm

We are having a party and you are invited. This September the Wild Cat Wilderness is 10 years old so we are celebrating our community green space with a festival on Sunday 15th and have x10 adult Wild workshops on Saturday 14tW

10th birthday festival
Join us for a fun day out with workshops, activities, refreshments and things to buy. All welcome. We are asking everyone to make a minimum donation of £1 per person/ child (or pay what you afford) to help raise funds for our charity project. Please bring cash for entry. Assistance dogs only.

Includes:

Music – African drumming and the Timebank Choir
Nature trail – across the site
Forest school activities and music with the Mud Club
Apple pressing and juicing
Creative and art activities in the orchard
Make a hop wreath
Visit our garden and learn about organic growing
Refreshments – food and drink on sale
Buy our homemade jams and chutneys
Face painting

Workshops on the 14th include – Wildlife gardening and growing in a changing climate, Hatha Yoga, Natural Dyeing, Whittling/ green woodworking, Nature photography, A summer forage, Cyanotype workshop, Reiki tasters sessions, Seasonal pickling/ preserving. Book via our Eventbrite page

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/wild-workshops-3581759

Wild Workshops

Saturday 14th September 10-4.30pm

10 nature based workshops for adults/ young people aged 16+ to celebrate 10 years of the Wild Cat Wilderness, community greenspace in Catford

All workshops have a suggested minimum donation to cover costs and help fundraise for our charity project or pay what you can afford.

Including – Wildlife gardening and growing in a changing climate, Hatha Yoga, Natural Dyeing, Whittling/ green woodworking, Nature photography, A summer forage, Cynotype workshop, Reiki tasters sessions, Seasonal pickling/ preserving

Book via our Eventbrite page – https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/wild-workshops-3581759

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Wild Explorers – a summer of fun outdoors.

Wild Explorers

Join us for a summer of fun outdoors.

Wild Explorers with 15 events over the summer with activities including: campfire cooking, minibeast hunt, fruit picking, meet the bees, den building, whittling, creative activities and lots more.

As a charity we welcome everyone to our wild community space (sorry no dogs aside assistance animals). All activities are free but some have a small fee to cover costs but donations towards our charity really welcome and there will be a cash collection tin on the day or you can make a donation to our charity here https://localgiving.org/fundraising/wildcatwilderness Join in with your child/ren and meet other local people and families.

To book go to the What’s On page of the website and use the drop down menu to book places. Please book for all adults and children coming.

July

Sunday 14th July 10-1. Last entry 12 Minibeast morning with Kyra

Sunday 28th 10-1 July Last entry 12 Den building, balancing and tree climbing with Angela

Weds 31st July 10.30- 1 July Last entry 11 Meet the bees with Maria

August

Thursday 1st 1-3pm August. Last entry 2pm Fruit picking

Friday 2nd 10-1. Last entry 12 Weaving – make a wand, dream catcher, weave a stick…

Monday 5th August 10-1. Last entry 12 Nature Art with Kyra

Weds 7th August 10.30-1.30. Entry between 10-10.30 only. Last entry 10.30 Campfire pizzas with Maria

Saturday 10th August 10-1. Last entry 12 Stick fun with Angela

Tuesday 13th August 10-1. Last entry 12 Leaf printing and bark rubbing with Angela

Saturday 17th August 10-1. Last entry 12 Making bubbles with Angela

Tuesday 20th 10.30-1.30. Last entry 11am Wild cooking and pickle making with Maria

Thursday 22nd 10-1. Last entry 11am Whittling with Maria

Friday 23rd 1.30-3.30. Last entry 2pm Clay creatures with Maria

Sunday 25th 10-1. Last entry 12 Stories and adventures with Kyra

Wednesday 28th 10-1. Last entry 12 Campfire cooking and creative activities with Ellie and Emily

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Big Help Out – Help restore the woodland (volunteering morning)

Big Help Out – Help restore the woodland (volunteering morning)
As part of the Big Help out help restore the woodland – volunteering morning

Sunday 9th June 10-12.30

Please note that entry isn’t via our gate in Riverview Park.
Head for no 77 Winsford Road SE6 4LT. Continue along Winsford Road towards the River Pool, on the left opposite the Bellingham Play Park head for the communications tower which is in the left hand corner of the council green space. Our new woodland gate is there.

The new gate in #Bellingham is in this location on #what3words
I’m sharing a what3words address to help you find this specific location. Tap to see exactly where it is:

///seat.saints.scales
https://w3w.co/seat.saints.scales

All welcome. Drop in anytime.

Help us restore our woodland near Bellingham. We are extending our wonderful community space into the woodland area, which hasn’t been touched in decades. But the woodland needs our help. It is overgrown, so the trees need releasing from ivy and bramble and spaces and rubbish cleared so we can use this as a community space. This will benefit nature and people. All welcome as there is something for everyone to get involved in. Bring some gloves if you have them, all tools provided. Bring drinks/ water and wear outdoor clothes.

Big Lunch and Teddy Beats Picnic

Join us for a picnic and bring your teddy (or other favourite soft toy)
Bring a rug or chair plus your picnic food.
Book your places so that we know how many people are coming.
There will be storytelling at 2pm.
Last entry 3pm.

Big Lunch and teddy bears picnic
Sunday 2nd June 12-4.30pm last entry 3pm