by An-Ex-Member | 5 Nov, 2018 | Members' news
The Memorandum and Articles of Association of the FSA prevents us from undertaking any taxable permanent trading activity. This is because charities must be fiscally prudent and trading is inherently risky. Most large charities set up separate trading companies...
by An-Ex-Member | 30 Oct, 2018 | Members' news, News
Congratulations go to Jessica Brocklebank whose photo of her daughter enjoying the campfire (and marshmallows) was the clear winner in our ‘Belong in this Place’ Forest School Festival competition. Both Jessica and her daughter will enjoy reading through a...
by Forest School Association | 19 Oct, 2018 | Guest Blog, Members' news, News
Introduction There are lots of reasons why people join the Forest School Association (FSA). Perhaps as many reasons as there are members. However, members usually have a handful of key interests when they join. How much importance they give to each depends on the...
by Forest School Association | 9 Oct, 2018 | Members' news, News, Uncategorized
Opening my emails this morning I learned the news that you have won the 2018 Woodlands Award in the category ‘Best regional and National Woodland Organisation’. External validation may not be terribly ‘Forest School’ but I am happy to accept...
by Forest School Association | 25 Sep, 2018 | Members' news, News
The Festival Booklet is being shared electronically before the event for the first time. We may be a tad biased but we think it looks amazing. The festival is a much larger scale event than we have ever tried before. The booklet is a great resource in its own right...
by Forest School Association | 25 Sep, 2018 | Members' news, News
We have designed some T-Shirts for the 2018 Family Forest School Festival (5-7th October). Featuring the FSA conference mascots on the front and the words Forest School Leader are on the back. They are high quality organic cotton and may be purchased HERE...
by An-Ex-Member | 16 Aug, 2018 | Members' news, News
Playing outside and discovering the world of nature is part of growing up, or is it? Do children still push aside logs to see what’s crawling underneath? Are daisy chains part of playground life or some relic from the past? Children are spending more time indoors than...
by Forest School Association | 15 Jun, 2018 | Members' news
ADD YOURSELF TO THE NEW PUBLIC MAP OF FSA MEMBERS (link) The FSA used to have a member map that members could ask to be added to. Members with Level 3 Forest School qualifications could also have these verified by the FSA and then be added to a public facing map of...
by An-Ex-Member | 30 May, 2018 | Members' news, News
The Co-operative Childcare Forest School recognised for good Forest School practice. The Co-operative Childcare Forest School in West Midlands is celebrating becoming a ‘Recognised Forest School Provider’ after receiving the accreditation from the Forest School...
by An-Ex-Member | 24 May, 2018 | Members' news, News
The Sylva Foundation have launched a new version of their myForest software. The Woodland Manager suite of tools in myForest provides easy to use tools for woodland mapping and management. myForest is currently used by 4,229 users to map and manage 68,744ha of...
