Young people gain both physically and mentally from being in an outdoors environment and we provide educational and development opportunities for young people in and outside of schools.

The Fresh Air Club started with just one bushcraft after school club on a Tuesday afternoon and a single holiday club date at Easter and has now grown into a company providing tailored outdoor learning sessions for schools linked to the national curriculum objectives. We offer an alternative method for children to learn and develop whilst supporting their learning in the classroom.

We run whole class and small groups sessions supporting the national curriculum objectives alongside individual 1-1 sessions with children who need a little more individual care and attention where we focus on personal development, teamwork, communication and improved trust. We also provide residential camping opportunities for school trips providing memories and experiences for children that will last a life time along with our term time after school activities and holiday activities out of term.

We are lucky enough to have access to our own woodland near Fordingbridge from which we run bespoke sessions for home schooled children, alternate provision sessions, and woodland birthday parties. It’s been quite an adventure since we started with our first after school club.

Craig is an experienced bushcraft instructor who holds the Survival School NCFE Level 4 Bushcraft Instructor qualification in:

• Bushcraft, Survival and Wilderness Living Skills

• Axe Proficiency and Charcoal Making

• Animal Tracking

• Foraging

• Primitive Skills and Crafts.

Craig also holds:

• Wildway Bushcraft NCFE Level 3 Award for Advanced Cutting Techniques

• GB Archery Instructors Award

• Level 2 Certificate in Remote Emergency First Aid

• Level 2 Certificate in Food Hygiene and Safety.

• 3* Open Canoe Award.