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THE WILD NETWORK

The Wild Network was officially launched in the UK on the 25th September, 2013, to kick-start a revolution that will reconnect kids with nature and the outdoors. It is a unique and pioneering collaboration between organisations both large and small to let kids get back their ‘wild time’ and reverse the trend of children losing touch with the natural world and playing outdoors. As well as the National Trust, schools, local authorities, play groups, NHS Trusts, Scout groups, businesses, campaigners, conservationists, outdoor activity organisations, city farms, and others, have all signed up to help breakdown the barriers to kids spending time outside playing rather than inside.

Evidence about the impact of an inactive and indoors childhood has grown over the summer with the Chief Executive of the British Heart Foundation calling for a return to the ‘traditional outdoors childhood’ and new reports by the UCL Institute of Child Health and also Public Health England.

The idea of The Wild Network was first hatched at a National Trust hosted summit in autumn 2012, when hundreds of people - including teachers, health professionals, academics and naturalists - came together to discuss and debate the issue of children’s disconnection with nature and decline in playing outdoors. To accompany the launch the major new feature length documentary film ‘Project Wild Thing’ is now being shown at cinemas across the country. This witty, original and inspiring film takes a look at how kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors, why it matters, and what parents can do to reconnect them.

CURENT WILD NETWORK MEMBERS

Good for Nothing
Green Lions
Bradgate Park Trust
WildWise Events Ltd
Forest School SNPT
John Jansen Nature Center 
Bridge of weir childcare
Bug Storeys
Smannell & Enham CE Primary School
Visions of Childhood
Pathfinder-UK
Brockwell Park Greehouses
Christian Ecology Link
Yr Hen Felin Cynwyd
Bristol University Conservation Group
Washingwell Community Preschool
Wild Tots
Nethergill Farm
Babes In The Wood Community Group
Sunshine Play Therapy
Friends of Fryston Woods
Elmwood School
Borders Environmental Education Services
A Little Patch of Earth Preschool
Action for Children Aylsham and Reepham Children's Centre
Wild Wonder
Watercliffe Meadow School
Administration de la nature et des forêts
Trust Interventions Limited
Atlas Translations Ltd
Humblescough Farm
The National Trust for Jersey
Cherrytree Nursery Ayr
FunOutside
The Conservation Volunteers at Skelton Grange
Smart Play Network  
Natures Den Forest School
Ambios Ltd
Woodland Trust
Learning through Landscapes
Worcestershire Wildlife Trust
Wentwqorth Castle Heritage Trust
Stramash Social Enterprise
Borough of Poole
South Downs National Park Authority
The Woodlands Farm Trust
Real Nappies for London
Sumatran Orangutan Society
the Smart Happy Project
Wild Education
Jack Raven Bushcraft
Term Times Ltd
Friends of the Earth Youth and Education Network
Camping in the Forest 
Nature School (Ireland)
Hyndland After School Club
Little Dish
The TreeHouse Collective
My Climbing Tree
Universe Awareness
Normand Croft Community School
Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination
Dot to Dot Consulting
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
WiLD SCiENCE
Naturally Learning, Cornwall
Croydon Council Greenspaces 
Imaginosity, Dublin Children's Museum
Family & Community Development West lothian 
Taller 13
Woodland Play Centre Ltd and Woodland Explorers CIC
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Hampton Wick Infant and Nursery School
The Do Book Company
Acorn Antics
EarthCraftuk CIC
community childcare & play team
Peopleriver
Project Dirt
PEEK
NC Zoo
Public Preparatory Network
International Mushroom Festival, Ireland
Wildlife Aid Foundation
The Donkey Sanctuary
CPRE Surrey
Naraven otrok
Fafu play
Orchard Mill Childcare 
Fields in Trust, Scotland
CPRE Surrey
Down the Woods
logmykidsoff
Christine's Childminding Higham Suffolk.
Duddingston Primary School Edinburgh
Wildwood Bushcraft
Just So Festival/Wild Rumpus
Embercombe 
kinokulture cinema
Scottish Waterways Trust
Burrenbeo Trust
cirencester town council
Croydon Forest Project
National Trust
RSPB SW region
RSPB SW Region
Children's Links
Northern Polytunnels
Mucky Knees Adventures
Children & Nature Network Northants
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
Friends of Merlin Woods
OWL Outdoor Woodland Learning
Ecolibrium
pre-school learning alliance
Clifford Holroyde SEN College Outdoor Education Department
RangerDays
Plymouth School of Creative Arts
Willows Hedgehog Rescue
Thorn grove
Bright Beginnings Childcare Centre
Doodles 4 Kids
Playground Ideas
Kincardineshire Forest School
Nature Play
South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Days Out With Dad
playacademeies
Munching Caterpillars (Butterfly Conservation)
South Derbyshire Environmental Education Project
Kindling 
Avon Wildlife Trust
Barnes & Webb
Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust
Crayongeneration
CPRE London
Ceinws Camp. Cymdeithas Cae Chwarae/ Heulfryn Playing Field Association
Support from the Start
CASE Education
SDU Birds
Fenland Leisure Products
Greenleas School
Imayla 
Peak District National Park Authority
National trust - charlecote park
Speyside High School / Moray OL group
9th Ramsbottom Scout Group
Outdoor Education Fife
Outdoor Pedagogy
Twyford Playgroup
Forest Explorers
Zone for learning
tuppennybarn ltd
Gwent Outdoor Education Service
Grassington Farm
The Lake District Calvert Trust
Sharpham Trust
Mother Goose Nursery Wildlife Garden
Shropshire Wildlife Trust
Miniscoff. - Proper, organic food for children
Belfairs Woodland Centre 
Widehorizons
Milton Keynes Play Association
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
Wilderness Canoe
A5cend Limited
Adventure Playground Engineers
Permanent Cultures
Blue Tokay Ltd
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
Contextual Design at Brunel University
Bristol Forest School
It's Great Outdoors 
Wise Owl Private Day Nurseries Ltd
Sheffield Hallam University
Play England
Low Mill Outdoor Centre
Wise Owl Private Day Nursery
Fun in the Wood
Springfield House Community Special School
Piddle Valley CE VA First School
Story of Mum
Epic Outdoors
Nursery
Transition Town Eastbourne
TAFESA
Nurture by nature forest school cic
Pavilion playhouse
Turnditch primary school
Cranham Scout Centre
Nancy's Pantry
Mabe Primary Eco Council
Outdoor Champions
The Wildlife Trusts
Sussex Wildlife Trust
Play Association Tower Hamlets
FSA Norfolk Forest School Network
Wayzata High School Outdoor Education
Fenland Bushcraft
Precious Time for Children
Play Torbay
Marston Vale Forest Centre
Meynell Games Group
Nature to Nurture LTD
Natural Foundations
The Outdoor Times
Timberplay Ltd
Penrose Water Gardens
Safari West Wildlife Foundation
Buttercups nursery school
Grown in Britain
École des possibles
Tengeri Natural Fitness
Treeinspired
British Wildlife Photography Awards   
Uni and Jack
FarmBuddies
E2E Events Ltd
LUC
STORM DFX
Minibeast Mayhem
The de Lacey Montessori School
Environment Trust
Studfold Adventure Trail
Positive Venture Ltd
Dartford Forest School with the Temple Hill Trust
Allsorts Preschool
Home-Start Stroud District
Longlevens Junior School
Primal Influence Personal Training
Making the Most of Moorlands, The Langholm Initiative
Council for Learning Outside the Classroom
Fun and Nature Club 
Plymouth Play Association
Promoderation
Let's Stay Peak District
North York Moors National Park Authority
Wild Purbeck NIA
Hidden Woods
IVN Utrecht
fairandfunky
Barking Frog Farm
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust
WWF-UK
New Forest National Park Authority 
Forest School Association
Lee Valley Regional Park
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
Devon Wildlife Trust
Trenython Manor Hotel
Hazel Brow Farm Education Link
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
My Outdoor Classroom CIC
North Wales Wildlife Trust / Ymddiriedolaeth Natur Gogledd Cymru
Teesside University
The Quiet Farm
Milbourne Lodge School
Borough of Poole
Children's Playlink
Naturally Mindful
Wild About Play
National Trust for Jersey
River Stewardship Company
Nicola Marray-Woods, Visual Artist
iSpot at The Open University
Wild Wonder
Four Seasons Forest School
forestandbeach@underwood discovery centre
Earthscapes Design Assoc.
Nature Play & Gardening
The Children's Wood
Wild Days Conservation
Springfield House Community Special School
Walter's World : Learning to Live
Fit by Nature Training
the mohair centre
PlaceScape
Jane's Pond Ltd
Open Show Indonesia - Bandung chapter
Family by Family
Milestone Academy
14th spen valley scouts
Friends of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
Silverback Bushcraft
Natural Connections Demonstration Project
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
NatureSpy
Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
Holistic Body Training
St John's Primary School
Cosy Under Canvas
Wildfitness
limelight pre-school
Durham Wildlife Trust
Worcestershire Wildlife Trust
Buzzy Beatz Collective  and Beautiful Bassetlaw festival of community arts
U.S. National Park Service
London Wildlife Trust
fingertips creative arts preschool
stoke gabriel primary school
Curious Creatures
Town of Shelburne
eco tribe
Stampers Preschool
Holy Trinity CE Primary School
St Crispin's Special School
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Little Munchkins Childminding (Southampton)
Early Childhood Natural Play
McCreary Ski & Outdoor Club
Widehorizons outdoor education trust
Knaphill Woodcraft Folk
Rain-shine
Penhill Community Association
Forest School, Sarasota, FL, USA
BSS Forest School
Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
Team Activ
Butterfly Conservation
The Exploration Society
The Scout Association
Winged Wonders Education
Journey to Self ltd
FlowerScapes
Blue Skies Project
Eve Beckett Childminder
Friends of St Louis
Danish Center for Ecotherapy
Wylye Coyotes Afterschool Club
Charlie's Childcare
Under The Trees
The Acorn Consultancy
HugoFox Ltd
HEFS (Home Educators Forest School)
Tinder & Tide
nature workshops
Ireland's Wildlife
The National Forest Company
HAZEL BROW FARM VISITOR CENTRE
MumPanel
Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust
Rowan
National Trust Dartmoor WildTribe
youngkr@aol.com
Babes in the Woods
Nature bugs
1st Parkmore Cub Pck
Essex County Council, Country Parks
adrenaline fit
Natural Explorers
Outdoor education department, University of Wales Trinity St Davids
Lyndon School
Lyndon School
Urban Kids Go Outdoors
LITTLE ACORNS DAY NURSERY
Northumberland Wildlife Trust
THE PLAY SECTION - NORLEY HALL ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND AND THE PLAYIN'OUT TEAM
Play Radnor
Farrington Nature Linc


Swallowtail HIll
SkillsActive
Yorkshire Play
Kindlings Outdoor Play & Education Co-op
Lackan Cottage Farm
Our home school rocks
North Yorkshire Outdoor Learning Service
London Sustainable Schools Forum
Children's Play Policy Forum
West Horndon Primary School
Father Nature
Wildwood Trust
Family & Community Development West Lothian
Wildwood Trust
The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales
Nature Workshops
Climate SouthWest
Muddyfaces
Lincolnshire Wildlife TrustLondon City Farms and Community Gardens Association
RAW Adventure
Ousedale School
Grangetown Wildlife
Groundwork North East & Cumbria
The Royal Horticultural Society
Bayonne and James Lee Nursery Schools Forest School
Wild things! inspiring learning, caring for the environment and changing lives...
Presentation Ireland
Badgells Wood Camping
World of Owls
Wilfrid's Woods
Northern Bushcraft
Ioanid Preschool International EducationIoanid Preschool International Education
Springfield Project
Wildlife Rescue Northern Ireland
Groundwork Northamptonshire
Permanentlybrilliant
YMCA Family Park & Campsite
Larne YMCA
Conchie & Co
Forest Gate Community Gardens
Rainbow day nursery
Field Studies Council
Pedal Go
The Bay Trust
suffolk wildlife trust
Little Star Nursery
The Forest School Company
Mobile Gardeners
Mud Pies
Hackney Wow
Tim Christian Nature Services
Carluke Meadow
Nature & You
Worcestershire Bat Group
Temple Moor High School
Wilderness Foundation UK
Open Futures
OnThisROC CIC
North Wales Wildlife Trust
The Otesha Project
Your Park
Seven Lochs Wetland Park
Learning through Landscapes Cymru
Great Dixter Charitable Trust
National Trust, Castle Drogo
Trebah Garden
Allen Valleys Wildlife Group
Rainbows and Puddles children's outdoor nursery
Midshires Covert ('Andy P's land), Harrington, Northants
Neroche Woodlanders
Hoda
Davies White Ltd Landscape Architects
The du Maurier Festival Society
Home educators
Froglife
Chiltern Rangers CIC
Plymouth University
Stone Lane Gardens
Bowles Rocks Trust
Glendale Managed Services
Free rangers home ed
Free Rangers Nursery
Widaid Foundation Trust
Chesterfield Borough Council - Greenspaces Team
Grwp Gwalia
North Pennines Outdoor Learning
Wildscreen
North Berwick High School
Warwickshire College
Hare Farm Hideaways
Wild about Art ltd
Wild about Art LTD
Bearprint Events & Expeditions
The Sherwood Forest Trust
Outdoor Classroom Project
Wikima & The Mid Wales Retreat Centre
Reach Beyond Adventure
whitmuir farm
Rutland Water Nature Resreve
Friends of Burgess Hill Green Circle Network (reg'd. charity 1118153)
Radnorshire Wildlife Trust
International School of Luxembourg
active360
11th Rugby Admirals Cub Scout Pack
NIXERCISE
Redburn aep
Adventure Club Survival School
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority
Reflections Nursery and Forest School
Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens
RetroCampervan
Whitworth Art Gallery
MARLE HALL OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTRE
Anglesey Play Development
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Hawk and Owl Trust
St. Michael's Community Nursery
Maria Farrelly Photography
Hammonds Plains Children's Centre
University of Chichester
La yurta nel bosco (the yurt in the woods)
TFT
So Natural Baby
Amersham Forest School
We Are Rushworth
Childfriendly.co.uk
Aberdeen Choral Ensemble (ACE)
Moor than meets the eye
Monkey-Do CIC
Northumberland Coast AONB Partnership
Glasgow Clyde College
Suntrap Forest Education Centre
Glasgow and Clyde Valley Green Network Partnership
Oldfield Primary School
Holy trinity vc primary school Darwen Lancashire
One-Two-Tree Environmental Education
Annan school
Outdoor Education Advisers Panel
Churnet Youth
The Zone Initiative ltd
Mixenden Activity Centre
Coetiroedd Dyfi Woodlands
Rural Connect Project
National Parks England
Wildflower Turf
Curiovan - Explorium of Natural Wonderment
Steiner Academy Hereford
Wild in the woods Forest School
Inhabit Treehouses
Devonshire Educational Trust
Xtnd - improving futures
Fair Parenting Project
Lotties Patch
Kyosei Institute
Minety pre-school
1st Bassingham Guides
Crusader Products Limited
Time out @ Pandy (TOP Club)
1058
Shotokan Karate England
South Leeds and Morley Scout District
Cotswold Bushcraft
Little Gumnut
Blissberry Social Farm
Nurture in Nature Australia
Torfield School
Groundwork Lancashire West and Wigan
Good Green Folk
Tribe magazine
Ecopsychology Galway
Poco Drom
Oak Bank Wood
Regenco
Ben Choi
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
Rossmere Primary School
Netmums
the earth skills project
Pannal Primary School
Hounslow Woodcraft Folk
White Cliffs Montessori Pre-school
Conygar coppice
Greater Cambridgeshire Local Nature Partnership
innocent drinks
Network of  Community Activities
Old Down and Beggarwood Wildlife Group
Into the Woods
TYF
Wild woods
Bolton School Nursery
Pied A Terre Adventures
Action Outdoors
Active Outdoors
Fyvie Cub Scouts
INTERSPORT
David Hodd Associates
Lake District National Park
H&F Urban Studies Centre
Allnatt
Teaching
ecocheck
swansea community farm
National Forest Company
Caldicott Prep School
Sport Environment
Cheshire Wildlife Trust
Coventry City Council Park Service Rangers
Positive Change Works
Coombe Country Park
Wild Earth
Groundwork
Camp Kernow
Dales Tourism Business Network
Discovery Preschool
Brokes Wood
Kingston Forest School
P7 mentoring group
Jane Saunders Childminding
Mission:Explore
Eslaforde Nursery
North Devon's Biosphere Reserve
Natural Spa Supplies Ltd
Outside the Box
The Ulysses Trust
Natural Connections Demonstration Project Bristol Hub
Pendered Art
Peak District National Park Authority
Weston College Early Years Education HE Department
1st Great Ayton Scout Group
Eastleigh Borough Council Countryside Service
Garden Organic
Alec in WILDerland
Planet Biodiversity
Creating Positive Mood Naturally
University of Exeter's Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI)
Children's Spaces That Are Not Playgrounds
eQeOUTDOORS
Brighter Beginnings
CSV Environment
Outdoorswithdad
Brent School Without Walls
St.Aloysius' College
Mountain View Ranch
Community Arts Network cic
Eco Drama
Earth Strength
Wild Wood Adventure
Crossing the Divide Experience
project boys
Lets Live Local
Norah and Mick's
Hampshire Country Learning
good sherd eco club
The Plato Society of Zagreb - Project Stohrenschule
Amanda Bond - Wild & Mindful Wellbeing
Young Spirit
Oakdale Junior School
Wild Journeys
Cornish Bell Tent Hire
Hunter Outdoor Training
Easington Lane Primary School
The Rock Currock Youth Project
Childminder
Tower College
Cordillo Ltd
Graig Wen
Brighthelmstone District Woodcraft Folk
Gladman Landscape and Environmental Design
Transition Crouch End
Menston primary school
Tolworth and Kingston Woodcraft Folk
National Trust - Essex
Woodmice
St Augustine's Primary School
Whitstable Umbrella Community Support Centre
Childplay Institute
Calthwaite School
Caehopkin Scout Group
Paxton Pits Environmental Education Centre (Wildlife Trust BCN on Hunts DC site supported by FPPNR)
Stepney City Farm
Carnforth North Road Community Primary School
Friends of Philadelphia Gardens
Woodland Adventurers
25th St Helens (Billinge) Cub Scouts
Inspiring Outdoors
Harvest Moon
Squirrel Wood
Avon Valley Schppl
Vilse AB
Childminder
Countrylore
Bring Yer Wellies
King Charles 1 School
PlanMyPlay
Best Education Limited
STRATEGIC POVERTY ERADICATION GROUP
KENTSTOWN MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL
Marston Vale Forest School
South Downs college public service team
Birkenhead Park Rangers
Tree House Learning
Evesham Country Park
IntoOutdoors
Waycotts Orchard Forest School
Sangan Island Conservation Ltd
The Hive Croydon
creative nation
Cambridgeshire County Council
ParentSpark
Creative STAR Learning Company
Berrywood Primary School
Ashton Gate Out Of School Care
Rancho Margot, Play in the Middle of Nowhere  (Costa Rica)
Rowanbank Environmental Education
Wild Child
Purple Routes
Osborne Adventures
cultureprobe: nature and mindfulness-based coaching, consultancy & research
Whalley Range 4 wildlife
Bushcraft Northwest
Far and Wild
HELP Trust -the Health Education Learning Psychology Trust
Calderstones School
Silver Star Pre-School
Fordhall Community Land Initiative
Gospel4Grampian
William Patten Primary School
St Werburghs Primary school
Clophill Preschool
Being in Nature
Nature's Footprints
Kites Nursery inc OSCARS Out Of School Clubs
North Kelvin Meadow Campaign
Meridian Obsvtry Louth
Owl Marketing
Canoe Wild
Evergreen Roof Gardens
Scottish Waterways Trust
Pentagon Sport
RSPB (Loch Leven Reserve, Kinross, Scotland)
Dementia Adventure
Capital Growth (London's food growing network)
Parents 4 Play
Woodcraft Folk
numerized
Landlife National Wildflower Centre
intrepid:scotland
Cheshire East Council Countryside Ranger Service
CCHF All About Kids
City of Farmington Hills Special Services (Michigan, USA)
Southwark Council
Schoolscapes
My Grandchildren matter
Wild Earth
Reflections Nursery & Forest School
Forest of Mercia
Sedgley Kids Club
Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation
Wild in the City!
Crocodile Outdoors
Uni-Tots Nursery
Mud Pie Explorers
Lineham Farm Children's Centre
1st Kibworth Scouts
Landmark Trust
Hoyland Common Children's Centre
Peter Pan Nursery and Pre School
Madley Primary School, Herefordshire
Healthy Planet UK
Outdoor Child Ltd.
Australian Camps Association
Sheepscombe Primary School
st maria goretti Catholic pre school
The Green Team
Curry Rivel VC primary school
Birchfield Nursery School
Bath Woodcraft Folk
Cycletherapy
Jungle Gym Climbing Frames
The Play Team London Borough Richmond
Wilderness Gathering Ltd
Outdoor Learning SchoolsSchools
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