Tell us a bit about the background to the Association?
A national association for Forest School has been a long time coming, as there has been demand for a while. We think there are around 10,000 practitioners who have taken part in Forest School training in the UK.
In 2010 we set up a steering group with the Institute for Outdoor Learning Special Interest Group for Forest School and the Forest School Trainers' Network to explore the need and feasibility of a new independent association/governing body. We put together a business plan in February this year, following a consultation last year supported by the Ernest Cook Trust and the Forestry Commission. We needed to find out what people wanted from a new national organisation for Forest School.
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