Menu
A week long nature based mentoring programme for teenage girls on Dartmoor.
JOIN US ON AN ADVENTURE INTO THE WILD!
Wild Time programmes offer girls and young women aged between 11 and 17 years an opportunity to ‘grow’ alongside experienced and qualified outdoorswomen to learn bushcraft skills, build confidence, develop a sense of self and have fun outdoors.
We offer 2 Wild Time Camps tailored to suit the age group: the youngers camp for 11-13 years is in April with a longer camp for 14-17 year olds in August. This will ensure the themes and activities are age appropriate to the group but will also encourage more meaningful connections and the development of a sense of community between the girls.
For our August camp we will bring a group of girls together to learn new skills and face challenges in the wild; to explore the land by day and night, adventure across moor, woods and rivers to learn more about who they are and what they want from their lives on the threshold of young adulthood.
The adventure includes inner and outdoor challenges, bushcraft, wilderness survival skills, group games, wild walks, environmental art and crafts, and culminates in a final quest! We will cook on open fires, sleep under the stars, share stories as well as just hang out together in the peace and beauty of the wilderness.
This is not a typical outdoor programme. It has all the adventure you’d expect but with the added power of Rites of Passage.
Developed by experienced guides and outdoorswomen over years of working with youth, this unique programme offers the right balance of play, adventure and creativity to help girls develop interpersonal skills and inner resources. To enter young adulthood with a deeper sense of self and from a more confident place.
Details will be sent ahead of time to help prepare for the rite of passage element of the programme. And similarly to conclude it, we ask parents and caregivers to be present on the last afternoon of the camp for a closing session.
The cost is £595 per girl. Flexible payment options will be available on request and some concessions may also be available based on financial need and on application (subject to the economy of the programme).
Israh Goodall
Israh’s work explores, and is inspired by, life’s transitions and thresholds, and this permeates all aspects of her work. As a midwife, I worked with remote tribes in the Afar region of Ethiopia, in Pakistan, in Zanzibar’s bush hospitals and in the NHS in the UK. As a qualified Mountain Leader I have led youth expeditions in the UK, Ladakh, Armenia, Ethiopia, Uganda and Lesotho, and co-facilitated Call of the Wild at Schumacher College in Devon. As a Rites of Passage facilitator, I have trained with and assisted for School of Lost Borders, and run programmes for women and girls in the UK. More recently I am working 1-1 bringing somatic awareness and nature connection to support women and girls in times of change.
I have always found great inspiration spending extended periods of time in nature – particularly in the mountains. In both my own experiences, and in witnessing others, I have seen the power of the natural world in guiding and holding us through times of change. For more details please see www.israhgoodall.com
Katie Rowan
Katie Rowan has led groups of children, teens and adults in nature and land based education for over 10 years. Training as a forest school leader in 2005 she went on to deliver transformational land based programmes for four years at Embercombe in Devon and more recently spent three years as a therapeutic educator at Ruskin Mill college in Gloucesstershire. Katie works as a mentor for teenage girls in her local community witnessing the challenges faced by young women as they navigate the adolescent journey and the immense power and potential held in this stage of life.
In 2015 Katie went out to California to train as a vision quest guide with the School of Lost Borders deep in the Mojave Desert. Since then she has assisted and lead a number of vision fasts guiding people in ceremony to transition from one stage in their lives to another.
Alongside this work Katie has pursued an interest in primitive living skills taking her deeper into nature and her connection to the wild. Katie loves putting on her pack and being immersed in wild places, marking the seasons, foraging and making. She is passionate about developing community and its role in honouring the important thresholds of our lives. Katie loves sitting around a fire with people sharing songs, music and stories.
Full joining instructions including a kit list will be provided on booking. Essentials will include:
This event will take place at our private riverside meadow located near Newbridge on Dartmoor.
Full joining instructions will be provided on booking. The approximate location is shown in the map below.
All main meals & refreshments are included. You may wish to bring snacks & any luxury foods.
2pm start on day 1 to 2pm finish on day 7
If more than 1 month before the event date you are welcome to pay a £100 non-refundable reservation deposit to secure your girl’s place. Otherwise you will need to pay the event fees in full. Click here to see the ticket options and book online now.
NB If you have any queries please email us or call us 01803 868269 (message service when office unattended).
**ITC Certificate in Outdoor First Aid**
Outdoor Leaders – is your First Aid training up to date? Booking now for places on our Sept 25-26 course near Holne on Dartmoor Details here