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Woodcraft Folk is a UK-based educational movement for children and young people. Founded in 1925 and grown by volunteers, [ 6 ] it has been a registered charity since 1965 [ 1 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] and a registered company limited by guarantee since 2012. [ 3 ]
District Fellows (also known as DFs) is the name given to the 16- to 20-year-old age group of the Woodcraft Folk, a UK-based cooperative educational movement for children and young people. It operates both on a local group level and as a semi-autonomous movement within the Woodcraft Folk.
Another of the active, surviving UK organisations is the Woodcraft Folk, a socialist group originally affiliated with the Co-Operative movement that broke away from Kibbo Kift in the 1920s. They hold weekly meetings similar to Scouts.
In the UK, the Woodcraft Folk are an organisation founded on the principles of woodcraft. Other woodcraft organisations include the Woodcraft League of America , which was founded by Ernest Seton , and the Woodcraft youth movement.
Sust 'n' Able is the Woodcraft Folk's programme of education for sustainable development. The project was the theme of the Woodcraft Folk's 2001 international camp in Nottinghamshire where 4,000 young people attended. The camp focused on sustainable development education and ran activates for children from five to twenty five around the themes.
The Woodcraft League influenced the formation of Lone Scouts inspired in 1912 by John Hargrave. In the United Kingdom, the Woodcraft League influenced the Order of Woodcraft Chivalry formed in 1916, the Kindred of the Kibbo Kift formed in 1920 and Woodcraft Folk formed in 1925 and Camp Fire Girls (UK).
The result was that in 1925 Paul and some other members broke away to form a new group, the Woodcraft Folk (which is still active). Although the Woodcraft Folk was the work of several people, Paul— its most eloquent member and its first leader— came to be seen as its founder and representative. [8]
People associated with the Woodcraft Folk (5 P) Pages in category "The Woodcraft Folk" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.