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The history within the labour movement can be seen in the book produced by Woodcraft Folk called Fashioning a New World [9] which it commissioned for its 75th birthday. Other historical references exist, Cooperative Banners a book available from the Rochdale Pioneers museum contains banners of Woodcraft Folk.
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.
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.
Woodcraft League of America, originally called the Woodcraft Indians and League of Woodcraft Indians, is a youth program, established by Ernest Thompson Seton in 1901. [1] Despite the name, the program was created for non-Indian children. At first the group was for boys only, but later it would also include girls.
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]
A partial list of recreational woodcraft techniques might include knowledge of wildlife behavior, identifying and utilizing wild plants and animals (especially for food), camp cooking, orienteering (including hiking skills and use of a map and compass), fire making (including procurement of firewood), selecting and preparing a campsite, lashing and knot techniques, the use of tents and ...
In addition to Co-operatives UK, Holyoake House is also home to the Co-operative College, the Association of British Credit Unions (ABCUL), [5] Co-op News, [6] the Woodcraft Folk, which has sometimes identified itself as the youth wing of the co-operative movement, and the Manchester office of The Phone Co-op.
Kibbo Kift is an old English expression meaning literally proof of great strength – or The Strong. So today, in the woodcraft camp we speak of: KIBBO KIFT – meaning the Idea and Ideal of the Great Outdoor Trail and Open Air Education THE KIBBO KIFT – meaning the Woodcraft Kindred, or the people who follow the great Woodcraft Trail