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Individual DF groups are usually based in a town or city, or in some cases a region. [3] DF group meetings usually consist of a group of like minded individuals meeting up at a regular time and place and taking part in usual woodcraft activities such as co-operative games, organising events, workshops and discussions about the Woodcraft Folk's aims and principles and general socialising.
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 ]
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.
Over the decades Woodcraft Rangers have modified Seton's original emphasis on outdoor life to incorporate activities that meet the needs of an increasingly urban population, but the goal of changing behavior and encouraging positive outcomes through interaction and education remains central to what they do today.
The Woodcraft Folk is the UK associate of IFM-SEI. These organisations adapt many of the methods of Scouting in a socialist orientation. Examples are the Children's Republic, camps run by the SJD-The Falken in Germany in the 1920s, however unlike the concurring Pioneer Movements, IFM–SEI works to further democracy.
"The Folk Trail; An Outline of the Philosophy and Activities of Woodcraft Fellowships" – Woodcraft Folk leaders manual (Noel Douglas, 1929); on the title page Leslie is described as "Little Otter; Headman of the Woodcraft Folk." "The Green Company" (The C. W. Daniel Co., 1931) "A Green Love, and Other Poems" (1931)
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
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 ...