“Our combined expertise and knowledge about wilderness and leadership spans many decades making our nature-nurture programmes beyond compare.” – Gary Waterworth Owen (Lengthen Your Stride Ltd.) In celebration of 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, we have pleasure in announcing the launch of a new initiative – “REAL Journeys” (Responsible and Environmentally Aware Leadership Journeys) delivered [...]
16 Sep 2010 – 19 Sep 2010 Scotland Wilderness Solo 16th – 20th September 2010 £475.53 Have you a desire to experience an extended period of true solitude in a wild place but feel apprehensive about venturing out alone? Language… has created the word ‘loneliness’ to express the pain of being alone. And it has [...]
Hopefully you remember Tom and Andy the intrepid explorers from Ride Earth who are exploring the globe by mountain bike. They left the UK back in June 2007 and have many stories to tell about sustainable travel, the culture and societies they have been welcomed into. In May 2010 Tom and Andy will be starting [...]
We are delighted to announce that the Wilderness Foundation UK has recently been accepted as a member organisation of YET – The Young Explorers Trust. YET provides a national scheme in which venture plans are evaluated and those that meet the high standard set by the Young Explorers’ Trust are awarded YET Approval status., which [...]
5th – 13th March 2010 Join a group of women on a wilderness trail that is guaranteed to give you time out, peace and quiet, a good laugh, adventure, and time to just be yourself… Your journey begins with an evening flight on Friday 5th March departing the UK for Johannesburg. You arrive on 6th [...]
The Wilderness Foundation UK’s cross-culutral young women’s leadership programme – Wild Swans – was covered in the Knysa-Plett Herald today. In an article focusing on the application and selection process that whittled down the initial 450 girls who came forward, to the four who earned the chance to join the trail in KwaZulu Natal, the [...]
St. James Indepent School will be boarding a plane bound for South Africa later today. For the second year running, a group of boys will be spending sixteen days in the wilderness regions of this spectacular and unique destination, guided through the Umfolozi Game Reserve and Drakensberg Mountains by our colleagues from the Wilderness Leadership [...]
Young Women’s Leadership Through Wilderness The mix is heady : take four sixteen year old UK girls and put them in the wilderness in South Africa for fifteen days with four young South African girls from a very different background – mix fast and see what results….? The outcomes The Wilderness Foundation UK are hoping [...]
Title: Wild Leaders Youth Conference Location: London – TBC Description: Our second conference will give you the chance to attend talks and lectures from respected environmental leaders and campaigners; develop a wealth of different skills and gain the knowledge you need to lead community activities, projects and treks; join facilitated workshops to discuss and plan [...]
Title: Pilanesberg & Kalahari Wilderness Trail Description: A fantastic opportunity to be part of a trail team travelling into the Pilanesberg Game Reserve and Kalahari Desert Wilderness. For more information please contact Leigh on 01245 443073 or leighferris@wildernessfoundation.org.uk Start Date: 21st August 2009 End Date: 30th August 2009
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