About the Woodcraft Folk

The Woodcraft Folk is an educational movement for children and young people, designed to develop self-confidence and activity in society, with the aim of building a world based on equality, friendship, peace and co-operation.

The Woodcraft Folk was founded in 1925 as an alternative to themilitary style youth groups of the time. We do not have a set uniform;instead our members can choose to wear a hoodie or t-shirts designed byour members. We are for boys and girls. Contrary to the myth, we are not a woodwork club. "Woodcraft" in this context meant the skill of living in the open air,close to nature. The Woodcraft Folk, like other youth movements, tracesits origins back to Ernest Thompson Seton's pioneering work.

Our motto is "Span the World with Friendship".

Every 5 years Woodcraft Folk holds an Internatonal Camp where our principles are put into practice and youth groups from around the world are invited to join our camp. We've just come back from CoCamp 2011, where over 2000 young people from around the world camped together for 11 days, with a theme of Co-operatives - it was fantastic! 

We are a registered charity and a "not-for-profit" organisation. We are run on a democratic basis.

To find out more about The Woodcraft Folk, why not go to the national website at www.woodcraft.org.uk. 

We are financially supported by The Co-operative Movement.The Woodcraft Folk is affiliated to the IFM-SEI (International Falcon Movement/Socialist Education International).