"We MUST encourage a symbiotic relationship between children and Nature now. Through children finding healing and comfort in Nature, they will grow up feeling compelled to care for and protect it"
Our poem presented to the United Nations at Cop 26
Proudly supported by:
A Multi-Award Winning Organisation
supporting Childhood Mental Health &
The Climate Emergency
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How can we help?
Do you want a practitioner in your setting?
Do you need training or INSET?
Do you want outdoor learning in your setting grounds?
We are proud to have planted over 80,000 trees in the West Midlands and plan to plant many more!
To become involved with our tree planting programme please contact us.
Meet some of the team
Director Afric Crossan began her career in corporate marketing then retrained as a teacher in 1997. Since then, Afric continued on to become a qualified primary school teacher then took her business expertise to co-found Forest Schools Birmingham Non-Profit in 2004.
Afric's specialism is Autism and Additional Needs, and her greatest motivation is supporting community Mental Health and the Climate Emergency Movement through supporting individuals, families and communities to improve mental and emotional health, confidence and self-esteem through employing meaningful wellbeing strategies, accessing the natural environment and learning new skills. Afric manages the strategic element of the business and is the lead Trainer. She has been invited to Downing Street as part of the 'Big Society' Vision, has sat on strategic boards throughout the Midlands during her career, works closely with Birmingham City Council, has mentored 100s of schools in implementing Forest School and Outdoor Learning programmes. She is also a facilitator of women's retreats at Wild Women Retreats.