by Gareth Davies | 11 Jul, 2022 | Members' news, News
With the help of Margaret Armitage and our friends at AdventurePlus we have been able to offer this invaluable service to our members for the last five years. It has proved very popular and successful, with over 150 applications in the last year. Unfortunately, our...
by Gareth Davies | 29 Jun, 2022 | Members' news
We are very grateful to FSA Trustees and members who have given their time to assess the possible impact of the proposed Schools Bill on the Forest School sector. Their initial advice may be found below and this will be added to as needed. UPDATE 01/07/22 Amended...
by Gareth Davies | 19 May, 2022 | FSA Administration, Minutes of Directors' Meetings, News
Please find below a video recording of the 2022 FSA annual general meeting, which was conducted online on Saturday 7th May 2022. Minutes of 2022 AGM Election Results The election of the three standing directors took place in line with AGM and election processes and...
by Gareth Davies | 17 May, 2022 | News
The Institute of Outdoor Learning has kindly agreed to allow us to share their article on the Nature Premium campaign. The campaign started out life as an idea during a ‘let’s put our heads together to solve a problem’ meeting of the FSA board. We...
by Gareth Davies | 25 Apr, 2022 | Members' news
The FSA is managed by a board that can have up to twelve full members on it at any one time. There will be five vacant positions on the board at the 2022 AGM. This year two existing Trustees will be re-standing for election because their term is up. In addition, we...
by Gareth Davies | 7 Apr, 2022 | News
The next Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Forest School Association (FSA) will be held on Saturday 7th May 2022, via an online Zoom meeting between 13:00 and 14:30. The decision to hold the AGM online has been taken because it has proven effective, over the...
by Gareth Davies | 19 Sep, 2021 | Members' news, News
Hello All, ***Sorry folks – We tried our best, worked over the weekend to make it happen, but we will not be able to get the new book delivered to the conference for sale. We expect there to be proofs available for people to see.*** We are working flat out to...
by Gareth Davies | 16 Sep, 2021 | Members' news, News
The FSA was fortunate enough to receive a grant from the Ashden Trust in 2019 to develop a very important project for our community. That is a web app that would allow large numbers of Forest School leaders and their participants to generate a national scale stream of...
by Gareth Davies | 14 Sep, 2021 | FSA Administration, FSA Policy Statements and Actions, KB Subject, News
The FSA was approached by Birnbeck Insurance with a question about loose parts play at Forest School. The question was whether or not ‘loose parts play’ involving man-made materials was a core part of Forest School? The question had arisen because of an...
by Gareth Davies | 20 Aug, 2021 | News
We are pleased to announce that Qualifications Network UK (QNUK) has gained FSA support for their Forest School qualifications. This brings the number of FSA recognised Awarding Organisations to nine. Forest School trainers work through OFQUAL recognised Awarding...