Since they began in December 2010, with a National Lottery grant of £10,000, the Worcestershire Woodland Project – WWP for short - has engaged many adults with care and support needs from across Worcestershire. They provide participants with the opportunity to improve their levels of physical and mental health and wellbeing by contributing to conservation work and acquiring vocational and social skills using social forestry principles in a unique woodland setting.
WWP base camp is in Churchill Wood, a private woodland which is owned by the Berkley Estate in Spetchley, Worcester. There, WWP help to manage the 45-acre woodland; which they do through coppicing the hazel and other woodland management. They also offer a range of other activities and crafts all based in the woodland – from Forest Fitness sessions with a personal trainer to making garden furniture to archery and much, much more!