The Wildside

Learning Through Nature in North Tyneside, North East England

Project mission

Set in an urban environment, easily accessible by public transport links is our little oasis, the Wildside. We're a community interest company/ non-profit based on the Forest School ethos and education model.

Our mission is to offer people of all ages and walks of life an opportunity to pause, listen and connect with themselves, each other and nature. Only by feeling a connection with our environment and community, will ever be able to truly look after it and each other.

Testimonials

"The thing that makes the Wildside so different and special is that it's built from the heart. It has heart. And people feel that" - parent, adult group participant

".... during the digging and the dipping, in the middle of the mud kitchens and the mess; I found healing, and hope" - parent participant

"I thought I was coming for him. It's only now I realise I kept coming back for me. For both of us, for everyone actually" - parent participant