Creating Connections
with Nature
Outdoor adventures bringing people and nature together to PLAY, EXPLORE, DISCOVER, GROW
Forest Schools
Across our Exmouth, Escot (nr Exeter) Okehampton, Totnes and Ilfracombe Forest School sites, we offer a range of Forest School based activities for children of all ages and backgrounds.
TRAINING
Become a qualified outdoor practitioner with our range of Forest School Leader and Outdoor Education and CPD training courses. Develop your outdoor education career or add an outdoor element to the career you already have.
Outdoor Experience
We offer fun, engaging adventures for all ages with birthday parties, skill based workshops, retreat and rewilding weekends and Team Building Days for those looking to transform their working environment.
Learner Support
We offer outdoor learning intervention for learners struggling in mainstream education, a specialist home education group for neurodiverse children and run a consultancy service for parents, teachers and other professionals working with children with ASD and SEMH needs.
COVID 19 UPDATE
We have now resumed some of our services and bookings are now open.
Find out more about our Covid Book with Confidence promise
welcome to the outdoors group
Outdoor Learning Specialist for Forest Schools, Alternative Education and Adult Training
We are an innovative outdoor education company, committed to making the outdoors accessible to young people, regardless of their background or previous experience.
We operate on nearly a dozen sites across Devon, specialising in alternative provision for learners with ASC and SEHM needs, adult outdoor training courses and leisure experiences and mainstream forest school sessions (including an Ofsted Registered Kindergarten, Toddler Clubs, Home Education Groups and Holiday Clubs).
We are proud of our pioneering approach to education and have a strong ethical commitment to environmental protection that underpins everything we do.
THE STORY SO FAR...
As part of our ten year celebrations, we commissioned an incredible Bristol based animator (Animated Magic) to create this short to commemorate the history of The Outdoors Group.
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ABOUT THE OUTDOORS GROUP
Since our official beginnings in 2011, our philosophy and practice has developed and evolved in accordance with the needs of our attendees and the changing society we are part of.
We take a holistic approach, addressing social and emotional wellbeing before looking at the more traditional measures of success.
We believe in engaging those we are working with in the process at every stage and work hard to promote well rounded, confident and resilient young people and adults that are considerate of the community they are a part of and the environment that we all share.
BE INSPIRED
People and Planet, over Profit.
Back in November when social media and inboxes globally were exploding with Black Friday offers, along with many other ethically and environmentally responsible companies, we
New Year Musings
It’s time for our annual New Year blog post – a time to think about the year ahead, to identify what we are aspiring to,
The Multitudes of Christmas
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Language Matters
I have a keen interest in etymology, semantics, and all things linguistic related. As a bona fide bookworm and aspiring writer, I know the power
