We are almost half way through this year at Wilder Ways already. The group has been full since September and we have enjoyed settling into the woods together at our familiar camp near Chancefield on Falkland estate.

The group is now closed until the end of June where we will open for places for September 2026 – June 2027.

We continue to meet once a month on a Saturday, this years group are mainly all at high school, and are enjoying getting out into the woods regularly for a natural break from busy lives.

We continue to support the gentle learning of bushcraft skills such as fire-lighting, whittling and bowl burning in the colder months, ideal for round the fire afternoons.

We are very proud to have teens with us who spend the day in the woods despite the cold and wet days of winter.

The seasons lead us through cooking, foraging and going out on to the land to explore and we always have time for games.

Please note we also have a weekly teens group for teens not attending mainstream school – please see our Horizon group.

If you are interested in a place at Wilder Ways in 2026_2027 please email paula@sci-scotland.org.uk for further information.

Heavily influenced by the with 8-Shields movement, permaculture ethics and non-violent, or compassionate communication, we have woven our own mentoring blend together of what we call The Wilder Ways Way.

Our mentors are committed to holding space for the groups to thrive, with empathy, compassion and no judgement.

Connection is at the heart of what we do – connection to ourselves, each other and the land around us.

Our core group of Wilder Ways teenagers started in 2017 as 12/13 year olds and finished after summer camp at the end of June 2022, 17/18 year olds.

We love staying in touch hearing about their new adventures at university, college, mentoring jobs passing on their nature skills to the next generation.

Would you like to join us?

If you are home-educating, attending school or a craftsperson with a skill to share outdoors we would love to hear from you.