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This competition is now closed.

Send us your photos of risky play in action (with relevant permissions if needed), and your top risky play tips.

Our 2 favourites will receive a copy of Kathryn Solly's excellent book Risk, Challenge and Adventure in the Early Years.

We have made a batch of Big Butterfly Count coasters to giveaway! Simply tick to add them to your order at the checkout from 15th July.

NB Limited numbers made.

As an organisation, we try to embody our values through our business practices. We do have plastic products in our shop, however, we are actively working to source effective alternatives to plastic with an ever-increasing range of bio-plastic, wood and UK grown wood ranges, recycled clothing and other products.

Today is Day 1 Muddy Faces does #30DaysWild - Eating breakfast outside.
Our daily lives are incredibly busy, with the pressures of online communication, social media, news coming from every possible media source and the general feeling that we should be doing more than we are!

Being in the natural world provides us with many sensory distractions which helps us to reconnect with ourselves, slow down and clear the muddle. By spending a few moments of mindfulness - with your breakfast outside - it will benefit your well-being and steady yourself against the pressures of a busy world!

We are partaking in the Wildlife Trust 30 Days Wild. Over the month of June we will be having a wild time and doing lots of outdoor challenges and acts of random wildness. Find out what we are doing by following us on Instagram or Facebook.

If you want to join in with the Wildlife Trust 30 Days Wild, you can sign up here 30 Days Wild 2022: Sign up | The Wildlife Trusts

30 Days Wild is the UK's biggest nature challenge with the The Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual event with more than a million participants.

We are now on LinkedIn. If you want find out what we are up to, come and follow us here

The Forestry Commission has urged the public to report sightings of oak processionary moth caterpillars.

The Nature Connection Handbook by Miles Richardson from the University of Derby is available to download.

All the activities that have been published in The Outdoor Practitioner can now be downloaded!!

We are working towards making our packaging as sustainable/ environmentally friendly as possible and have started working more with packaging companies who provide already used boxes.