Past Projects

Children from 3 local primary schools helped to develop an Action Plan to ‘Protect the Piliau!’ (One of the key tributaries of the River Teifi) Participants recorded species, created and protect key habitats and developed a connection to the amazing nature in the Piliau Valley and the surrounding meadows and woodland.

The project was run by Child of the Earth in partnership with West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre, Butterfly Conservation Wales and the West Wales River Trust.

We hope to secure future funding to continue this project in Spring/Summer 2026.

Get in touch if your school / youth group would like to participate in the Protect the Piliau project.

Wild Boys! provides a much needed antidote to the pressures teenage boys and young men are currently facing.

At Wild Boys!, participants aged 11-15 meet through spring and summer in a beautiful woodland site in the Piliau valley. It’s a place for adventure, exploration, learning new skills and having lots of fun! We share around the campfire and learn from each other, with male facilitators holding the space as positive male role models.

We hope to continue Wild Boys! in Autumn 2025. Stay tuned for further announcements.

Do you know someone who would like to be a Wild Boy? Click below to reserve your space.

Child of the Earth received funding from Ffynnone Community Resilience to increase youth engagement with community growing spaces. Ysgol Eglwyswrw Y3/4 class and a mixed-age group of children receiving additional emotional support from Ysgol Cilgerran took part in 10 sessions at ‘Field of Beans’ and ‘Fruit and Nut’ Community Gardens.

The children learnt about growing food and their local environment with support from volunteer growers at the community gardens, and had loads of fun along the way!

If you would like your school to work with us we would love to hear from you – click below to get in touch.

‘Nature Explorers’ was local authority-funded project, in partnership with Ysgol Gynradd Aberteifi. This project provided an opportunity for children who needed additional support to head off on adventures to the Welsh Wildlife Centre and experience forest school sessions, where they took on physical, cognitive and emotional challenges with a high level of adult support.

Interested in specialist forest school sessions at your nursery or primary school? Get in touch below.

Local adults and children attended 2 cob pizza oven building workshops. Working with an experienced natural builder they learnt how to build, use and care for a traditional cob pizza oven. From puddling clay to constructing the oven they got hands on with all stages of this eco building technique.

The oven is now a resource for the local community, including hosting two, free, family-friendly community pizza events in September 2024.

This project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Children with additional needs aged 0-12 were invited with their siblings and parents to have a relaxed time playing and exploring Naturewise Community Forest Garden. Specialist resources and activities were provided for those with sensory processing needs.

This project was generously funded by the Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust.

We hope to secure future funding for more Sensory Play sessions. If you are interested in your child attending the project, get in touch below.

Years 5 and 6 at Ysgol Bro Ingli learnt about growing food, their local environment and working together as a community, with support from local community growers at Field of Beans Community Garden.

This was part of a wider project combatting climate change, funded by the Sustainable Development Foundation.

If you would like your school to work with us we would love to hear from you – click below to get in touch.

Child of the Earth received funding from Ffynnone Community Resilience to run outdoor learning sessions with local children.

We provided a fun, extra-curricular, inclusive, outdoor experience to pupils receiving additional emotional support. In addition we aimed to provide information and evidence of need to help to secure further funding to continue a longer term project throughout the school year.

If you would like your school to work with us we would love to hear from you – click below to get in touch.