A community-led education initiative empowering youth (10-14 years old) to learn from real-world experience and personal mentorship.

nature connection — mentorship — youth led —

Based in the beautiful Wiltshire countryside we offer 3 days of skills-based and creative learning for home educated children. Our club provides transformational experiences that awaken a child’s unique gifts and enhance their relationship with nature.

What we offer

Child Centred Learning

A space where children can meet, discuss and brainstorm their ideas and make things happen. Daily learning inspiration is offered through workshops and projects. Students are encouraged to present and develop their own ideas
A Wonderful Location

Based at an amazing location in Lacock, deep in the Wiltshire countryside with great outdoor spaces and nature on our doorstep. We have a dedicated forest school area and a place where we keep small animals
Safe & Nurturing Space

Our qualified staff offer care, emotional support and guidance to our students, ensuring kind and respectful relationships are maintained within our community.
Diverse Learning Options

Our inspiring Mentors deliver a wide range of educational courses and activities in line with our Four Categories of Learning - Physical, The Arts, Nature and Inquiry (see below).
Experienced Team

Co-ordinators help students organise their time to use the learning space effectively. They’re responsible for overseeing the safety, welfare and learning goals of the students. We are supervised by an independent board of educators and experts.
An Active & Connected Community

We’re a like-minded group of parents, children, educators and volunteers who want to make a positive change in education and the wider world. Community is at the heart of Griffin Club.

Our Four Learning Categories

Physical activities are offered every day. We see physical learning as key to the development and health of our students. There are opportunities to play sports, go for walks and runs in the surrounding countryside, take part in dance and movement workshops and do martial arts.
A huge range of facilities is available to us on-site for doing creative projects. The Wiltshire Scrap Store is a fantastic resource of supplies and teachers with who we work closely alongside. Our Arts sessions include music and composition, drama and dance, drawing, painting, sculpting and modelling with hard and soft materials. Household skills such as cooking, knitting, sewing, and applied arts like carpentry, metalwork, mechanics, and engineering.
We are extremely fortunate to be located in amazing natural surroundings, with fields, forests and Griffin Growers (a community garden) within easy reach. We teach students about growing your own food, responsible farming practices, animal husbandry, beekeeping, and natural sciences. We take regular walks in the countryside and learn about foraging, survival skills, building fires, shelters and cooking outside.
We encourage a culture of inquisitiveness, questioning, and exploration. Inquiry and critical thinking form a core part of all of the learning activities at Griffin Club. There is an open discussion every morning about how the club is run, projects the students want to do, organising events, resolving challenges and other practical matters. World events, spirituality and what it means to be human, law, banking, the scope and forms of government and other important issues are also regularly discussed and debated.