Sarah Bicknell
Say hello to Sarah the Skills & Learning Coordinator for the West Midlands Region of the Canal & River Trust. Sarah has trained with us as an In the Wild Leader as part of our work for the Canal & River Trust.
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Brent Family Wellbeing Trail
Want to get back into nature with your family? A great way to start is with our Canal & River Trust Family Wellbeing Trails and we have just launched a new route in Brent and also Tees Barrage: Access the Family Wellbeing Trails Here. You can download a copy of the Brent Family Wellbeing Trail […]
Individual Online Practical’s for Canal & River Trust Staff
As part of the Canal & River Trust staff training, participants in the In the Wild Leader program completed additional 1-2-1 online practicals and support sessions with Head Coach and tool creator Laura. During these online practicals, participants presented activities and discussed core workshop elements to ensure they were fully confident, thoroughly understood the tools, […]
Tees Barrage Family Wellbeing Session
A massive highlight last month was our ongoing collaboration with the Canal & River Trust at Tees Barrage. The day was a brilliant success, bringing together everyone from toddlers in prams and Grandmas—to teens too who, got stuck right into the mud painting! Session 2: We were joined by Helen one of the Canal River […]
Nantwich Family Wellbeing Trail
Coach Rosie headed back on the tracks to audit the trail for Nantwich and what she found was a lovely countryside trail, complete with aqueduct and lots of creatives canal boats along the way. You can download a copy of the Nantwich Family Wellbeing Trail here.
Training Our First Glimmer Seeker Trainers
It’s been another busy and heart-filling month at Happy Confident Kids, everyday we are so grateful we get to do this. From on boarding new Kids Confidence Coaches to seeing even more of the real-world impact of our tools across the UK, we are more committed than ever to bringing “the light” to children’s (and […]
Year 10 Exam Masterclass
We’ve been running some incredible Exam Support Workshops in secondary schools recently, and the feedback from the students has been amazing. Supporting 200 year ten learners. Train Like a Champion – If it’s good enough for the greats, it’s good enough for GCSEs and A-Levels! Cristiano Ronaldo, Chloe Kelly, Jonny Wilkinson… these legends don’t just […]
Stanley Locks Family Wellbeing Trail
A few weeks ago, we jumped on a busy train and headed to the amazing city of Liverpool and headed straight to find Stanley Lock Flight. Just a few meters from hustle and bustle, we found our towpath. It led us to a gem nestled deep within the housing development—a historic canal. Once a site […]
Westport Lake Family Wellbeing Session
We ran (a very wet) Family Wellbeing session in partnership with the Canal & River Trust, and what a joy it was—even in the rain! A huge thank you to all the families who braved the weather to join us at Westport Lake in Stoke-on-Trent. Running these sessions always brings us so many glimmers (tiny […]
Walsall Family Wellbeing Session
A few weeks ago Miranda and I travelled to the bustling town of Walsall in the Black Country. It’s a vibrant, busy urban landscape where opportunities to truly “get into nature” can feel few and far between. We were there to deliver a Let’s Go Outdoors workshop in partnership with the Canal & River Trust, […]
Group 3-Week Programme Development
Part of our Lets Go Outdoors Project for the Canal and River Trust was to develop a three week programme that they could deliver for groups (targeted at primary schools). We developed three one hour sessions, for delivery on the waterside. Packed with some core In the Wild tools and some brand new ones too […]
Educator pack
As part of our work for the Canal & River Trust to support the educator team deliver “Lets Go Outdoors” sessions we developed a Educator Pack which the Team at Muddy Publishing worked their magic to glam it up. Here is a sneak peak…
TTD: Outdoor Learning with Alderbrook 2026
It was a real pleasure to be invited back again to Alderbrook Secondary School as part of their community Teacher Training Day, where they invite educators from all the feeder primary schools. Educators could sign up to various sessions throughout the day and we hosted one on outdoor learning, where we gave participants a taste […]
St Nicholas Primary School, Kenilworth
We love working with St Nicholas Primary School, it was the first school we ran In the Wild Sessions with for the whole school, taking over 300 kids and their teachers out in nature.
Tower Hamlets
Coach Rosie was closer to her London home when she audited this new family wellbeing trail, its amazing to see the variety in all the different wellbeing trails. You can download a copy of the Tower Hamlets Family Wellbeing Trail here.
Tees Barrage Family Wellbeing Trail
Coach Rosie was back on the train to audit our new family wellbeing trail in the awesome Tees Barrage. From the iconic bridges to the water breaking at the gates its a great place to visit. You can download a copy of the Tees Barrage Family Wellbeing Trail here.
Bingley Family Wellbeing Trail
Coach Rosie visited an amazing canal in Bingley to scope it out for our new family wellbeing trail, based in London, she took the train to check out the area. She commented after her visit “I honestly had tears in my eyes it was so lovely”. You can download a copy of the Bingley Family […]
In the Wild – Secondary – SEND
Three-week nature-based wellbeing programme conducted in November with a small group of learners identified with Special Educational Needs (SEN) or other additional learning needs. A total of 16 learners participated (14 from Year 8/9 and 2 from Year 7), with sessions thoughtfully divided by the school into separate groups for boys and girls. Many learners […]
Liverpool Docks Family Wellbeing Trail
Lovely Liverpool! I had never been before so I was really excited to do the trail audit and it didn’t disappoint. We started our day auditing the trail for Stanley Locks Flights and finished at the Docklands, the conntrast was incredible! It felt like being in New York—soaring buildings, historic museums, and a bustling network […]
Being a happy, confident kids coach is so rewarding
“The training is great, brings together all of the most effective tools and techniques, and you feel like you are ready to go. Try them out and you’re supported every single step of the way. So I can’t recommend it highly enough.”
The take home messages we got as a family were huge…
“We’ve noticed a marked difference in my son’s response to us, he settles quicker, he tells us more how we can help and with the right wording he can often decide the best solution. He has been apologising to his brother, asking for time away when he’s too much and explaining before he gets cross. His room has now become more a sanctuary than a punishment…
Excited to work with Happy Confident Kids again soon!
“Our Y6 pupils loved working with coach Rosie on a number of different self esteem activities; they were totally engaged by her methods and ideas Their spirits were lifted during the hours they spent taking part in the session and we are excited to work with Happy Confident Kids again soon!”
We learnt about how to be calm and confident using our body.
“I like how Rosie linked the discussion with KS2 learning friends and she encouraged children to physically act confident.”
Manchester Family Wellbeing Trail
When we got the new about the Manchester wellbeing trail location, Laura and I were really excited as we had walked part of this route when we delivered some sports coach training for British Taekwon-do. So we knew it was going to be good, there is so much to see along the trail, coupled with […]
In the Wild with Coach Rosie
Coach Rosie, who is based in South London, has been out in nature delivering an In the Wild family session for her local community and the feedback is epic, check this out: Coach Rosie is one of our In the Wild Coaches and also 1-2-1 Confidence Coach, if you are looking for coaching or nature […]
John the Lollypop Man
Every now and then we like to award Honorary Official Glimmer Seeker badges to people in the community who spread glimmers to others. Meet John our local lollypop man. John has been safely crossing children over this busy bit of road for years and whatever the weather he always does it with a smile on […]
Online Glimmer Seeker Training with Canal & River Trust
We are all about finding glimmers, the small moments of joy in everyday. As part of our work with the Canal & River Trust we are training staff to become Official Glimmer Seeker’s. This is an important part of their training, as when we are in a good place ourselves we can then coach others […]
FREE interactive tools for families along the canal side.
As part of the pilot project, funded by People’s Postcode Lottery, we designed wellbeing tools for families which are now live on the Canal & River Trust website, the team at Muddy Publishing did a brilliant job bringing our tools to life, these included: You can access downloads of these here on the Canal & […]
British Taekwondo
We work with British Taekwondo to deliver a number of initiatives all focussed on teaching kids confidence in movement. Taekwondo is one of the most powerful tools for building happy, confident kids in the UK, helping children unlock their full potential both on and off the training mats. Beyond teaching physical self-defence, British Taekwondo clubs […]
Ellesmere Port In the Wild Leader Training for the Canal & River Trust
Our second training session for the Canal & River trust took us to Ellesmere Port, a really cool spot with incredible historic locks (definitely worth a visit). It was a pleasure to meet more dedicated volunteers and catch up with other members of the Education Team. Training at Ellesmere Port provided a stunning, historic backdrop. […]