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The Community Sacred Fire Are you or your child ready to participate in a Fire Quest Rites of Passage? Do you want to come and support the village and Sacred Fire, whilst learning about this ancient ceremony? Join our Community Sacred Fire & Fire Quest Weekend The Community Sacred Fire is a special container which holds space for people to connect on many levels. It is a place to remember departed loved ones, to honour
The Woodland Project  On the 10th May this year we gathered at Winter Gardens in Eastbourne for the 2016 SPARK Awards. The awards provided an opportunity to showcase and celebrate the work of their member groups who are voluntary and community groups working with children and young people in East Sussex. Sponsored by the South Downs National Park Authority and High Weald AONB Partnership, Circle of Life Rediscovery are really proud to be presented the Senior
A Woodland Celebration! Circle of Life Rediscovery (CLR) and Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s – Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Learning Disability / Family Intensive Support Service (CAMHSLD/FISS) held a Celebration Day on 31st March to mark the huge success of their three year project. “We have had a great three years working together supporting families, siblings, parents and grandparents to get outdoors, find peer support, discover new skills, have fun and relax.” Marina Robb,
We in the Circle of Life Rediscovery team welcome opportunities to learn, and be challenged to think outside of the box.  We are working alongside experts in their fields that bring a depth of knowledge and perspective that offer hope and practical solutions. Salvatore Gencarelle, weaves together the teachings of the 8 Shields, founded by Jon Young alongside a life-time of mentoring within the Woptura Lineage from his father in law, a recognised Lakota Spiritual
An indigenous worldview,  without the western sophistication of physics, offers many in roads into the inner dimension.  If we wish to achieve sustainable living world wide, we need to listen also to what other cultures are saying and to become aware of how deeply entrenched we are within our own world views, not only across cultures but within cultures also. There are stories we tell ourselves that perpetuate the separateness that is fundamental to socio-ecological
This Blog has been written as part of the Every Child Wild series. What do you think would be the most important, and effective, change that could be made to ensure that future generations grow up to love wildlife? There is this notion of the trillion dollar industries – which include education, technology etc. I believe that the only way people will truly love wildlife, and plants, is to spend time with them outdoors –

May 18, 2021

This blog has been produced as Part of the Every Child Wild series. Marina,  Founder and Managing Director of Circle of Life Rediscovery CIC, was asked to write a a leading outdoor learning organisation. Marina has been the recipient of funding from Natural England, Mind and The National Lottery, amongst other grant makers for her outdoor work with teenagers, families and young people with mental health issues. Marina provides residential camps in Sussex woodlands, Forest
“This book offers a chance to the youth of today and the nature of tomorrow. It has a wealth of structured, tried and tested projects, ideas and games all designed to allow children to breathe fresh air and engage personally with a real world where their minds and bodies can develop and bloom, burst into life and inspire them to love life.” Chris Packham, BBC “This wonderful new book aims to connect children with nature. Through a broad