{"id":144957,"date":"2023-11-15T00:45:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T00:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=144957"},"modified":"2023-11-15T00:45:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T00:45:28","slug":"charlotte-churchs-alternative-chool-is-ejected-from-its-forest-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/world-news\/charlotte-churchs-alternative-chool-is-ejected-from-its-forest-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Church&apos;s alternative chool is ejected from its forest home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Charlotte Church&#8217;s alternative chool is ejected from its forest home for harming ancient woodland and putting wildlife at risk<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Arwen Project in Dinas Powys, Wales, taught pupils in &#8216;tribes&#8217; under trees\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A woodland school founded by Charlotte Church has been denied permission to teach outdoors by health and safety officials.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old singer set up The Awen Project four years ago with husband Jonathan Powell to \u2018transform education\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Pupils were given \u2018creative freedom\u2019 to learn and study through a network of \u2018tribes\u2019, and had lessons under trees.<\/p>\n<p>But the Woodland Trust has ripped up its permission for outdoor schooling, blaming \u2018multiple breaches\u2019 that harm visitors and wildlife within the ancient woodland.<\/p>\n<p>The Trust said permission to use Cwm George and Case Hill Wood in Dinas Powys, south Wales, was terminated due to safety concerns, including human waste and chemical containers left on the site, and felling of trees.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/09\/77677839-12737247-image-a-14_1699694499407.jpg\" height=\"824\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>An alternative school set up by singer Charlotte Church has been forced to find a new home<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/09\/77677849-12737247-image-a-15_1699694507249.jpg\" height=\"1008\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Arwen project, which teaches pupils in\u00a0Cwm George and Cas Hill Wood in Dinas Powys, south Wales has been told it can no longer run classes in the woodlands due to risks to wildlife<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Ms Church said the charity had been unable to \u2018keep going against the big guys\u2019 and was now forced to search for a new home.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u2018My wonderful educational charity The Awen Project needs your help. They\u2019ve lost their beautiful woodland home in south Wales, and are in desperate need of finding a new place to run the project from.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Despite our best efforts to salvage an effective and mutually beneficial partnership with Woodland Trust, unfortunately they have revoked our license agreement, meaning that we can no longer deliver our outcomes for the children and families that we support or keep striving to change how we access excellent education for all children.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It has been a rollercoaster \u2013 and we tried so hard to stay where we were \u2013 but as a very small charity we just couldn\u2019t keep going against the big guys.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If you have any land in Barry, Dinas, Penarth, Cardiff or the general south Wales area, please reach out to them directly.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Alternatively, if you have any advice, suggestions or solutions they\u2019d love to hear from you too.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You can also donate via their website to aid with them finding a new home. Thank you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/09\/77677841-12737247-image-a-16_1699694512014.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Following the revocation of her licence agreement by the Woodland Trust, Ms Church has appealed to anyone with land in Barry, Penarth, Cardiff or the &#8216;general south Wales area&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The charity says it creates a learning environment for young people to \u2018be themselves and follow their passion\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It does not follow any exam curriculum for traditional subjects, but students can be supported with self-directed learning if they study for a GCSE.<\/p>\n<p>A Woodland Trust spokesman said: \u2018Sadly, and after much deliberation, we have taken the decision to terminate the current permission granted to the Awen Project for their use of Cwm George the Casehill Woods.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This is due to multiple breaches of this permission, which have posed health and safety concerns for our visitors and wildlife within the ancient woodland.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We have, however, offered a new Forest Schools licence which sets out a new arrangement going forward that is in keeping with the fact that Cwm George is a publicly accessible woodland, managed for people and wildlife.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12737247\/Charlotte-Churchs-alternative-chool-ejected-forest-home-harming-ancient-woodland-putting-wildlife-risk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlotte Church&#8217;s alternative chool is ejected from its forest home for harming ancient woodland and putting wildlife at risk The Arwen Project in Dinas Powys,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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