Latest News

Here you can keep up to date with all thats going on around Plas Derw. We ensure that our news is regularly updated. News items about upcoming courses and things happening at Plas Derw are all posted here so make sure you keep coming back to stay up to date. In addition to this you can also stay informed by visiting our new Twitter and Facebook sites.

You can also check out the latest newsletter from Plas Derw here. It can be downloaded in the Download section of the site.


John Muir Award


We only had 7 participants on our first John Muir Award Club but they were a great group who gelled →read more

Photography competition


We have been forwarded this information from the Forestry Commision Wales and asked to share it with our contacts   →read more

Outdoor Classroom


Over 600 children from 25 different primary schools have taken part in  pilot Outdoor Classroom sessions  which ended last week. →read more

Tawny Owl Sponsoring


With support from Mr and Mrs W.F Glazebrook, private funders, Plas Derw Trust has been able to sponsor the Tawny →read more

Weekend Wildlife Club


We've now launched a brand new and exciting initiative for 5-10 year olds! Club sessions will take place on the →read more

Homeschool Sessions


Do you homeschool your children? If so we can now offer a forest school taster session specifically tailored for them. →read more

Mission Explorable ends in success


The Mission Explorable course has ended for now, but has been hugely successful and a massive hit with those taking →read more

Children In Need grant secured


Plas Derw Trust are celebrating after securing a three year grant from the BBC Children in Need appeal. The grant →read more

10 years of Forest School conference


Plas Derw staff attended the Forestry Commission conference celebrating ‘10 years of Forest School in Wales’, during the October half →read more

Get Tweeting about Plas Derw


Great news everyone! We are now on Twitter. You can now follow us at plasderwtrust. This is an excellent way of →read more

Plas Derw Buy.at shop


Plas Derw trust have started a small fundraising drive to raise money to fill short falls in project funding. One of →read more

LIME Sculpture Project


On Friday the 18th of July we celebrated our LIME project by unveling the commerorative sculpture. The sculpture which is →read more

The Orchard Project continues to grow


The second week of the project has just taken place and we were visited by reporters from BBC Radio Wales. →read more

After School club


Plas Derw Trust have recieved funding to run an After School Club. There will be two clubs,  the first running →read more