Each site we carry out forest school,and events has its own limitations on no.s due to parking, site sensitivity and so on. We’ve set out these numbers here.

However there are also Covid limits in place for social gathererings as outlined in the Governemnet Covid Roadmap which we also need to consider.

We are assuming by the time we begn operations on 29th May that we wil be at Step 3 of lockdown easing which should be met in mid May and lifted on 21st June.

This means that there can be no more than 30 people at a gathering. Step 2 easing implied that ‘people’ did not include children under 5 and staff although presently the guidance for step 3 is unclear and not that specific.

At this point we must therefore assume when we start up in May 29th people includes attending children, parents and staff.

How will we keep to the legal requirements outlined in the roadmap?

Our events including birthday parties require 2 to 3 members of staff as well as attending parents or an adult to provide care of their child in lieu of a parent.

Therefore we will limit numbers at open to all events (such as the May Flower Fairy Stream walk) to ensure 30 is not breached assuming a ratio of 1 child to 1 parent. Although this may be variable in practice

Please help us to ensure we do not breach this limit by:

Telling us how many adults are accompanying the children.
If practical have one parent instead of two attending.
Delegating another trusted parent that’s attending our event to take care of your children would also be very helpful if safe and practical to do so.

Birthday party guests

For those parents that have booked a party during step 3 we suggest you go for a smaller more intimate party. If you’d prefer a larger party we would be happy to arrange another slot once we have left step 3 (due but not guarenteed 21st June).

When sending out invites its important to tally up your own family, invited children and their attending parents. And finally remeber to include our 3 members of staff (we can advise if this is lower nearer the day. The total cannot exceed 30.

We will udate you on changes to this as the requirements become clearer.

Covid extra measures

As you can imagine we will be putting extra measures in place such as handwashing and facilitating track and trace as outlined in our Covid Risk assessment.

Please help us by maintaining social distancing.

You may also prefer to have your own hand sanitiser handy.

Thanks for your patience - Rawdon