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New Habitats
A Monthly Sanctuary for Boys aged 14- 17.
Your Coach:
In his time on this planet, Charlie has worked as a social worker in drug and alcohol services, an organic chicken farmer, and a youth pastor in a church. He now runs New Habitats Partnership, a startup using nature retreats, fire cooking and outdoor challenges to connect teenage boys and young men to what really, deeply matters to them.
Charlie’s approach blends deep compassion, close listening and sideways humour to bring the best out of our young people. Charlie will be supported in the sessions by another youth worker (TBC).
For some of our sessions this year, Charlie will be joined by his New Habitats co-founder, Rory, a clinical psychologist in the NHS. As a real-life doctor, Rory brings a wealth of knowledge about the things that can impact our health and wellbeing. (And steam trains. He knows everything about steam trains).
The journey
October 9
Open 🔓
Introducing group work. Discovering one another’s motivations and trepidations.
Taking note of a few elephants in the room.
Workshop: Bake bread. Break bread. Never, ever fake bread.
Location: Westbury Wildlife Reserve
November 13
Share 🍞
Learning to deeply feel the difference between numbing and sharing.
Understanding dopamine and the way our hurts can become our habits.
Workshop: Low & Slow fire cooking. Smoke metaphors abound.
Location: Westbury Wildlife Reserve
December 11
Ground 🌍
Feel the fear and do it anyway.
You are at your most human when you surrender control.
Workshop: A Merry Mexican Christmas BBQ - It’s all about deep feasting, man.
Location: Westbury Wildlife Reserve
January 22
Wait 🙏
What are you most deeply yearning for?
This may be one of the most important things to discover about yourself.
Workshop: The Marshmallow Test. Delay the crave and you’ll win the day.
Location: Westbury Wildlife Reserve
February 19
Release ⛓
Sometimes our system is running a script that needs to be stopped or redirected.
And sometimes the thing we’re trying not to let go of is the thing weighing us down.
Workshop: TBC
Location: TBC
March 12
Love ❤
Modern life can feel dehumanising and disillusioning.
What might re-humanising look like? And feel like?
Workshop: TBC
Location: TBC
April 9
Engage 🌿
Don’t take the rage bait. Learn to see other people deeply and clearly.
Stand up, stretch out and grow beyond the box they put you in.
Workshop: TBC
Location: TBC
May 14
Commit 🏗
“Without vision the people perish.” Would you rather… Be liked?
Or build something significant?
Workshop: TBC.
Location: TBC.
June 11
Celebrate 🎉
Collecting our learning.
Celebrating one another.
Committing to something new.
Workshop: Building a throne to honour what we’ve noticed that is growing.
Location: Westbury Wildlife Reserve.
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Who: Boys aged 14–17
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When: Monthly, on Fridays
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Time: 11am–2pm (3 hours)
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Group size: 8 - 12 young people
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Where: Westbury Wildlife Park
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Vibe: No phones, real conversation
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Cost per session: £30 members / £35 non-members
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Commitment: Minimum of 8 sessions, to build a trusted, consistent group
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Included: All workshop resources (mostly food!)
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Facilitators: Sessions led by Charlie + one