Braving The Wilderness
Wilderness therapy, workshops and celebrations in nature
About
Gift an experience this christmas
You'll spend the day in the woods drinking freshly brewed coffee, feasting on giant roasted marshmallows and getting 'hands on' creating fire from a range of primitive methods. Coming to you from the beautiful Shropshire countryside, just outside the medieval town of Shrewsbury. To book your gift voucher contact us on here or our social media sites. 
WIlderness Therapy Interventions in Schools
QUEERS BRAVING THE WILDERNESS
We use our wilderness retreats to create ambitious, self confident leaders. This residential program is for young people who identify as LGBTQ+ aged between 24+. As a community we spend 3 days and 2 nights in the woods building community, confidence and leadership.
We use our wilderness retreats to create ambitious, self confident leaders. This residential program is for young people who identify as LGBTQ+ aged between 18-24. As a community we spend 3 days and 2 nights in the woods building community, confidence and leadership.
We use our wilderness retreats to create ambitious, self confident leaders. This residential program is for young people who identify as LGBTQ+ aged between 13 and 17. As a community we spend 3 days and 2 nights in the woods building community, confidence and leadership.
Services
Wilderness Therapy
We work on your core values using nature and therapeutic exercises.
Queers Braving The Wilderness Summer Program
Each summer we create a safe space for queer folk to come together and brave the wilderness. We run three residential summer camps where members of the LGBTQ+ community come together to build community, leadership skills and self-realisation.
Bushcraft Birthdays
There's no greater way to celebrate a birthday than surrounded by good friends and nature. We guarantee the best birthday s'more you've ever tasted.
Bamboo Consultation
We specialise in bamboo education. Our team have a decade of experience building simple structures with bamboo, growing bamboo in degraded soil and using it as an inspirational sustainable education tool. If your school is interested in starting a bamboo project then get in touch.
Team
Ali Aspin
Founder - Director
With a life long love for nature and nurture, Ali has 15 years experience working with young people in the great outdoors. Ali has lead wilderness retreats amongst the redwood trees of California and the bamboo forests of Thailand and now harnesses her experience back home in Shropshire hosting Braving the Wilderness.
Annie Aspin
Leadership Consultant
Passionate about plants and people, Annie has 20 years of leadership experience in the British Army. Annie is happiest creating in the wild and is currently busy designing and building our first Braving The Wilderness A frame workshop.
Contact
- Shrewsbury, England, United Kingdom
