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Testimonials...

It's Nicky's thoroughness that makes him so good at what he does. His attention to detail applies not only to health and safety but also to the task in hand. We made a survival shelter in the woods and it was so good that we all wanted to move in straight away. That was six months ago and I hear it is still there!
- Ian Siddons Heginworth, 
Specialist Practitioner for Devon Partnership Trust and author:
Environmental Arts Therapy and the Tree of Life.

The work you have been doing is crucial to the psychological input to his care. 
- Community Psychiatric Nurse

Nicky's knowledge of the outdoors, Campcraft and survival skills brings a different dimension to the possibilities to create ways of promoting well-being physically, mentally and spiritually, alongside a sense of achievement and independence in those he works with. 
- L Leggatt, Team Leader, Mind Housing Support Team

The best day of my life! - J H.

Better than going down the pub. - Anon!

Nicky, thank you very much for making a big difference in my life... M S.

We hit the jackpot! Nicky Love not only teaches bushcraft, food foraging, map reading, fire building and fire safety to mention but a few, but also worked with children with "problems" like my son.
It is the only time my son looks truly alive. He comes back positive with a new perspective on life, he is calm and can see a future. - Parent

You may never know when our child may need the skills that you teach. - Parent.

A big thank you from my son who has just done Campcraft at the Sustainability Centre. He thoroughly enjoyed both courses and learnt a huge amount. He was buzzing with information all the way home so I learnt a huge amount too! He particularly enjoyed the second course - more chance to ask questions! To quote him: "One thing that's really good about Sean is that you ask him a question, and he can explain anything at all!"
- H H.

I believe that this is invaluable for his self esteem.
We look forward to the upcoming ones. - K E.

Thank you so much Nicky, it was informative and fun! - J A.
Keep these events going please - J G.

He has always come back full of energy and smiles. 
He especially enjoyed playing the games and planting the trees. - M F.

Sean, I just wanted to write to thank you for the workshop we did with you on Saturday morning.
It was awesome! We really couldn't have asked for nicer or more knowledgeable or more accommodating teachers/guides. Amy, the hen, said yesterday, at the end of our trip, taht she had had the best weekend ever, and I know that the Campcraft morning was her favourite bit. - F G.

Quotes...

Recent research links children's and adult's physical and mental health...
and creativity directly to experiences in nature.
 - Richard Louv, The Last Child In The Woods: Saving Our Children Fom Nature-Deficit Disorder.

Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons.
It is to grow in the open air, and to eat and sleep with the earth. - Walt Whitman.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. - Ralph Waldo Emerson.

I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown,
for going out, I found, was really going in. - John Muir.

Unlike television, nature does not steal time; it amplifies it. - Richard Louv.

Some previous clients...

English Heritage, National Autistic Society, Connexions, Innocent Smoothies, Chernobyl Lifeline, Mind, IBM,

British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, Social Services, Girl Guides, NHS, Don't Stop Me Now, 

Forestry Commission, Local Authorities, Steiner and other schools, World Wildlife Fund,

Early Intervention Exeter, Devon Partnership NHS Trust



Walk tall, move slow, breathe deep, smile wide!