Are you interested how traditional skills can shape a better future?
Have you ever wanted to pick up a ROAD KILL but didn't know if it was safe or legal?
Join us,
in the heart of the Forest of Dean to learn the traditional skill of processing
a WHOLE DEER including hide tanning.
At a Glance
Location: Forest of Dean
Places: 12
No. of days: 2.5
Meals Included: Friday Supper, Saturday & Sunday Breakfast, Lunch , Snacks Refreshments.
** All food is sourced Locally Ethically / Wild / Organic / Paleo / Ancestral / Veggie catered for.
Sliding Scale Cost: From £140
** Includes Weekend Camping / Glamping Options Extra **
Using an entire intact deer you will first learn how to create a connection with the spirit of the animal, honouring and giving thanks for the beauty of life.
We will then discuss picking up roadkill and other ways to safely, ethically and legally source wild meat.
You will learn about various skinning and butchering techniques then looking at the anatomy and the organs to fully utilise for not just cooking and eating but also for tool making and other ancestral implements & crafts.
We will then move onto butchery and different ethos of cooking and eating and ways of preserving and you will even be able to take some delights away with you.
There will be discussions and demonstrations on the use of the skins and organic tanning methods,
You will have the opportunity to get involved in all aspects of the processing: grallocking, skinning, butchering and cooking.
We usually cook up a medley of delicious fresh organ meats and there will be an opportunity to take some fresh meat home with you - please bring cash or card.
Top Class Food
All the food we provide on our workshops & courses comes from local growers and producers.
This is super important to us, because it’s these people who are caring for the earth.
Shopping in supermarkets gives these big bully boy corporations all the power
Disempowering our farming hero’s
Supermarkets put pressure on farmers to give lower prices for more produce.
Raping our precious earth.
Leading this day is our skilled and experienced tanner and project Co-Director Scott Baine.
The Venue
This course is set at our off-grid 3/4 Acre Forest Garden / Permaculture Allotment. Here we have a fully kitted outdoor kitchen, uncover space, warm space and compost toilet.
The site may not be suitable for some people with physical disabilities - please get in touch if you are concerned.
Booking Info
Profits
The Rewild Project is a Not for Profit, Community Interest Company, and Social Enterprise. It is our mission to support local craftspeople and promote heritage craft skills.
We Rewild People by teaching skills in self reliance and resilience for an uncertain future.
After the craftspeople are paid, and costs are covered we put any profits back in to the community.
Families & Children
You are welcome to bring well behaved children to this workshops, although we cannot guarantee you will have the same experience we will do our best to accommodate you all.
Children aged 9-12 will need a half price child’s ticket (add below) and will need to be accompanied by a full paying adult. 13 and over will need a full priced ticket, and will also nee to be accompanied by a full paying adult.
Sliding Scale Payment
We trust that you will choose the payment level that feels most appropriate. We aim to keep all our courses affordable, and the bursary places are subsidised by the full price places.
Book NOW!
A 3 day weekend course
Includes: expert instruction butchering a whole intact deer.
Includes: Real life experience and confidence building so that you go away able to put the skills into practice.
Includes: All local, organic food. Friday - Sunday.
Includes: Camping accommodation on private camping field.
Includes: Hot showers.
Includes: Daily Qi Gong Practice.
Includes: Trip to St Anthony’s Well - Tuition on cold plunge and coaching through recommended breath-work practice.
Spending time with your little people, learning new skills can be a wonderful experience. We love having a range of ages around and young people bring with them different ways of seeing the world, a different kind of creativity.
This crafts person is happy to welcome young people onto this workshop.
Under 8’s are free
8-13 require 1 child’s ticket per day.
Over 13’s require an adult ticket.
Your child remains your responsibility at all times, if the workshop leader deems your child to be a safety risk to the session, you may be asked to leave & this would be non refundable.
Please choose the correct half price rate.
Bring your own tent or live in vehicle, which is included in the workshop cost of the weekend or we can supply you with a ready set up option with a log burner, kindling and wood - add your choice below.
The price is for UP TO 3 nights camping: Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
The field is self contained with water, toilet, shower and kitchen facilities.
Our project geodome is 5M and has dorm space for 6 single camping spaces and has a log burner - you need to bring your own sleeping bags and roll mats or add these to the booking. Usual price: £35per night
Our bell tent has a log burner and has 2 comfortable, spacious sleeping spaces. Usual price: £45per night
If you require bedding we have 3 sets available which includes a self inflating mattress, sheepskins, pillows, and high quality minus 30-40 sleeping bags. £30per night