The WWP welcomes Babcock apprentices

On the 21^st of July, the Woodland Warrior Programme hosted a group of 16-20-year-olds undertaking an engineering apprenticeship with Babcock defence. A project in their apprenticeship was to create an outdoor cooking station, which was presented to the Woodland Warrior Programme today. 

As part of their presentation day, the WWP hosted the apprentices who were able to see firsthand the way that the WWP connects people with nature. They first removed an old, dying plum tree to create space for the new cooking station, then moved it into place. They participated in many activities, weeding the vegetable patch and assisting with the composting, which taught them about the regenerative farming model and specifically the composting process within it. Nick also taught them about ways to make fire, which they then employed to light the cooking station. He also gave a talk about his own experiences, starting life in the working world with an apprenticeship of his own in bricklaying, and how it helped him, along with speaking about his story – his time in the marines and the struggles he worked through. 

To end the day, the new cooking station was christened with locally sourced meat from the nearby Lyecross farm, and vegetables – marrows, rainbow chard and onions – harvested from our own vegetable patch in the small holding.