The Cart Shed

16/06/2026

Our Summer Holiday Dates are now open for booking!
Ages 6-12
9am-3pm
Tuesday 21st July
Tuesday 18th August

Book your places here:

Kids club running from 9am-3pm for children aged 6-12

11/06/2026

Action for Happiness, Joyful June: Today's message is to Eat good food that makes you happy and really savour it!

There's nothing more delicious than a freshly cooked bowl of nourishing soup and for the meat eaters some really good sausages too - The Cart Shed lunch is a much cherished part of our day - enjoy every mouthful.

Prepared and cooked in our woodland kitchen by amazing volunteers with ingredients that include vegetables grown in our polytunnels: happiness in a bowl.

05/06/2026

Volunteer week day 5: Celebrating all our volunteers. Thank you everyone! Whether you've been with us for more than 10 years or have only just joined us.
We are lucky to be supported by over 70 individuals many of whom come each week to give their valuable time to support the work of The Cart Shed. We would be so much less without you. Everyday you give us all so much - your talents, your humour, your time and your cheerful selves. Truly amazing.
If you are interested in one of the many volunteer roles at The Cart Shed, get in touch. We're always on the lookout for drivers, cooks, site support, and tutor skills. [email protected]

04/06/2026

Volunteer week Day 4: Celebrating our amazingly talented volunteer tutors, supporting people to make all sorts of creative projects; baskets, stools, felted mushrooms, dibbers, spatulas - in fact all sorts of wonderful things. THANK YOU

03/06/2026

Volunteer week day 3. Celebrating our ever reliable drivers who bring people out to the woods at the beginning of the day and return them after an enriching day of activities. Without our drivers, many of our participants just would not be able to attend - THANK YOU drivers.
If you think you might be interested in joining our driving team, get in touch [email protected]

02/06/2026

Volunteer Week day 2. Celebrating today's volunteer heros at The Cart Shed - our Poly-vollies. You are amazing and so dedicated, ensuring there's always something for the pot as well as a beautiful, inspiring space in which to be - wonderful, THANK YOU!

01/06/2026

Volunteers week 2026 - a huge thank you to all of our amazing volunteers, who give so freely of their time.
Today we're celebrating our amazing cooks, who provide a hot nutritious lunch every day, cooking with fresh ingredients in our woodland kitchens. Always different, always delicious and appreciated by everyone. THANK YOU.

01/06/2026

Thank you team Festival what a wonderful weekend. So many smiley happy faces and lots of interest in the shave horses!

28/05/2026

The Cart Shed will be at Hay Festival for the next two days. Come and see us in the Family Area 10am - 4pm Friday and Saturday.

21/05/2026

Happy International Tea Day! Tea is an important part of The Cart Shed's therapeutic support and I'm sure our team and participants contribute to the 34 billion cups of tea drunk in the UK each year - that's 3-4 each, every day.

On arrival each morning, the first thing participants do is brew a cup of tea or coffee before gathering around the fire circle to discuss the day’s activities. Tea can pick us up when we’re tired, refreshes us when we’re thirsty. It is the foundation for delicious afternoon treats and if we’ve experienced a shock a hot sweetened mug of tea is a salve.

Tea is nurturing. Offering to make a drink for someone new to the site gives an instant feeling of welcome and care – the act of giving is an important element in the Five Ways to Wellbeing. Noticing someone’s needs, responding to those needs, caring about their preferences are all acts of kindness that connect us.

So, whether you like yours hot, cold, iced, single variety Darjeeling, bog standard ‘builders’, herbal, strong, weak, sweetened with or without milk, as it's tea time, find a comfy spot and make yourself and someone else a delicious brew!