Woodland Therapy Treherbert

Woodland Therapy Treherbert Woodland wellbeing, fire, food & community,
Mindfulness, skills, stories & support in nature,
Treherbert, Treorchy, RCT,
Volunteer-led self reliant group

Today’s session was filled with mindfulness, creativity, and deliciousness all around the roundhouse.We kicked off with ...
30/07/2026

Today’s session was filled with mindfulness, creativity, and deliciousness all around the roundhouse.

We kicked off with a calming mindfulness meditation led by Morwenna, setting a peaceful tone for the day. Next, we dove into poetry with three fantastic readings: David’s powerful piece “Battle on the Shore,” William Blake’s thought-provoking “The Poison Tree,” and Martin’s heartfelt tribute to veterans titled “Tommy.”

After sharing these beautiful works, we engaged our minds with a crossword puzzle, transforming the words into stunning original poems that showcased everyone's creativity.

While this was all going on Martin had brought big Jenga which everyone enjoyed.
We wrapped up our session with a delightful cauliflower curry soup, crafted thanks to the efforts of Keith, Hazel and Steven on veggie/food prep, and Nigel, Alex, and Bailey tending the Kelly kettles.

Thank you to all who spoke and volunteered today. Alex, Nigel and Bailey on the Kelly kettles. Keith, Steven and Hazel on the vegetables and wash up. Thank you to Steven, Hayden and Martin for reading, and as always thank you for being the smiles that fill the roundhouse.

A special shout out to Neil Williams for providing our ingredients and the special cauliflower!

Another wonderful day spent together in nature. Can’t wait to see everyone next Thursday!

A lovely day to be gathered at the roundhouse with friends. Today was action packed, full of wonderful words and new kno...
23/07/2026

A lovely day to be gathered at the roundhouse with friends. Today was action packed, full of wonderful words and new knowledge.

Dan started our session with a safety briefing. He went over fire rules, those who are trained in health and first aid and set out general safety measures we all should take. A welcome refresh for all those present.

A grain guessing-game and knowledge sharing coordinated by Hazel. Oat, barley and wheat were brought in and passed around. Then a few partook in separating the seeds while June ground them up.

Poetry readings then had the group silent. One of the two poems was written by our group member David. It was called 'Battle on the shores' and explored see front battles of times past imagined by a four year old boy. A heart-felt poem to add to our collection. Following that Leo read 'The Ecchoing Green' by William Blake, a poem about growing older and reminiscing on spending time in nature.

Hazel then settled us down again with a pub style quiz read from a book. Many laughs were shared and everyone gave their answers in. It was nice to see many people asking their own trivia questions as well.

Soup served and voices echoing summed up our gathering. Today was an insightful day where reflecting and education took front stage.

We also had a visit from some Interlink representatives, to discuss more support options and mental health options for our attendees in the coming months.

Thank you to Nigel and Bailey on the Kelly kettles. Thank you to Hazel, Keith and Dan for prepping the amazing soup. Thank you to David, Hazel and Leo for sharing with the group and as always thank you to everyone who attended and gave it their all.

A special thanks to Neil Williams at the Treorchy Vegetable stall for the donations, making sure our group has veg for our soup.

Until the next time, have an amazing week everyone!

Great session last Thursday 16th, in the shade of the roundhouse accompanied by gazebos.Poetry readings, mindfulness and...
23/07/2026

Great session last Thursday 16th, in the shade of the roundhouse accompanied by gazebos.

Poetry readings, mindfulness and overall enjoyment filled the air with a vibrant mood.

To begin today Dan spoke about progress the committee have mad and thanked all who have donated so far and then we had a lovely poetry reading from (insert Hazel's family names because I don't remember them) from the book 'Flower fairies of the summer' by Cicely Mary Barker. One poem focused on jolly travels while the other told of a beautiful flower. As always poems are very welcome and we encourage you to write and bring your own for a reading.

As the poems ended a teachable moment began with Hazel asking the group what their favourite flowers was at this time of year. Bushcraft came in as the discussion led by Hazel and Tony turned to plants you could eat at this time of year like dandelion, thistle and wild strawberry.

Morwenna proceeded the poems with a mindfulness meditation, refreshing us all and clearing our worries and stresses.

The day ended as it usually does with winding down with natter and soup.

Thank you to all who gave their all today. Stephen on the Kellie kettle, Dan, Keith and Hazel on vedge prep and soup, (insert Hazel's fams name here) for a magnificent poetry reading, Morwenna for guiding us to peaceful thoughts and Tony for teaching us what plants to eat that we will see this summer.

Special thanks to Neil Williams at the Treorchy Vegetable Stall for providing our stew ingredients.

Another successful session in the sun. Well done all. Hope to see you around next Thursday.

Shwmae pawb!A sunny and warm day today, up at the roundhouse, good numbers with over twenty in attendance! This session ...
09/07/2026

Shwmae pawb!

A sunny and warm day today, up at the roundhouse, good numbers with over twenty in attendance!

This session was all about poetry, camping and sticking to your plans.

Kicking off today Dan gave a huge thank you for donations and introduced David who talked about poetry about his little brown dog, who ate a frog, from a bog, and we shared some freestyle poetry telling, well done!

Hazel educated the group on camping and hiking equipment, what to use and why, as well as a cautionary tale about breaking her walking sticks and doing herself harm when she didn't stick to her plan, and to try not let others influence your journey.

As always the wind down included beautiful "perfect" soup and chatter.

Thank you to all our participants for coming out, even with the hot sun beating down on us. Thank you to Hazel for giving us more knowledge. Thank you to Dan and Keith for preparing a delicious meal for us to enjoy. Thank you Nigel and Bailey for manning the Kelly kettles and all those who helped with structures, setting up and down, cleaning and making the sessions work!

Great effort everyone!

Thank you Neil Williams from the vegetable market in Treorchy, for the veggies that fuel us through these sessions.

Splendid day. I hope you come again and hope to see some new faces.

Hi everyone,For tomorrow’s Woodland Therapy session, we’ll be up in the Woodland Triangle.We’ll be looking at a few diff...
08/07/2026

Hi everyone,

For tomorrow’s Woodland Therapy session, we’ll be up in the Woodland Triangle.

We’ll be looking at a few different tent options from an instructional point of view, and we’ll also be spending some time with poetry as part of the session.

Please dress for the weather and woodland conditions, and bring anything you may need to stay comfortable outdoors.

It will be hot and sunny so please bring sun protection factor creams or sprays, plenty of water and a hat/glasses as you need.

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow 😎

Woodland Therapy Session – 2 July 2026What a beautiful day we shared at the roundhouse.This gathering focused on the gro...
07/07/2026

Woodland Therapy Session – 2 July 2026

What a beautiful day we shared at the roundhouse.

This gathering focused on the group’s growth as a collective, mindfulness, and our continued journey towards self-reliance. If two words could sum up the session, they would be growth and reflection.

To begin, some of us helped assemble and set up our new gazebo. A big thank you to WTOW for gifting it to us and to Chloe for organising the gift during volunteer week - an excellent celebration of the efforts of the volunteers that keep these sessions going.

We also had a talk from Social Snails about their progress and their own self-reliance goals, which gave us plenty to think about as a group.

Morwenna guided us through a fire-focused meditation, encouraging us to picture our worries burning away and making space for new thoughts. Martyn then led a discussion where we reflected on the progress we have made towards becoming more self-reliant. Many people spoke up and contributed, so thank you to everyone who shared.

To wind down, we enjoyed lemon and mint vegetable soup prepared by Dan and Keith, along with some chocolate cake.

A special thank you to Keith and Dan for chopping the veg and cooking, Martyn for leading the discussion, Morwenna for the guided mindfulness, Alex and Nigel for the Kelly kettles, and everyone who helped get the gazebo up and usable.

Today was a calm but productive day. Seeing how far we have come should make us all proud. Well done, everyone.

Thank you as always to Niel Williams, at the Treorchy vegetable market. We really appreciate your contribution each week.

We look forward to the next session and to seeing some smiling faces, old and new. See you all next week.

Hello all,Apologies for the late notice, but due to the red weather warning forecast for this week, the committee has de...
22/06/2026

Hello all,

Apologies for the late notice, but due to the red weather warning forecast for this week, the committee has decided to postpone Thursday’s Woodland Therapy session until next week.

There will therefore be no Woodland Therapy session this Thursday.

Please pass this on to anyone you know who may not be in this group.

That said, there is an opportunity tomorrow to take part in the Big Balsam Bash event. Please see the poster below for the full details.

Thursday has been and gone. Our session this week was a humid, cloudy day at the roundhouse.Meditation, poetry, mental h...
19/06/2026

Thursday has been and gone. Our session this week was a humid, cloudy day at the roundhouse.

Meditation, poetry, mental health and Music. A creative and mentally morish day.
Mindfulness from Morwenna kicked this week's session off. We read a poem written by a group member, David about his black cat as white as snow. Our group then got together to talk over mental health and the signs that someone is struggling. A hard talk to have but one that is important. We went on to lift the mood by doing a music quiz! Overall a fulfilling and informative session.

Everyone contributed something and gave their all. Thank you for your effort and teamwork, without you the group wouldn't be so self-reliant.

Together, we learned about the signs of mental deterioration, which Beatles song was their first UK number 1 and that as always we have a group of talented writers. another top notch session guys!

Thank you as always to Neil Williams at the Treorchy vegetable stall for providing for us.

We hope to see you next Thursday for another session full of laughter, sharing and fun.

Celebrations, interviews and chats. Thursday 11th June's session at the roundhouse, a rainy day saw the group huddled ar...
19/06/2026

Celebrations, interviews and chats. Thursday 11th June's session at the roundhouse, a rainy day saw the group huddled around the fire.

We listened to a newspaper interview about survival out on mountain trails and shared our own stories. We celebrated the birthdays of Keiron and Gwynfor. Beautiful poems were read and added to our growing poem collection from the group. Overall a very light hearted, cozy session today.

To start the session and article was read out, the article was on what a experienced mountaineer could suggest to help you survive. We then went on to three poems written by the group to add to the ever growing collection of talented writing. After some stew and chatting we sang happy birthday and shared cake celebrating Keiron and Gwynfor.

Everyone got their hands dirty today doing what we could to support the group while the rain poured. Thank you!

Today we learned how to survive a thunderstorm up in the mountains, got to listen to creativity fill the roundhouse and shared some great stories.
thank you as always to Neil Williams at the Treorci vegetable stall (last image) for providing for us. It was amazing to see the turn out despite the weather and see the group so full of laughter, stories and conversation.

Poetry, storytelling, a quiz, food and fire, a fantastic therapy group session at the roundhouse today! A rainy start su...
04/06/2026

Poetry, storytelling, a quiz, food and fire, a fantastic therapy group session at the roundhouse today! A rainy start sure, but the sun came out and our seats filled up in no time.

We enjoyed poetry written by our group members, some stories from Celtic lore, one of two siblings discovering the cairn of King Arthur and waking him with a bell, from the Mabinogion. Lessons learned of packing and travelling, quizzes passed with flying colours, hot drinks, food and pleasant company.

A good turnout in spite of the wet start, very pleased so many gathered together and shared good company by the warmth of the fire.

The group has grown to become something we can all be proud of, each and every single person in our group is valued for what they bring, whether it’s practical support, a kind word, sharing stories and poems, or simply showing up for each other. That’s what makes this community thrive.

So, WELL DONE ALL for a brilliant and heart warming session behind us, with some good stories and poems to share. That’s who we are, a group of dedicated hard-workers and friends, making each Thursday a great success.

A special guest visit from Louise, from Welcome To Our Woods, had surprise cakes on the table as a thank you to us all for our great strides and to celebrate volunteer week! It went down a treat and is very much appreciated, thank you Louise!

Again, a huge thank you everyone for being a part of the whole, you are all what make this work and you are all appreciated, with an extra special thanks to Neil Williams from the veg market in Treorchy, for donating us vegetables for our soup on the fire!

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Ty Pren Roundhouse, The Old Brewery Site
Treherbert
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