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Freedom, autonomy & social justice in education.

03/08/2026

Freedom to learn is held by a group of people who currently support and coordinate the network. We aim to work in ways that are collaborative and non hierarchical, with an awareness of power dynamics and shared responsibility across the group.

All members of the network are welcome to join the existing organising group.

02/08/2026

Meet Heidi:

Heidi Steel is a former teacher and long term home educator. She lives with her husband and four always unschooled children in West Sussex and is the founder of the LivePlayLearn unschooling community. Being part of the Freedom to Learn Network and connecting with others living without school, grappling with what emerges whilst holding each other with care and compassion, brings her hope for both now and the future.

01/08/2026

Meet Ratna:

I’m a London-born Indian with roots in East Africa, on this wild, deschooling journey with my partner and our kids. I came to know the lovely people here through having been part of a self directed education setting and attending the past two forums. I stay because I’ve come to see that the process is part of the learning, from the planning meetings, to difficult conversations, to heartfelt connection and time for reflection. F2L feels to me both comforting and stretching, like a warm hug and an invitation to grow. I’m excited to see how all the relationships we carry here, with ourselves, each other, our communities, and the rest of nature will continue to deepen and flow.

31/07/2026

Meet Rachel:

I live in Hertfordshire with my partner and two almost adult children. I home educated my son for many years. Now that he’s at college, I work for one day a week at a self-directed education setting and do lots of voluntary work in the areas of building community and caring for the environment. I also endeavour to keep my allotment reasonably free of weeds and do lots of singing and brass-banding. I got involved with Freedom to Learn in Spring 2025. I stay because I like organising things, and I like experiencing different ways of working with people.

30/07/2026

Meet May Ling:

An unschooling parent with coaching, facilitating and organising leanings, I joined the network in 2022 and my first forum was in 2023. Through F2L I’ve met a diverse group of people all united in our shared respect of young people and our desire for radical system change.

When F2L separated from Phoenix Education Trust I was keen to help it transition out of the charity system, but to be honest I wasn’t keen on the idea of organising the forum! I’m grateful I stayed as organising has deepened and broadened my deschooling and decolonising process in a really beautiful way that I could not have imagined, whilst generating living proof that what we dream is actually possible.

29/07/2026

We're super excited to be hosting this year's Freedom to Learn Forum at The Beeches near Bamford in the Peak District! We welcome folk from all parts of the country and beyond and all walks of life who are dreaming into a future where learning is free, wild and tuned in to social and ecological justice.

Join us at this beautiful location, with peaks, woodlands and waterways. The Beeches is a new collectively owned space being collaboratively stewarded into a thriving social centre and ecological sanctuary that helps build belonging, connection and collective power.

24/07/2026

3 weeks to go and things are coming together.

Really excited to see 50% of the tickets booked are under 21’s (who attend for FREE!)

We are getting volunteers together and getting to know each other as well as organising some of the practical tasks - don’t worry you can still join these online get togethers and there is plenty to get involved in for those who have the capacity.

Don’t miss out: 50% of tickets are SOLD already so if it is on your list of things to sort out for over August please do it soon.

Tickets available at https://dandelion.events/e/c27is

23/07/2026

Not sure what to expect as a seemingly random group of people come together to co-create an event that centres around young people’s rights in education?

Our cultural agreements underpin how we spend time together, and how we relate to each other and the land.

If they sit well with you and you would like to join us, you can get your tickets at https://dandelion.events/events/69a8430faf9fc1e92549cf09/tickets

For further information you can visit the website https://www.freedomtolearn.uk/

Or pop your questions below!

22/07/2026

EVERYONE IS A HEADLINER!

We don’t have key note speakers or even book anyone. Everyone who takes part, of any age, can offer, host or suggest a talk, workshop, discussion or activity on any topic.

Literally everyone (who wants to be) is a headliner!

21/07/2026

We don’t have key note speakers or even book anyone. Everyone who takes part, of any age, can offer, host or suggest a talk, workshop, discussion or activity on any topic.

Literally everyone (who wants to be) is a headliner!

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