After the success of last year's plant swap tables, we're really pleased to be bringing this wonderful community initiative thanks to funding from The Soil Association - Food For Life. We have FIVE pallet tables, money boxes and banners to give away! Read more
A new course of restorative, wellbeing sessions happening through April, delivered for Outside Lives by Jill Blandford. Read more
As part of our dementia awareness project 'Singing In The Rain', we have launched 'The Hopeful Gardener', a series of digital resources, including podcasts and videos, designed to provide an insight into dementia, told from the perspective of Friend of Outside Lives, Teresa. Read more
A list of resources for children aged 3 to 11 years of age and their families that are centred around wellbeing and the environment. Read more
Our new image has arrived and we are totally delighted. Read more
Our very first Outside Lives Christmas Fair will take place on Wednesday, 8th December at Mold Rugby Club! There will be lots of wonderful handcrafted items to purchase along with several independent arts and crafts stalls! We can't wait! Read more
As part of our familiarisation project, 'Basecamp', we've teamed up with Friend and Volunteer, Mark Poland (of Happy News fame!) to create a fun, simple and informative walkthrough of all the places on site here at OL so you can get a feel for the map before you visit! Read more
We are delighted to have been awarded a new garden package by environmental charity Keep Wales Tidy! We're proud to be one of the first organisations in the country to benefit from this year’s Local Places for Nature scheme which help us further develop our on site community garden. We'll also receive plants, tools and materials provided for free by Keep Wales Tidy! Read more
We're delighted to be starting dementia friendly sessions as part of our Wellness Wednesday's at Mold Rugby Club. These 'Like Minded' sessions will be led by Friend of Outside Lives and dementia warrior, Teresa. Join us for craft, wellness and social activities... plus tea and biscuits, every Wednesday from 10am till 12 noon. Read more
Our wonderful watercolour sessions with Artist Carol Udale will return by popular demand at the end of October! This will be our SIXTH series and we are thrilled to be bringing more of these (online) sessions to you all! Read more
SERIES OF SIX WEEKLY SESSIONS // A new Pregnancy Relaxation Hour for Expectant Mums. A lovely hour of pure relaxation - a great opportunity to meet other mums & help you feel ready for labour and motherhood. £10 per session or £60 for the series. Read more
We're pleased to announce that in coproduction with the DEEP Network, we are now running a Dementia friendly session, 'Like Minded' every Wednesday from 10 till 12 at Mold Rugby Club. Read more
We're super pleased to be working with the incredible Jill Blandford to bring you THREE new yoga workshops starting this October. Two in person sessions, Family Fun Yoga and Settle & Soothe and one online session via Zoom, Sleep Well - Nos Da. Read more
FREE EVENT // We'll be holding a SWISHING event (clothes swap) on the 27th October at Mold Rugby Club. This event will be purely for Outdoor Clothing. Items must be in a clean and saleable condition - a great opportunity for a clear out... and a rummage! Read more
We're pleased to be working with Friend of Outside Lives, Science Teacher extraordinaire and Volunteer, Hayley Evans to bring to you an exciting new workshop all about the many benefits of eating fermented foods and the positive impacts that this can have on our physical and mental wellbeing! Read more
We feel very lucky to have received funding from Grŵp Cynefin which will enable us to provide natural play materials on site, something that can be used by both our forest school and our recently introduced parent and baby group who come to site every Tuesday morning. Read more
Recently, we received some very welcome funding from DVSC which has enabled us to start a nature led parent & child group on site! We wanted to develop something a little alternative to your typical parent and child groups, allowing people to embrace nature and the great outdoors! Read more
Our local area walk 'Historic Halls, Inns and Battles' and Vegan BBQ will take place at Outside Lives HQ this coming Saturday. If you've booked a ticket, this is all the information you need to know... if you'd like to come along, there's still some time to book your place! Read more
We've recently put together and distributed five plant swap tables in our local area as part of our Community Plant & Seed Swap initiative. Why not have a go at creating your own? Read more
After having to cancel last month's event due to bad weather, we're pleased to announce the rescheduled date for our fantastic Sizzle & Stroll event... with some exciting additions! We'll also be celebrating the long-awaited launch of our wonderful book 'The History of Here' - a brilliant collection of history, archaeology and legend from our local area! Read more
We are hugely pleased to announce that Outside Lives have now signed up as a new 'Learning Destination' as part of the new Wrexham & Flintshire Children’s University. If your school has signed up and you own a Passport to Learning, you can earn Children's University stamp codes when you complete some of our activities! Read more
We are delighted to have received further funding from the Ashley Family Foundation for Phase 2 of our awesome RevivOL project! This is a project centred around reducing landfill and helping our planet, by encouraging (and educating!) people who love fashion to help foster a generation of 'mend and fix' and take a more conscious approach moving forward. Read more
We're pleased to be able to offer a growing number of events that are creative, fun and affordable, and importantly mirror our values here at Outside Lives. These are a mix of in person and online events that cover a range of nature, art, history and sustainability-based themes! Read more
Our popular 'Wonderful Watercolours' series returns from Wednesday, September 8th, with another series of beautiful subjects. This online session will be hosted once again by our talented Watercolour Artist and Friend, Carol Jane Udale. Read more
We're pleased to announce that Artist, Carol will be delivering a face-to-face watercolour event here at Outside Lives. With in person tuition, the beautiful vista of Moel Famau in the distance and all sorts of interesting nooks and crannies to draw and paint, this will be a truly wonderful session to be part of! Read more
Our young WILD TRIBE volunteers are on a mission! A few weeks ago, some of our young WILD TRIBE volunteers, Kitty, Henry and Emilia came to site. It's been a while since they've visited properly due to restrictions, so it was great to see them and quite a lot has changed on site since they were last here! Check out what we got up to when they came to visit! Read more
Recently, we met with some of the fantastic team at Photosymbols UK (PSUK) to talk about working with them to generate more sector specific imagery for organisations like us that can be used in easy read materials. We have a brilliant opportunity for you to get involved too! Read more
Outside Lives have received funding for another exciting dementia awareness project! Thanks to DVSC, Outside Lives is collaborating with Author, Anne Scott to bring her book, 'Sizzling Bacon', to life in our local classrooms! Sizzling Bacon tells the story of Evie and her Mummy, and was written by Anne to explain dementia to her children following her own diagnosis. Read more