OutLET

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Scottish #nonprofit using nature to support social and emotional wellbeing for those facing disadvantage #SocialEnterprise #OutdoorPlay #OutdoorLearning #ForestSchool #OutdoorsForWellbeing www.outlet.scot

An image of a group of 7 young people in the woods. They are standing in a line, facing away from the camera. It looks like they are pulling on a rope that is tied to a tree, beyond which an OutLET staff member, in an OutLET navy polo shirt, is standing. The sunlight is streaming through the gaps in the trees, just above where the young people are standing.
A young person wearing blue waterproofs has his back to the camera as he jumps in a muddy puddle in the woods.
Two sets of legs, belonging to children, jumping in a puddle. One child is wearing grey jeans and yellow wellies, the other is wearing blue jeans and rainbow-coloured stripey wellies. It is sunny, as we can see their boots reflected in the puddle.
A close up of a child's barefeet againts the grass, we can see the feet are slightly dirty on the bottom, implying they have been running about outdoors with no socks or shoes on.
A child sits on the edge of a wooden walkway over some grass. There is sunlight on the ground around him. His head is lowered and although we can only see his face in side profile, it is clear he is not smiling or happy.
Sunlight streaming through leafy trees in a woodland
Image with OutLET logo and a sun and flower graphic on the left hand side. Text on the image reads: You made it! Have a great summer break!
A young person is in the woods, wearing a black jacket - he is looking down at his hands as he lashes a stick to a branch, using thin white twine.
A young person leans over a small branch rested on a log in the woods, with a bow saw in his right hand. And adult is holding one end of the branch while the young person saws the other end.
Two young people are sitting in a hammock in the woods, with their back to the camera, it looks as if they are chatting. The young person on the left has short brown hair and is wearing a grey hoodie with a yellow hood. The young person on the right has long brown hair in a ponytail and is wearing a pink jacket. There are two pairs of welly boots lying on the ground behind them, one navy blue and one yellow.
Two children are sitting on the ground in woods, by a dried-out looking log. The child on the left, wearing a red waterproof suit with black polkadots, is looking onto the ground through some binoculars. The child on the right, wearing a red jacket and black trousers, is examining the log using a magnifying glass.
A child is standing in a huge puddle, water splashing around their legs. They are wearing jeans, which are wet to the knees, green wellies and a colourful stripy jumper. The photo has been taken from the waste down but we can see they are holding a green umbrella. There is sunlight on the grass behind them.
A selection of three images. In the top left, an adult is in the woods making a silly face at the camera, sticking out his tongue while wearing a crown made of red leaves. In the bottom left, an adult is on a tree swing in the woods and has turned his face to smile at the camera. On the right, an adult is in the woods making a giant liquid bubble by waving a bubble wand made from sticks and string. There is text overlaying the photos that says 'A Summer of Fun? Wild Time for Grown-Ups: BIG Summer Playout'
A young person is facing the camera but looking at her phone which is in the foreground of the photo. Text overlays the image that reads: 'Social Media Ban for Under 16s: What are your thoughts?'
Two children are standing under an upturned blue and grey hammock in the woods. The child on the left is taller, wearing a green jacket, blue waterproof trousers and blue boots. The child on the right is shorter, wearing pink waterproofs and pink boots. They are facing each other but we can see their heads, as they are under the hammock. There is text above the photo that reads: 'A bit in the dark when it comes to outdoor learning?' And text below the photo that reads: 'We don't care! You could be the right person for us. Become an OutLET Trustee and help make a difference.'
An adult is using two sticks and rope to make a giant bubble in front on her in the woods. Text overlays the photo that reads: PSA: Grown-ups need play too!
An OutLET staff member is supporting a young person to hang a tree swing. The young person has climbed a tree, and is holding a branch with one hand - the OutLET staff member is passing the tree swing to his free hand. She is looking off camera and smiling to someone we can't see.
Two children are peering out from between tree trunks and smiling.
A young person is standing in the woods, facing the camera. She is wearing blue trousers, trainers, a white t-shirt and a black hoodie. She is standing with both feet on a slackline - a red rope raised from he ground. A second red rope is at shoulder height, and she is resting her arms and elbows on it.
A young person wearing a blue jacket and blue waterproofs is jumping enthusiastically into a muddy puddle in the woods. Mud is splashing up all around him. He has his back to the camera. Text overlays the photo that reads: 'When we protect play, we protect everything childhood is meant to be... #InternationalDayOfPlay 11 June'
A young child is crouched on the ground in the woods, holding a wooden mallet in her right hand. She is wearing a pink waterproof jacket and welly boots. An OutLET staff member, wearing a navy blue hoodie is sitting across from her holding a knife in his right hand. The knife is rested on a vertical piece of kindling, which in turn is rested on a block of wood on the ground. The child is hitting the knife with the mallet, enabling her to split the kindling with the the help of the adult.
A selection of linen squares are strung on 4 lines of rope between two trees in the woods. We can see leaf prints on them - it may be they have been made using the technique of 'hapazome' where leafs and flowers are hammered against a piece of linen to create a print. There is text overlaying the photo that reads: Carers Week 2026 - Building Carer Friendly Communities
A selection of images from a Wellwoods family play session. Clockwise from top left: two young children in blue jackets sit on a tarp in the woods using dandelions and cardboard to make nature art; six young children are playing underneath a tarp in the woods while an OutLET young volunteer smiles at them; two young children are sitting on a tarp using foliage and hammer to print patterns onto linen squares (called 'hapazome'; an apple blossom grows from a tree with people visible in the background; three young children are sitting on a tarp in the woods - one is wearing a blue tracksuit and playing with a toy digger, two are wearing pink jackets and using hammers to do hapazome - one of the children wearing pink is looking up and smiling towards something on her right; three young children are playing on a slackline in the woods - one is hanging over it, one is balancing on it and the third child is stepping onto it with one foot.
A young person wearing a white school shirt and dark blue trousers is sitting on the stairs in an empty building, with his head in his hands, his schoolbag placed on the step beside him.
Two people are looking up from the edge of a muddy riverbed, smiling at the camera and holding up their hands. They are wearing waterproof jackets and had mud on their hands, and a little on their faces too!
A young person with short red hair is standing in a woodland clearing. He is smiling at the camera, giving two thumbs up and wearing a necklace made of conkers. There is text overlaying the image that reads: Thank you, volunteers! Volunteers Week 1-7 June
A photo of a young person with long brown hair in braids, wearing light blue waterproofs and welly boots. She is sittng on a tree swing in the woods and smiling at the camera. Text overlays the photo a quote by Pam Leo, a Scholar in Human Development and Family Literacy Activist, that reads: "You can't teach children to behave better by making them feel worse. When children feel better, they behave better."
A young person is in the woods, wearing a green and black 'Minecraft' hoodie. She is smiling at the camera and crouched in front of a nature craft she has been building - it looks like a square frame made from sticks, with dried leaves used to make a picture in the middle.
A photo of 8 adults, who form the most recent cohort of trainee Forest School Leaders. They are standing in the woods in a row, smiling at the camera.
An adult is on one knee on the ground in an outdoor grassy setting, They are holding a stick in their left hand and a knife in their right, using the knife to whittle a point at one end of the stick. They are wearing a dark fleece, dark trousers and a black woolly hat.
4 different photos, with text overlaying them reading: Wellwoods Family Play. Clockwise from top: two young children are wearing waterproofs in the woods and drawing on a tree trunk with sticks of chalk. We can see two adults standing behind them smiling as they watch them play; two young children are painting a plastic shower curtain using paintbrushes and mud. The older one in the background is looking at the canvas, while the younger one in the foreground has a little splash of mud on her face and is looking at the camera, holding a muddy paintbrush in her left hand; a young child wearing navy blue waterproofs is holding an apple on a stick, studded with cloves, up to the camera and smiling; two young children wearing waterproofs and woolly hats are kneeling on the ground in the woods, stirring a pot of mud with wooden spoons.
An OutLET staff member (Jackie) with dark curly hair and wearing an navy blue OutLET jacket is kneeling in the woods with a young person, with a log in between them. The young person has his back to the camera but we can see that together they hare holding some tools and a branch, both looking down at what they are doing.
A selection of photos from outdoor play session. Clockwise from top left: a young person lies on the ground amongst some sprouting garlic leaves and flowers; a young person in a yellow jacket is sitting on a log in the woods, using a knife to whittle a stick; a selection of linen squares with hapazome leaf prints have been string between two trees; a close-up of a young person pulling two linen squares apart to reveal their hapazome leaf and flower pattern; a close-up of garlic flowers; a close-up of two young people using hammers and linen squares to create hapazome leaf print art; a young person lies in a hammock in the woods.
A groups of 6 schoolchildren, all in uniform of white shirts and grey trousers or skirts and carrying schoolbags, are running across the grass, towards the camera, with trees behind them. They are all smiling or laughing.
A you g person wearing a black jacket and a black woolly hat is lying in a hammock in the woods, facing away from the camera. They are holding a nature craft item they have made, with sticks and coloured wool.
Three young people sit round a campfire in the woods, holding hot dogs on sticks to cook them over the flames. They are smiling at the camera. Text overlays the photo that reads: 10 YEARS of Outdoor Play, Learning and Possibility... Happy Birthday to Us!
A group 3 young people are building a leaning shelter in the woods using branches, ferns and other foliage.
A group of 12 adults are standing together in the woods, smiling at the camera. They are all wearing outdoor clothing such as waterproofs and coats. There is text underneath the photo that reads: 'Say hello to our latest Forest School Leader Training Cohort!'
A young person is hanging upside down from a tree branch, using her knees to hold the branch. She is wearing black trousers, a grey hoodie and a lilac bodywarmer, and is giving a 'thumbs up' and smiling at the camera.
A selection of 6 photos from a play session in the woods. From top left going clockwise - a young person is balancing on a tree root, holding a branch above him for balance; a young person looks down from a tree he has climbed, his face only just visible through the branches, a young person hangs upside-down from her knees on a tree branch, and is smiling and giving the camera a thumbs-up; a young person jumps from a height with 2 other young people and an OutLET staff member standing around her for encouragement, a young person peeks up from some foliage on the ground, a young person is using a rope to climb over the remnants of a fallen tree, with another young person and an OutLET staff member standing behind them to support.
Four photos are placed together above text that reads 'Wild Wellness: Wellbeing Programmes for Organisations and their Staff'. The top left photo shows the nature craft of 'hapa zome', which is leaf printing onto linen squares using a block and hammer. The photo is of two leaf-printed squares and shows a hammer and some foliage above. The top right photo is a close-up of a mug being held up, with trees in the background. The bottom left photo is of some wooden circles sawn from a branch, on a tarp next to a hammer and some nails, with a hand-drawn photo of a sun also visible in the photo. The bottom right photo is a close up of a person using sticks and blue and red coloured wool to make a hanging decoration.
A person holds a flower-shaped piece of wood in the palm of their hand. They have drawn a design on it in pen. They have written the word 'breathe' in the middle and the words 'in' and 'out' on alternating petals, all in blue ink. They have drawn different coloured hearts on the petals too - red, blue, light blue, yellow and pink.
A photo of Sir David Attenborough, wearing a blue shirt and holding a mouse in his right hand. He is smiling while looking at the mouse.
A young person with shoulder length dark hair and wearing a black hoodie has their back to camera while they lash two branches together in the. The branches are at shoulder height and we can see an adult and another young person on the other side of the branches, supporting the other end, also with their backs to the camers.
Two women are sitting on a tarp in the woods, laughing. They are holding clipboards and paper, and there are crafts materials, pens and paper on the tarp in front of them.
A child wearing a red t-shirt and jeans is swinging upside down in a tree, their blond hair is hanging down as they look at the camera, smiling.
Three young people are climbing a tree. They are all wearing wellies, winter jackets and woolly hats. The young person on the left is standing on a branch holding another, looking ahead into the distance. The two on the right and also standing on and holding the same branches, but are looking down towards each other and smiling. Text overlays the photo that reads: 'Scotland, Play-Based Learning and School Starting Age'
A close up of a child's muddy hands
Two adults are sitting on a tarp in the woods. They are wearing jumpers and and jackets , and have craft materials, paper and pens in front of them. They are both laughing. There is text overlaying the photo that reads: 'Funding News! We are delighted to have been successfully awarded new funding from North Lanarkshire Carers Together to support carers in the community.'
A young person is sitting in the woods, using a large pot as a stool, He has other small pots in front of him - he has been playing with the mud kitchen equipment. He is looking directly at the camera and smiling, holding something in his hands close to his face, but we cannot see what it is. He is wearing a grey and black hoodie, blue camouflage joggers and black trainers.
A young person is walking through the woods, with his back to the camera. They are wearing a red and blue checked hoodie with the good up, shorts and green wellies. There is sunlight on the ground, coming through the trees.
Close-up of someone whittling a stick using a wooden-handled knife. They are wearing purple grip gloves and pointing the stick downwards, and the knife away from their body.
A child is in the woods wearing purple waterproof trousers, a pink jacket, purple wellies and her hair is in a ponytail. She is standing in a patch of mud, there are muddy puddles behind her. She is holding a muddy pot in her right hand and a muddy wooden spoon in her left hand and scooping mud from the pot into a large silver bowl which is on the ground. She is looking down at what she is doing so we can't really see her face.