Kids’ space & workshops

Hel­lo from the EF! kids team!

We are excit­ed to wel­come par­ents, car­ers, and young peo­ple to the 2022 Earth­First! gath­er­ing! We will be con­tin­u­ing the tra­di­tion of hold­ing a kids space at this year’s gath­er­ing, and we want­ed to start out by giv­ing a lit­tle infor­ma­tion about this for peo­ple.

- There will be a kids space avail­able for the full length of the gath­er­ing, with activ­i­ties, work­shops, and fun stuff for kids!

- This will be made pos­si­ble by us, the kids team, and oth­er gath­er­ing atten­dees who vol­un­teer and help out.

- The pur­pose of this space is to help make the gath­er­ing more acces­si­ble for parents/carers, by shar­ing in the work of child­care, and to make EF! a fun place for kids!

- It is impor­tant for peo­ple to under­stand that while the kids space is here to sup­port parents/carers, it is not a creche. We are not being paid, we are here to be part of the gath­er­ing just like every­one else. EF! has always run on the prin­ci­ple that ‘every­one is crew’ and this is true for the kids space, we hope that parents/carers will chip in, vol­un­teer, and help out with mak­ing the kids space effec­tive and fun for kids and grown-ups!

- We will be par­tic­u­lar­ly encour­ag­ing cis-men to vol­un­teer their time, as far to often the work of look­ing after young peo­ple is left to women, trans peo­ple, and non­bi­na­ry folks. We hope men at the gath­er­ing will take this oppor­tu­ni­ty to show sol­i­dar­i­ty and enable peo­ple of mar­gin­alised gen­ders to get more involved in the gath­er­ing.

If you are a parent/carer and are think­ing about com­ing but need some more infor­ma­tion, please get in touch! We want to make EF! acces­si­ble for you, we are hap­py to answer any ques­tions you might have in order to feel good about com­ing with your young peo­ple and would love to hear what your needs are, in order to make that hap­pen.

If you are plan­ning on attend­ing and will be bring­ing young peo­ple who might engage with the kids space, please send us an email! If you can let us know how many kids and what age groups, we will be able to plan activ­i­ties accord­ing­ly. The more info we have in advance, the more fun stuff we can prep!

Our email address is efkidsteam@protonmail.com – we can’t wait to hear from you!