The Sustainability Residential Centre & Lodge Hampshire

Our inspiring residential trips are carefully crafted to include learning, fun, team building and hands-on activities in the outdoors with an eco-theme. They are fully catered with delicious food from our on-site cafe. We have a resident lodge warden and secure overnight alarm system. Our grounds are extensive and include 55 acres of woodland, grassland and ponds so there is plenty of opportunity for outdoor learning. This can be taken advantage of in free time and evenings as well, schools can choose from our own activities of storytelling, night sky, crafts, team building or opt for a self-led campfire. We are only 20 minutes from Petersfield station in Hampshire and just 10 minutes off the A3.

Visit our website for more information about our Eco-Explorers and John Muir Conservation Residential Experiences.

https://www.sustainability-centre.org/residentials.html

Alternatively, completely create your own bespoke residential by selecting from our day visit options for what best suits your class needs.

https://www.sustainability-centre.org/day-trips.html

We have LOtC Route 2 Quality Badge for our Educational Residential and Day service.

Maximum Lodge space is 38 in total, we recommend bringing at least 3 adults which are included in your residential costing.

welcome to use photos, video and audio equipment to record your trip.

A pre-visit is mandatory for residential bookings, we will share any appropriate risk assessments with the school on request, to aid with your own risk assessments.

Acting Education Manager: Kati Heath

E-mail: kati@sustainability-centre.org

Website: http://www.sustainability-centre.org/

Tel: 01730 823166

We recommend that teachers make an enquiry through our education email education@sustainaility-centre.org or our contact form https://www.sustainability-centre.org/contact-the-education-team.html

As all of our residentials are bespoke and there any many changeable factors costings vary, if interested please contact us and we will quote for the package you choose.

All of our Education leaders are First Aid trained and carry around a first aid kit, however we still expect a qualified First Aid member of staff to come with the school to carry pupil specific medications.

The Centre provides a whole host of incredible outdoor learning areas, but there are also indoor areas in case of bad weather. The lodge has a common room, where children can enjoy their breakfast and lunches as well as free time. There are compost toilets dotted around the site, in case pupils need to go during activities. There is a small shop where recycled pencils, small gifts and postcards can be purchased, a visit to the shop needs to be booked in advance.

Wheelchair accessible bedrooms, toilet and shower are available in the Lodge and we recommend making a pre–visit to ensure that these will meet your needs.

There is also an adjoining room for a carer, on the ground floor with wheelchair access.

Available all year round, apart from January when the Education Department is closed. Although, you can still make a booking solely for accommodation https://www.sustainability-centre.org/stay-with-us.html.

“All very positive. They felt cared for and safe – the centre staff were outstanding!”

Head Teacher, Kate Heffer, St. Mary’s Primary School of Bentworth.

“The learning experience began the moment we arrived at the hostel and all of the planned offsite visits were of high quality and generally tailored to fit the school’s curriculum. Overall this was an excellent residential where unique opportunities were provided. There was only positive feedback from the parents,”

Acting Head Teacher, Joanne Barton, St. Patricks Catholic Primary School.

“Each day proved to be very different. The structure of the week certainly catered for the wide range of interests that Primary age children have. I can’t praise Janet and her team highly enough for their care and attention to detail.”

Head Teacher, Richard Catchpole, Rowledge Primary School.

“The whole site of 50+ acres is a dream of a natural environment that enables groups to take time to look at and to consider the effect of their actions on the environment.”

Hampshire County Council, Monitoring Report 2018.

By acting in a more sustainable way we can develop a world that future generations will thank us for.

We offer cosy twin and triple rooms with bunkbeds and single beds. Bathrooms are shared. There is a light, bright common room with tables and chairs.