- Get stuck in! You might like it. We try and create loads of opportunities for you to do so, meet other people, get creative, and drink tea. We believe that by fostering a culture of participation we are helping our communities to be vibrant places where people can make choices and be heard.

- Makes the world go round on a positive axis. We love collaborating with other people who share the same aims, with all the people who come and hang out with us, with volunteers who want something to happen in their communities, with each other through our co-operative style of working and with the weather when we can!

- Comes in many forms and guises and we want to support them all by gathering together and making connections. Our mantra is 'gathering as an antidote to fear' (John Fox) as we believe that understanding comes from spending time together leading to less conflict and curtain twitching.

- Helps us think outside the box and exercises our imagination muscles. Through some simple acts of creativity we can help our minds be more flexible with life too and think right round the box and realise the box is not the point.

- Being outdoors is scientifically proven to make you feel good. We didn't need science to prove that to us though. We like making the outdoors comfortable and inspiring for everyone with no lack of tea and cake!

- Play is innate. Everything we need to learn about being human we can learn through play. Play, at any age, can create new connections and help us get out of our boxes and have a stretch!