District Fellows
District Fellows (also known as DFs) is the name given to the 16- to 20-year-old age group of the Woodcraft Folk, a UK-based cooperative educational movement for children and young people. It operates both on a local group level and as a semi-autonomous movement within the Woodcraft Folk. Woodcraft Folk is very strongly in favour of youth empowerment—to this end the 16- to 20-year-old age group is largely run by the young people.[1][2]
Groups
Individual DF groups are usually based in a town or city, or in some cases a region.[3] DF group meetings usually consist of a group of like minded individuals meeting up at a regular time and place and taking part in usual woodcraft activities such as co-operative games, organizing events, workshops and discussions about the Woodcraft Folk's aims and principles and general socialising.[3][4]
DFs also help with the running of the younger groups: Venturers, Pioneers, Elfins, and Woodchips. The movement has recently set up the New Roots Fund which aims to give grants to new and in need groups.[3]
Organisation
District Fellows Committee
The District Fellows Committee is responsible for overseeing the running of the District Fellows movement. It consists of the following Committee Members:[5]
- Activism Rep
This role facilitates DFs links to wider social movements. This involves publicizing, organizing protests and votes on Campaigns at business meetings.
- Chair of DF committee
- Communications Rep
- Events Rep
- Fundraising Rep
They organise the raising of funds to run the movement.
- Laymember
- MEST-UP Coordinator
- Outreach Rep
- Safeguarding Rep
- Secretary of the DF Movement
- Shadow Events Rep
- Shadow MEST-UP Coordinator
- Shadow Treasurer
- Training Rep
- Treasurer
Non-Committee roles
- Althing General Council Even
- Althing General Council Odd
- Big Camps Rep
- First Aid Fairy
- International Opportunities
- London Liaison
- Manchester Liaison
The Manchester Liaison organizes local DF events in Manchester and keeps in contact with Manchester Folk. The role is a contentious due to relatively few Manchester DFs currently in the movement. This resulted in a 2024 motion to remove the role, however it was unsuccessful.[6]
- Podcast Coordinator
- Scotland Liaison
- Venturer Committee & Venturer Camp Liaison
- Wales Liaison
- Zine Fairy
Secondary roles
- Chair Carer
- Committee General Council
There are two available spaces for this role.
- Resource Fairy
- Vice Chair of Committee
Supervisory roles
- Accessibility rep
- Sustainability rep
See also
References
- ↑ "DFs - District Fellows | Woodcraft Folk". woodcraft.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ↑ "SpanThatWorld – Woodcraft Folk DFs Online Home". Archived from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-04-24. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Our groups | Woodcraft Folk". woodcraft.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ↑ "What we do | Woodcraft Folk". woodcraft.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ↑ "DF Committee – DFS".
- ↑ https://spanthat.world/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Althing-2024-Minutes.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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