Every charity has to grow up at some point. Ours happened on a Wednesday evening in Sewards End.
We held our first AGM, confirmed our trustee appointments, and voted on something that really matters: changing our constitution so we can do more than just give grants. We can now deliver projects directly too, which opens up a whole world of funding we couldn't previously access.
It might not sound exciting. But when you've spent months being told "sorry, you don't fit our criteria" by funder after funder, the ability to say "actually, now we do" feels pretty good.
The real excitement, though, is what this makes possible. More funding means more children in the woods. More children discovering they can climb a tree, light a fire, make a friend. More families finding out they're not on their own.
That's what all the governance and paperwork is for. It's never really about the constitution. It's about the kids.