Lancashire Wildflowers Learning Hub - Preston

🌞 Wow what a scorcher! Some of our awesome Wildflowers young people kept cool today by chilling in the woodland 🌳

🛠 We have been practising our tool use with the secateurs foraging edible plants to make a woodland tea infusion and choosing good sticks for whittling!

🌿 We really enjoyed the shade from the leaves. Can't wait for Forest School tomorrow!

☀️Schools may shut this week due to the heat, those that attend Wildflowers will be fine as we have air con on both floors!
If your child's school closes and you are stuck please message me as we will have some spaces to take extra children Weds/Thurs. ☀️

Don't forget sun cream, hat, lots of water to drink and a water gun if you have one this week 🤣 👍
P.s. we have air con in the hub so we'll be fine 😁😁😁😁

🤩 Just some of the photos from our incredible trip to Bowland Wild Boar Park... we took so many it was hard to choose!

🐗🦌 We met so many cool animals, found our Lancashire Wildflowers daisy growing in the wild, and found a super-awesome play park.

🥹 The baby meerkats were a real highlight!

🙏 Thank you so much to Maz at for letting us come to this amazing park when it was nice and quiet!

🐾❤️ A huge thank you to Lauren from Bruce & Co Dog Grooming and to Charlie's Doggy Daycare for coming to show us so much about how to care for our canine friends.

🥹 Bruce is just the cutest! And the children learned so much about caring for dogs, why grooming is so important, and even how to get started on a career in caring for animals.

😍 This was part of our Tuesday Animal Care short course, accredited by Asdan. We absolutely love to give the children these hands-on, real-life experiences! Thank you so much for being so wonderful, kind, patient and for bringing the adorable Bruce to come and meet us... we all had a blast and learned a lot, and we are very very grateful! 🙏

Some recent photos from the park at Avenham 😁 We have been talking about play parks in Preston lately, and thinking about how much we value our City's open spaces to play, chat, swing and thrive in! Even the wet and windy weather didn't stop out awesome young people from having loads of fun.

Our apologies for being a bit quiet recently on here... We have loads to share, including some exciting new additions to the hub 🤫🤩

Give Leanne's page a like and share-she is amazing 😍🤩

The term "neuroaffirming" is everywhere right now. But what does it actually mean in practice? 💚

Because unfortunately, not all therapy that claims to be neuroaffirming truly is.

Here's what neuroaffirming therapy should look like:

✅ It treats neurological difference as variation, not disorder
✅ It doesn't try to make you more neurotypical — it helps you understand and work with your brain
✅ It recognises that masking and suppression cause harm — not that stimming and directness do
✅ It uses your sensory and communication preferences, not a one-size approach
✅ It doesn't pathologise your coping strategies — it explores them with curiosity
✅ It centres your autonomy and your definition of a good life
✅ It takes an informed stance on the social model of disability and neurodiversity paradigm

What it should NOT do:
❌ Frame autism or ADHD as problems to be fixed
❌ Prioritise compliance over wellbeing
❌ Ignore the role of environment in your distress
❌ Require you to mask just to access support

If you've had therapy that didn't feel safe, or that left you feeling like the problem — that experience is valid. And there is better out there.

I work with children, young people, adults, and families using an integrative, creative, neuroaffirming approach.

👉 Find out more and get in touch at wholethreadtherapy.co.uk — link in bio 🔗

🎢 What a wonderful day! We had SO much fun at Blackpool Pleasure Beach on Monday 🥳 The children were braver than us 😂 We've got lots more videos to share, so keep checking back in the next few days.

⁉️ What do you think our next big trip should be? Let us know in the comments 👇

🤗 One of the huge benefits of us being part of the Home Educating Community is that we can go to places like Blackpool when it is less busy and less over-stimulating for the children (and us 🫣😂)

❤️ We were really proud of how everyone worked together as a team for the day, compromising, sharing and laughing together.

Thank you so much ladies! We have more photos to follow ♥️

⭐Family Fun Night at Lancashire Wildflowers⭐

Join us for a fun-filled evening for the whole family at Lancashire Wildflowers Learning Hub CIC!

We’ll have games, challenges, prizes, refreshments and lots of lovely items to buy from our Enterprise Zone, all while raising funds for Lancashire Wildflowers Learning Hub CIC.

There is no entry fee — all families are welcome.

What’s on?

Come along and enjoy:

Family challenge games
Cube games
Tombola
Lucky dip
Play Your Cards Right
Prizes to be won
Hot chocolate, popcorn, sweetie bags!
Refreshments, cakes and hot dogs
Enterprise Zone items to buy, including keyrings, bottles/cups, plants/herbs, sensory items and much more!

Tokens will be available on the night to use for games and gifts.
Payment accepted by cash or card.

This is a relaxed, friendly evening for children, young people, parents, carers, siblings and extended family. Come along, have some fun, support the children’s enterprise projects and help us raise funds for the hub.

Event Details

Date: Friday 17th July
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Lancashire Wildflowers Learning Hub CIC
11 Cable Court, Pittman Way, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9YW

Website: www.lancashirewildflowers.com

We can’t wait to see you there!