Private View

The aim of running Green and Away is to demonstrate how to live sustainably and comfortably with a low impact lifestyle.  By running conferences we allow delegates to experience a more eco way of living and we hope to inspire them to make changes in their lives when they go home.

As a small charity we don’t spend a lot of advertising so many of the organisations and businesses that have come to us, have done so through word of mouth or by attending a conference.  However, every year we hold a Private View at our site near Worcester, so that anyone wanting to see what we do can have a look.

We start with homemade cream teas, followed by tours of the site, a short talk about what we do and then a three course supper.  We want to show businesses that it is possible to hold productive, enjoyable meetings or conferences in an eco-setting and thereby reduce their carbon footprint and show their committment to CSR.  We also have the capacity for team building sessions.

If you would like to come and see what we do then please get in touch.  We look forward to hearing from you.

Summer at Green and Away

Site Preparations

Our first conference is still a month away but the preparation for the summer season is revving up now.  Next week the early birds will be on site to get the essential infrastructure ready for the volunteers arriving on 21/22 June.  The empty field will start to fill with people and equipment until we have built Green and Away in time to host the first event on 6th July.

Erecting the bar

In all it takes about 3 weeks to build the site up with about 70 structures, plus plumbing, electrics, toilets and everything else necessary to make life comfortable for our delegate guests.  We pride ourselves in providing a high standard on the site.  Too many people have been put off camping in Britain by the weather but we want to show people, that living under canvas can be a comfortable and enjoyable experience whatever the weather.  We don’t go in for the hair shirt approach to life – we would rather aim for the luxurious!  If it does rain, then there are umbrellas at the exits from every structure, coconut matting walkways are laid to avoid mud and drying facilities available for the wet kit.  We can even provide spare wellies for those who forget to bring them! There is plenty of undercover space so no-one needs to sit out in the rain, nor does one need to cower in a a tiny tent where you can’t sit upright!  We are planning for a long, dry summer but you can never be sure so we have a plan B for wet weather.

Our luxury rent-a-tent accommodation

We take a long time to build the site because we put in so many finishing touches, it’s the attention to detail that is important.  Our guests can feel the care and concern we have for their well being and start to relax possibly in a way that they don’t at other venues.  The feedback we get is that we provide a great place for a conference, people enjoy themselves and want to come back.

Improvements

We want Green and Away to be the best there is so we listen to what our customers say.  There are somethings we can’t change because of being outdoors or because of following our environmental ethos, but being tented means we are very flexible.  We can move things, build them differently, add bits on or take bits away.

This spring we have continued a refurbishment for our composting toilets that started last year.  We have a new department called Hospitality and Housekeeping to provide a more integrated service to delegates. And it will be our first year of hosting a Woodworker In Residence who will be available to provide workshops and demonstrations of woodworking skills.

Come and visit

Green and Away is the ideal place for a summer conference and we would like share it with more people.  Using our site is also a way of showing your commitment to CSR.  We will be hosting a Private View on Tuesday 10th July to show conference organisers what we can offer.  Please get in touch with us for more details. Email info@greenandaway.org

Some of the G&A team celebrating a successful season