News & Special Offers

Anglo Saxons meet the Vikings programme

Carlton Primary School enjoyed an exciting day re-enacting a battle between the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings on the banks of the river Ouse. What a fantastic example of learning outside the classroom with a huge amount of fun had by all!

See out KS2 Activites for more information

New dishwasher for 2025

For any group who have stayed at the Chellington Centre in the past, we think you'll be pleased to hear the news that we have installed a brand new dishwasher for our groups to use. This has been purchased as a result of feedback from our groups so please keep the feedback coming!

New camping equipment

Following feedback from schools, very pleased to share the news that we have enough camping crockery for large groups of children to use both in-and-outside the Centre.

Celebrating Volunteers Week

This Volunteers Week, we'd like to celebrate the hard work of our incredible DofE volunteer who has been helping us with moving materials, signage, weeding and seeding of our new camping area. Thank you!

We're always looking for new volunteers to help us. If you are interesting in finding out more, go to: Get Involved | Chellington Centre or call the office…

John Tusting

With great sadness, we share the news that John Tusting passed away peacefully at the weekend. The driving force behind Chellington for 25 years and founder of The Chellington Centre Charity, John's unwavering commitment and passion for Chellington made it what it is today. He will be sorely missed by all that had the fortune of knowing him.

See John's description of the incredible journey…

New Telescope

Look at our wonderful new telescope, generously donated by the Bedford Astronomical Society. (www.bedsastro.org.uk)

This will now be available for groups to use as part of our Media Pack.

 

Winding River Resource Pack for KS2

We are excited to announce our new Winding River Resource Pack for KS2. This is acitvity pack, including risk assessments, is designed for self-delivery and changeable weather. This is the first in a series of new educational resources that we are developing for primary schools.

Contact the office at admin@chellington.org or call 01234 720726 to…

2024 Bursary Awards

We are very pleased to announce that we have additional funding for the Chellington Bursary Fund thanks for the generosity of the Carlton Education Trust.

This means that we are able to accept new applications for schools or youth groups looking for financial support with their residential experience at Chellington in 2024 or 2025.

For further details please call our team on 01234…

Christmas Drinks at Chellington

Thanks to all our friends and supporters who joined us for Christmas drinks on 11th December at the Centre.

It was lovely to see lots of new faces as well as many familiar ones.

Special thanks to our neighbour Raj for generously donating our Christmas tree and delivering it too!

Mobile Animal Farm Comes to Chellington

Our first school to experience our new Mobile Animal Farm partnered activity.

This is a great way for children to get close to farm animals in a quiet and safe environment delivered by an award winning, small mobile animal farm with experience of animal assisted therapy.

Call us on 01234 720726 to find out more.