BURNLAW CENTRE

Welcome to Burnlaw Centre.

Burnlaw Centre is set within 40 acres of organic pastures, woodland and gardens in the North Pennine hills (link to google map).  The centre consists of converted stone buildings, part of an ancient upland farm.  Available for use all year round, the centre’s focus is a large, light-filled and warm room, used for celebrations, workshops, conferences and retreats.   Accommodation is in bunk houses and bedrooms.  There is also a camping and activities field.  The centre can be booked for everything from half-day workshops to residential courses.  Read more about us or check facilities

Snowbow Spring Equinox Disc Golf Tournament
31st March & 1st April
On the last day of March (this year) all the best golfers in the land will come to Bunlaw to play disc golf. The respective finals will be on Sunday (1st April) afternoon starting from around 2pm. The finals always make a great spectical. The general public are welcome to come and watch the finals and see how very skilful disc golfers play the sport.  Read More…

Burnlaw Spring Work Weekend
5&6 May, 10am – whenever you can.
Please come and help us give the odd lick of paint, uproot some weeds, build some shelves in the kitchen and generally freshen up the Burnlaw centre for the summer.

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Schumacher Economics podcast and links available.
Jonathan Dawson’s talk was a fantastic success.  Somewhere between 60-70 people came out on a Thursday evening to listen and discuss ideas around the unsustainability of the current economic paradigm, and community-led ways of transitioning to something different.  Follow the Read More link to listen/download the .mp3 of the event and follow links to his slideshow and videos.  Read More…

Community lecture on post growth economics
Thursday, 22 March, 2012, 7pm, £Donations
Jonathan Dawson leads a community lecture and debate about alternatives to the current growth-at-all-costs economic paradigm.
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Treehouse designs have arrived!
Exciting news! All of the designs for the tree house are now in. They have been uploaded to a special treehouse blog here.  The old treehouse has been taken down now, and there are only a few days until the architects arrive to start building
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Saturday, 10 March, 2012, 7pm, £15
Burnlaw is hosting a fundraising dinner to build
an amazing new treehouse in the great sycamore
tree in the dip field.
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