CAMP Bestival is about getting in touch with nature.

The Lulworth extravaganza is joining forces with Project Wild Thing – a new people-powered movement to help children and adults reconnect with nature.

Camp Bestival organiser Rob da Bank: “I’ve got three young kids and lots of screens in our house. Luckily we live in the countryside but they're still strangely attracted to these blinking screens.

“When I watched Project Wild Thing, I immediately clicked with what the Wild Thing crew were trying to do… Get kids outside and communing with nature in a nutshell.

“I’m so pleased to be teaming up with them at Camp Bestival and we’re so excited about this wild side, which basically means that the whole site will be infiltrated by wildness and wild things. Prepare to go wild.

“We will be taking over the Dingly Dell and beyond to present a Project Wild Thing Programme of nature-focused activities, workshops, gatherings and talks across the whole weekend.

“These will be hosted by leading partners in the Wild Network – the group of organisations and individuals who are committed to the Project Wild Thing movement.”

Project Wild Thing’s David Bond commented: “Project Wild Thing is all about how children need to get outdoors and into nature.

“We’re really passionate about connecting young people and adults with the outdoors because it makes them fitter, it makes them healthier, it makes them happier and it makes them develop better. So there’s loads of reasons to get outdoors – it’s really exciting.”

Throughout the weekend, visitors can enjoy outdoor crafts and nature workshops, learn how to build a fire, identify plants and animals, build a shelter or make a den, identify birds and listen for birdsong.