What is Leaves about?
About Us
Leaves Retreats is a teeny tiny business organising walks and other events in and around London for the local community. We have hopes that it can be a way to:
- Get quality outdoors time
- Relax and stop looking at your phone
- Feel good (smug, even) about your day
- Meet people you might want to be friends with
- Have a good day out without spending much (or even any) money
And who am I?
Delighted to meet you
I'm Isabelle (Izzy). I’m from just outside Cardiff, but have been in London for a decade now, mostly working in market research and…having hobbies. One of my favourites - I sing in a community choir. I've been organising socials and an annual rural retreat for the choir for a few years and it's something that I love to do.
Then, summer 2025 brought me a new job I was excited about (oooo!) which was then snatched out of my hands by The Circumstances a couple of months later (ahhh!). So I’m suddenly a freelancer, and have had room to think about what I WANT to do. Turns out, I want to organise fun events. I’ve been the “organising friend” in a lot of friend groups (and for the choir), so Leaves is that, but more.
I've seen a lot of options for retreats which cost a small fortune, and I'm hoping I can provide something that's wonderful, relaxing, that fills the spirits up, on a more sensible budget. And for the walks…they’re mostly free!
