London Mayor Boris Johnson joined schoolchildren cooking on a campfire in Shooters Hill.

The MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip visited the Wide Horizons Woodland Centre, off Constitution Rise, yesterday (July 30).

He joined schoolchildren and volunteers to mark his Team London volunteering programme reaching 100,000 – reaching its target nine months early.

A grant from Team London allowed Wide Horizons to create the Woodland Centre, which was previously derelict land used for flytipping.

700 volunteers painstakingly cleared and rejuvenated the woodland, and the site is now used to deliver Adventure Learning activities to local schools.

Mr Johnson said: “[This] shows Londoners' passion for helping others and contributing to their local communities is stronger than ever.

MORE TOP STORIES “I hope many more Londoners will be inspired to sign up to an initiative that brilliantly enshrines why London is the best big city in the world.”

One of schools to benefit is the Greenwich Free School, off Shooters Hill Road, who have used the Woodland Centre for a 10 week course with some Year Nine pupils.

They now have plans to introduce a bespoke Year Seven curriculum around the centre.

Alex Brooks-Johnson, CEO at Wide Horizon, said: 'Working with Team London has been fundamental to growing our volunteering programme here at Wide Horizons.

“The volunteer programme has enabled us to transform a five acre designated nature area in South London, which was overgrown and had been subjected to repeated fly-tipping, into a well-managed Woodland Centre that is now an inspirational place for young people to learn and enjoy being outdoors."

For more information visit: www.widehorizons.org.uk