David Rodway is this years Juniper Award winner. This award recognises those volunteers that provide their voice or time to protect or raise awareness of woods and trees. Such as volunteer roles that champion our cause such as super campaigners, threat detectors, volunteer speakers and photographers. David...
Philippa Batchelor was this years Oak award winner. The Oak award recognises the volunteer roles within the office and home environments and the value they contribute. This could be administration, mentoring, training or research roles. Philippa has now been volunteering for the Woodland Trust for 7 years...
Keith Wilkinson was the winner of the Bluebell Award at the 2019 National Volunteer Awards. This award is for those individual volunteers that stand out for their work in our woodlands providing practical support and care being the guardian of our woods and trees on the...
Hello Everyone - I hope this finds you well. Time for me to write about something other than Safety. *If you look closely at my job title, you'll notice it also contains the word "Environment"...
Adam Shaw is a BBC personality and Woodland Trust ambassador (many of you may recognise him from previous Volunteer Awards events) and is in the process of producing a series of podcasts titled Woodland Walks, which tell the stories of the work that we do...
This weekend was our annual celebration of volunteering the National Volunteer Awards. The 2019 Volunteer awards were hosted at Kelham Hall in Nottinghamshire. The Gothic mansion was built in 1863 as a county house for the Manners-Sutton family. It was designed by architect Sir George Gilbert...
Encephalitis is an infectious disease which harms the brain. It is spread to people through tick bites and has unfortunately recently been identified in ticks in the UK for the first time. Public Health England (PHE) says it has confirmed cases of tick-borne encephalitis virus in...
The Woodland Trust has launched The Big Climate Fightback – an engagement campaign to inspire 1 million people to pledge to plant a tree on 30 November as part of a UK-wide day of mass tree planting. It is a call to action in response...
Trees. Our unsung heroes. Our urban observers. The life preservers. The givers. The takers The generation makers The wonder creators. Home to our pollinators Big. Small. Urban. Remote. Our oasis, our sanctuary, our escape … Watch our brand new TV advert which went live today and will run until the 1st November as part...
MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIRMAN I am delighted to announce that, following a rigorous, externally-competitive selection process, the Board has appointed Darren Moorcroft, currently Director of Estate and Woodland Outreach, as our new CEO. He will take up the role on 1st October 2019. Darren has shown passion,...