All volunteers in the central region are invited to come along to a guided nature walk on Sunday 3rd June at the Volunteer Training Centre, Rutland Water Nature Reserve from 2pm-4.30pm. Taking place during Volunteers’ Week, we would like to use this time to celebrate all that is volunteering...
Regional Food Academy, Harper Adams University, Newport Thursday 17th May 2018, 7.30pm to 9.00pm, £3 admission (£1.50 for students) One of our Woodland Creation Champion volunteers is organising a talk by Rob Mcbride that you may be interested in attending. Rob, an ex-software engineer based in Shropshire, is...
I visited Hillhouse wood on a particularly wintry day, but the falling snow combined with the stillness and silence in the wood made for a magical visit! Meeting the Hillhouse wood volunteers at their usual meeting point, we made our way over to the wood, walking...
A hidden gem, deep in the Suffolk countryside, Hartest Wood has an interesting history A dedicated band of Woodland Trust volunteers get together a few times a year to look after the wood for the benefit of wildlife and visitors alike. Hartest wood is no ordinary...
An ash tree dug up from our Hucking Estate in Kent now hangs at the Turner Contemporary art gallery in Margate! It’s part of the exhibition ‘Journeys with the Waste Land’, and is hanging alongside classics by Edward Hopper, Paul Nash and a Turner!! This is part of...
Bluebell season is imminent - indeed they’ve already been poking their heads through the soil for a fair few weeks now – and this signals a return for the Heartwood ‘Save our Bluebells’ campaign (SOB). As with many of our sites, the ancient woodlands at...
Woodland Working group volunteers based in South Lincolnshire were invited to take part in an Emergency First Aid at work plus F (forestry) training course. Trainers Dave and Ian from Lancashire First Aid delivered an active course at Belton Old School House, Lincolnshire. The syllabus...
DNA detective work is underway after the chance discovery of a rare fungus in a Suffolk wood. Woodland Trust conservation volunteers made the fungal find at Abbey Grove, adjacent to the new Millennium Wood, in Felixstowe. Suffolk fungus recorder Neil Mahler told eaenvironment the species was...
Amanda Brookes Since starting as Volunteer Development Officer for the central region in August 2017, I have been busy learning all about the Woodland Trust and how it supports its many wonderful volunteers. Viewing the Trust ‘with fresh eyes’, I am really impressed with the variety...
