Dear Central region volunteers Firstly, I hope this message finds you all well, in such unprecedented times and real uncertainty. I wanted to say hello, touch base and let you know where we are with the resumption of volunteering. With over 790 active roles being undertaken...
You may already have heard the exciting news that the Reconnecting Grantham to its historic landscape project is a go! Woodland Trust-owned Londonthorpe Woods and National Trust-owned Bellmount, are both part of the historic Brownlow Estate, which had Belton House as its country seat and originally...
The Woodland Trust Outreach staff in the Central Region including the Eastern Claylands of Suffolk and Essex, were furloughed from the beginning of April to the middle of June. Upon their return to work Paul Woodgate and Hannah Joy have been picking up the backlog...
Our woods have seen a dramatic rise in visitors over the past few months, with people desperate to get out in the fresh air during lockdown and through the following months where restrictions were slowly lifted. The Woodland Trust kept all of its 1,000 UK...
Ah, trees. They are why we are all here (quite literally!). They give us air to breathe, shelter from the rain, a place to play, a place for peace. Whatever their size or shape, we adore them - the feel of the bark underneath our...
Over the last few months many of us have been forced by circumstance to adapt and respond to the rapidly changing situations around us, coming up with innovative solutions to the challenges we have faced. Here at the Woodland Trust within the world of volunteering...
Super Woodland Trust volunteer Brian Legg has published a new book called ‘Heartwood Butterflies’. Over ten years, two members of the charity Butterfly Conservation conducted weekly monitoring visits to identify the butterfly species present at Heartwood. The results of these visits are recorded in ’Heartwood...
Hainault Forest in Essex is one of our flagship woods in central England, and was once part of a large royal forest known as the Great Forest of Essex. In 1851 the Crown Lands Act was passed for the disafforestation of the Forest. Over 100,000...
Despite the ever changing world in which we find ourselves, the Tree of the Year team have decided to plough on with the search for this year’s favourite tree in each nation. Nominations are open now until end of June. This year, in the midst of lockdown,...
As a volunteer historical researcher and photographer for the Londonthorpe Woods project – a joined effort of the Woodland Trust and the National Trust (Belton House) near Grantham, Lincolnshire, and a photographer of wherever in the country Estelle Slegers Helsen spots a Woodland Trust wood,...