This took place on 19 May 2019: Fourteen attendees had a busy one day course at Scotton Village Hall followed by a walkabout in the Nidd Gorge woodland near Knaresborough, North Yorkshire with Edward Mills, where he shared his skills and experience as a Chartered...
Choosing a May Bank Holiday to hold an event, in hindsight was probably not a great idea and volunteer numbers were half (if not more) than usual. This however, turned out not to be so bad after all. The fruits of our efforts last June when...
Recently Ripley Castle, near Harrogate, North Yorkshire hosted a motley crew of Woodland Trust volunteers in their lovely tower conference room. Ripley Castle is a Grade I listed 14th-century country house in Ripley, North Yorkshire, England, 3 miles north of Harrogate set among extensive gardens...
Yesterday saw the launch of our new volunteer led guided walks programme at Hackfall. A huge thanks to Paul Randall and Tom Richardson, two of our new guided walk leaders, who led the walk. Hackfall sits just outside the village of Grewelthorpe in North Yorkshire. The beautiful woodland landscape...
A busy day at the Four Lane Ends Wood. 15th May 2019 : The 5 person team of volunteers have spent a busy day working in the wood which was planted a few years ago on an exposed hill near Consett in the beautiful North West...
A huge thank you to everyone involved in the 4-day City Nature Challenge 2 weekends ago – we managed to register over 5,000 records (observations) across the Greater Manchester region, covering 800+ species! We came 6th in Europe and were respectably mid-table globally, which considering the...
Hi all and welcome to our latest Smithills update Staffing Russ Hedley will be leaving us in July, after four years’ working on the project. Russ’s guided walks business has gone from strength to strength (and anyone who has been on one of his walks will not be...
Dear northern volunteers! The past year of so has seen some big changes with our volunteering in the Trust and in the North region, with the introduction of a new framework for improved recruitment and risk management procedures, improved policies, and better information and communication. And...
Yesterday saw the launch of our new volunteer led guided walk programme at Nidd Gorge, near Knaresborough. Led by volunteers Neil Griffin and Janet Kazlauciunas, the inaugural walk of the programme was fully booked and a fantastic success, despite the inclement weather! The walk, devised and developed...
Hello all Facts and figures I am pleased to say that we now have the latest figures on volunteering and events – we now have 110 volunteers, who have contributed 1975 hours to the project so far this year. Aside from the clear value this adds to...