During these unsettling times, we’d like to invite you to escape reality for a while and let your mind refocus on nature by sharing your tales from the woods and help us celebrate our woodlands across Northern Ireland. The Woodland Trust in Northern Ireland is...
During this time when many of us are unable to get out and about as much as we would usually like to do, we thought of all of us as members of the volunteering family for the Woodland Trust, we could support each other by...
On one of the few sunny days we had back in January, eleven of our wonderful volunteers in the Faughan Valley undertook the first ‘Valuing and Managing of Veteran Trees’ basic day course in the region. This was delivered as part of the Trust wide...
During times of self-isolation and social distancing, it is important that we all find ways to continue to connect with nature. Our Ancient Tree Inventory could provide the perfect way to learn more about the incredible world of ancient trees. The Ancient Tree Inventory is a...
Meet the National Volunteer Panel member for Northern Ireland: Peter Lyons I am based in Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland. In my position as a factory manager in the manufacturing industry I had to make sure that we complied with all the regulations regarding waste and recycling. I...
The National Volunteer Panel with Director of Brand and Communications - Ruth Hyde National Volunteer Panel launches! Today the Woodland Trust launches our brand new National Volunteer Panel. Over the last few years Woodland Trust volunteers have told us you would like to see better two way communication...
This May we will be attending/hosting two events that we would love your help with. Balmoral Show Once again we will be pitching up our marquee at the Balmoral Show as the event now runs across 4 days it would be great if some of our event...
Woodland Working Group at Canal Wood, Newry were able to dodge the bad weather at the weekend to make it out on site for a task day. Joining the group for the first time yesterday was new volunteer Katherine. Long standing group member Bruce helped Katherine...
A £1 million push for the Faughan Valley landscape gets underway The National Lottery Heritage Fund (HF) has announced funding of over £484,400 for a Woodland Trust project set to revitalise the Faughan Valley landscape, on the outskirts of Derry/Londonderry. The funding boost will enable the...
Volunteers came together last week for our last volunteer task day of 2019. We visited Drumnaph Woodland in Maghera and worked within the wetland area to cut and remove willow that was starting to dry up the ground. The wetland provides such a range of...