Friday 13th April was our lucky day for hosting a training session for our Woods under Threat volunteers based in Scotland. Read on to find out more. The session kicked off with the all important lunch during which the volunteers got to have a good chat...
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...
The Trust has introduced an exciting new multi-media storytelling tool called Shorthand - and Loch Arkaig osprey nest volunteers are at the heart of the action. It is a lot easier to show you how great the approach is rather than describe it - so take...
Supporting our practical conservation volunteers The Woodland Working Group Policy was launched last summer with the purpose of bringing clarity to how we work with our volunteers in our woodlands. At the foremost of our mind, as we developed the policy with Nick Hall, the Trust's Health,...
The local community have welcomed the work taking place at Great Hill Wood - a Wood on Your Doorstep near Chillington, South Devon. There has been a huge amount of enthusiasm, both for the ride edge coppicing and the use of horses. So much so...
Staff from Adagio, Ibis and Novotel hotels in Glasgow and Edinburgh braved the last blast of wintry weather last week for a day planting with us at Parkhill Farm in Fife. Outreach Advisor Iain Moss and Corporate Fundraiser Ollie Cannon hosted the volunteering day alongside Farmer...
Woodland Trust's Urquhart Bay Wood played a leading role in a large Scout Camp drawing in children form across the Inverness, Nairn and Strathspey areas. It is the second year we have helped with activities for the camp on the edge of Drumnadrochit, just a short...
Sainsbury's staff plant cherry trees at Langley Vale in memory of their colleagues Sainsbury's is our largest partner and some of their staff came to Langley Vale - England's First World War Centenary Wood, to help commemorate colleagues who were killed during the war. Forty mature cherry...
Woodland Trust Scotland is celebrating after a last minute victory in our campaign to save Forestry Commission Scotland from being swallowed up into the mainstream civil service. The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Bill was passed by unanimous agreement in the Scottish Parliament. Opposition MSPs successfully...
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...