Woodland Trust volunteers are cordially invited to attend a volunteer conference at Heartwood Forest, nr St Albans on 14th September 2019. Heartwood Forest is a really special site and an absolutely amazing place to host a volunteer network event. It is truly a remarkable place with...
It's Volunteers' Week 2019! How will you be celebrating? For those of you don't know, the week runs from 1-7 June each year and is an initiative to recognise the AMAZING contribution that volunteers make to organisations all over the UK. Of course, the Woodland...
This month we welcome some wonderful new volunteers to Special Branch and prepare ourselves for the biggest lobby event of the year. It's also the final month for nominations for both Tree of the Year and the Volunteer of the Year. Don't miss out! The Time...
Happy National Volunteering Week! On behalf of the Wales team, let me take this opportunity to say a massive "Thank you!" for all your time and effort. Your contributions allow us to maximise the benefit of our work to woods and trees. We are lucky...
Thank you so much for giving your time and commitment to stand up for trees with us. We couldn’t do what we do without our volunteers and this Volunteers' week we want you to know how important you are. Whether you’re part of a woodland working group,...
A few days ago I met up with site manager Stephen Reynolds to visit and explore a couple of Woodland Trust sites in Bedfordshire. This visit provided an opportunity to see two woodlands of very different age, relatively newly planted Plummers Wood near Haynes, Shefford...
On a recent holiday to Argyll and on the recommendation of Gwen, the Glen Finglas ranger, I paid a visit to the Woodland Trust site at Crinan Wood. On a beautiful evening I ascended the ‘rainforest’ from Crinan Harbour. A steep path, through wonderful atlantic oak...
We have received official confirmation that we have passed IIV accreditation from the NCVO's quality board. We will be going public with this during volunteers week which starts on June 1st. We know that many of you are keen to see the feedback and summary...
May is a month already bustling with weird and wonderful traditional customs celebrating Spring, so was there room in the calendar for a new one? Andy Bailey from Dartmoor’s Moor than meets the eye scheme believes so. On Sunday 19th at 11am, a small crowd started to...
Our very own Roger Parkinson was taken by surprise last Friday 10th May when he was given a special award by Horbury District Rotary Club. Not normally given to non-rotarians, Roger was awarded the Paul Harris Fellowship for his considerable contribution to the ecology of...