Some of you will be aware that earlier this year, Sam Manning, our Assistant Site Manager covering Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire left our company to join the South West team. We were sad to say goodbye, but pleased that Sam remained at the Woodland Trust...
Hello all Hope you have had a good week. Updates since last week… Volunteer hours Total hours for the year so far is 4766.75. If you’re interested in each group here’s the totals: Woodland Working Group (task days etc) 1068.25 hours Events Volunteering 458.75 History Group 261.75 Practical Group Leaders 79 Education Volunteering ...
Back in the 1980’s Storeton Woods in Bebington near Liverpool on the Wirral was used for motorbike scrambling and hosting “war games” with permission of the previous owner of the woods who charged for these activities. This constant noise, pollution, disturbance and damage to the...
Adam Shaw is a BBC personality and Woodland Trust ambassador (many of you may recognise him from previous Volunteer Awards events) and is in the process of producing a series of podcasts titled Woodland Walks, which tell the stories of the work that we do...
This weekend was our annual celebration of volunteering the National Volunteer Awards. The 2019 Volunteer awards were hosted at Kelham Hall in Nottinghamshire. The Gothic mansion was built in 1863 as a county house for the Manners-Sutton family. It was designed by architect Sir George Gilbert...
The latest blog from the Nature's Calendar team looks at the science behind why leaves change colour in the autumn. We also share some of the most beautiful autumnal tree and fly agaric photos submitted from our recorders. Take a look at how autumn is progressing...
What a fantastic weekend! We knew we were going to enjoy our coppicing training, but didn’t realise quite how much. Our Volunteer Team works in two Lincolnshire woods, Sibsey Wood and Skellingthorpe Old Wood. In October we were joined by our lovely trainers: Tom and...
On Saturday 7th December, 10.00am - 12.00pm, Ross Watson, Woodland Trust Site Manager for the north of Scotland, will be running an event at our site in Spinningdale, in conjunction with project Partners, Trees for Life. The event is for newly recruited squirrel...
A new group of volunteers has gathered in our newest Scottish wood, Dunollie Wood on the edge of Oban, to discuss future plans and input, and as Site manager, I went to meet them last week to discuss what their new volunteering role would be. ...
At the centre of the National Lottery Heritage Funded project at Smithills Estate is community work. How do we engage Bolton's communities with the site? Why are some communities not engaging with the site? And how do we open up the wellbeing value of our...