[caption id="attachment_15189" align="alignright" width="440"] Wassail procession at Langley Vale Wood. Photo credit: Tish Johnson[/caption] On Sunday 12 January volunteers from Langley Vale Wood picked up their pots and pans, embellished their stakes and wooden pegs and went wassailing to scare away evil spirits and wake the...
Marden Park is set on the narrow plateau and slopes of the North Downs in East Surrey, close to the village of Woldingham. The 67.8 hectare site is a mix of ancient and secondary wood with pockets of chalk grassland. Ash dominates the canopy in...
As we begin to welcome in the New Year, I wished to share with you a selection of Coed Cadw’s 2019 highlights as well as forward a few words from our Wales Director -Natalie Buttriss. ‘So I thought my first year at the Trust was a...
It is of course possible that the prospect of a morning’s energetic “groundworks” was the reason for our number being reduced to the usual stalwarts: John and Chris, George, Jay, Richard, and David. Special credit should go to Bev who came despite having to leave...
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...
Hello all Happy New Year! I hope that you have all had a good Christmas and that 2020 is treating you well so far. January is quiet in terms of events, but there are one or two things to update you about: January task day Our Practical Group Leaders...
You are cordially invited to the first volunteer network event of 2020, which is taking place at beautiful Belton House, Lincolnshire. This is on Saturday 7th March and we’d love to see you there! Once again we have an exciting agenda, please see this below. In the...
We’ve been busy organising network events and training sessions for Woodland Trust volunteers. This is based on feedback that you’ve given us at previous events and we’d welcome suggestions for future training sessions and events so please get in touch at any time! Keep an...
Last month we said our temporary goodbyes to Alissa Wilson who is our Site Manager for Surrey and West Kent as she went on maternity leave. We wish Alissa all the very best for her pending new arrival. The team is delighted to announce that...
We are very lucky in the South West as there are currently over 500 volunteer roles undertaken in the South West alone across 22 specific roles covering a range of activities. Too many to mention here but here is a taster We have site based volunteers...