Amanda Brookes Since starting as Volunteer Development Officer for the central region in August 2017, I have been busy learning all about the Woodland Trust and how it supports its many wonderful volunteers. Viewing the Trust ‘with fresh eyes’, I am really impressed with the variety...
Free Publication Wood Wise is the Woodland Trust’s journal of woodland management. It is free to download and you can find it here http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/publications/2017/12/wood-wise-autumn-2017/ The latest issue focuses on how we can educate and inspire the environmental guardians and conservationists of the future. Many educators understand the importance...
During spring & early summer the risk of inflammatory dermal reactions following exposure to plant sap and sunlight phytophotodermatitis (PPD) returns to our woods. This is a very painful condition causing a rash and / or blistering. This type of reaction is usually associated with Giant Hogweed;...
Recently a member of staff contracted Cellulitis from an insect bite, and needed medical attention. Cellulitis is an infection of the deeper layers of skin and the underlying tissue. It can be serious if not treated promptly. The infection develops suddenly and can spread through the body...
Barbara, Baroness Young of Old Scone, is a Member of the House of Lords with special interests, among others, in the environment, agriculture, natural resources and climate change. She is Chancellor at Cranfield University gand her voluntary positions include President of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire Wildlife...
We're thrilled to announce that together with The Community Forest Trust, we plan to create an exciting new Northern Forest that will comprise over 50 million trees over 25 years. It will stretch from Liverpool across to Hull with the M62 as its spine. This ambitious...
With the launch of the new Nature’s Calendar website we need more records than ever, and this is where you come in! For those of you that don’t know Nature’s Calendar is a Woodland Trust’s citizen science project and has been tracking species responses to...
Summary 2017 This year has seen real growth of the speaker network. At the end of 2016 we had 50 volunteer speakers and some real geographical gaps across the UK. These included Wales, Scotland, the South West and the North East. The network has now doubled...
Observatree is about identifying when new tree pests and diseases arrive in the UK as early as possible and also spotting new outbreaks of those that are occasionally found here. This enables a fast response and the greatest chances of eradicating or controlling the outbreak. ...