I’ve always been a big picture kind of person. At work I excelled at planning a job and making sure it got done but was not so great at checking all the details. When I’m out and about I love the big vistas, that take...
Alison Stewart is a very dedicated volunteer Woods Under Threat Detector, whereby she reviews planning registers for applications that may involved damage to ancient woodlands and trees. Her role also includes reviewing local authority development plans, again carefully looking to see if woods and trees...
Aileen Louden has volunteered with us for several years now as a Loch Arkaig ospreycam researcher volunteer, carefully viewing and clipping footage of key moments on our nest at Loch Arkaig for us to use on social media and our website. Aileen has written this lovely...
Dear Woodland Trust Scotland volunteers, The pandemic has infiltrated all our lives in so many ways - how we travel, socialise, work, eat and exercise. It's had a big impact on activities and priorities at the Trust too. Despite many of our staff being placed on...
Back in July I emailed all Scotland volunteers to see how lockdown life was for you all, and I received some heart-warming responses, some about life in general, and some about your ongoing volunteering activity. I’d like to share one of those stories with you. Christine Goetz...
Ah, trees. They are why we are all here (quite literally!). They give us air to breathe, shelter from the rain, a place to play, a place for peace. Whatever their size or shape, we adore them - the feel of the bark underneath our...
Over the last few months many of us have been forced by circumstance to adapt and respond to the rapidly changing situations around us, coming up with innovative solutions to the challenges we have faced. Here at the Woodland Trust within the world of volunteering...
Ian Riches is one of two fantastic and incredibly dedicated Woodland Working Group leaders at Kinclaven Bluebell Wood in Perthshire, Ian is also a Woodland Warden at Kinclaven and he has shared his lockdown experiences and some lovely photos from his beloved Kinclaven with us. ...
Juliet Wilson is a volunteer Super Campaigner with us and has written an article about how lockdown has given her time to connect with nature in some unusual places! Here is her interesting and very heartwarming piece: When lockdown was imposed and we were limited to...
This is to all our dedicated volunteers across Scotland, I wanted to say hello and to remind you that we haven’t forgotten about you all, nor about how much we value volunteering. It sounds like a cliché but we really couldn’t do much of what we...