I hope you are well ahead of the bank holiday weekend. I am pleased to say our new system for volunteer recruitment is on the horizon. Those roles that have on hold since the cyber incident are our current priority. We are currently dealing with those...
We always love the updates from our volunteers showing the sights and sounds of their woods and Volunteer Warden and Wildlife Monitor, Tim Hewke, spends a great deal of time patrolling his local area but also reviewing footage from his trail cam to see who...
Butcher's Wood in Sussex is a marvellous place to visit, not least because of the sterling work done by the volunteering team, who have been busy in one form or another for decades! We are fortunate that some of the group originally involved in the...
We are all really excited to be able to invite you to take part in our new UK -wide volunteer virtual learning programme. Our programme of volunteer virtual learning sessions will be running from April - October 2021. Course topics comprise of topics identified and requested...
Always up against it but ever resourceful - we could be talking about all of us this year, couldn't we? However, what has kept us all going in these uncertain times has been the discovery of the fact that life does, in fact, go on,...
It is safe to say that 2020 has been a year like no other. For me personally, it represents the first full year of having had the privilege of being the CEO of the Trust. We entered 2020 with an unprecedented interest in woods and trees,...
Lockdown - the buzzword of 2020, the action that has seen communities come together but also some anti-social behaviour that has resulted from people staying at home and discovering their green spaces. While it is difficult to understand why people go into such beautiful places...
Ash dieback remains a priority in the South East, and we’re currently extracting approximately 40 tonnes of infected ash from North Grove Wood in Oxfordshire using traditional horse logging methods. North Grove Wood contains quite a few narrow slopes, making access difficult for timber...
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...
Site news Following the reopening of the car parks at Walker Fold and Barrow Bridge, and with the spell of warm weather, the site has been busy with walkers. For the most part all of our visitors have been respectful and adhering to government guidance, and...