Hello all Thanks to all Skipton Volunteers for all your ongoing support and involvement in all of our activities. Just a few updates for information below: Skipton’s event programme is now live with all tickets on sale – there are two events still to be added...
Hello all Welcome! Welcome to two new volunteers – John (Woodland Working Group and Wildlife Group), and Darran (Woodland Working Group, Wildlife Group and History Group) Welcome also to Roberta Gleaves, who has joined us as Charlotte’s maternity cover! Also helping us out while we recruit our new Site...
Stock Fence training days for the North East area. 27 & 28 September 2019: Nunsbrough Wood near Hexham, Northumberland was the location of another training event organised for Woodland Trust Volunteers in the North East. Following on from a training session earlier in the year which...
Multi tasking Volunteer day at Castle Hill Wood in County Durham 18th September 2019 : Following a summer of tube straightening events at three of our recently planted woods, we had a team of seven volunteers keen to start work in the Castle Hill Wood in...
Every year Skipton Town hosts Sheep Day, the day celebrates Skipton's heritage, its Anglo-Saxon name being 'Sceap Tun', meaning Sheep Town. The famous 'Sheep Show' takes place at regular intervals throughout the day; the show looks at different breeds of sheep, sheep shearing and even...
Every year the Woodland Trust set up a stand at the Great Yorkshire Show, they are based in the Woodland Area near the blue gate. This year everyone who signed up for communications from us on an expression of interest form received a free sapling...
We had a great time spent with a local cub scouts group who visited How Tun Woods in Barrow Cumbria recently, to learn about the history of the wood and practice tree identification with the aid of the Trusts "Leaf Identification" swatches. After successfully identifying...
Thank you to Jess Dandy for giving me the opportunity to speak at Swathmoor Hall Wood as part of the Songpath day. With the focus on encouraging people to engage with nature and to raise awareness of the benefits woods have in helping mental health, The...
This took place on 19 May 2019: Fourteen attendees had a busy one day course at Scotton Village Hall followed by a walkabout in the Nidd Gorge woodland near Knaresborough, North Yorkshire with Edward Mills, where he shared his skills and experience as a Chartered...
Choosing a May Bank Holiday to hold an event, in hindsight was probably not a great idea and volunteer numbers were half (if not more) than usual. This however, turned out not to be so bad after all. The fruits of our efforts last June when...