Jun
02
2021
Jun
01
2021
A Bank Holiday bonanza at Brede High Woods!
The excitement of reuniting as a Woodland Working Group this year has recently been dashed by lockdown and the hard times that early 2021 brought with it. With this in mind, it felt especially good to be back in the woods this Bank Holiday weekend...
Jun
13
2019
Drummond Castle, ancient trees and a picnic for Volunteers’ Week
As an opportunity to thank our Scotland volunteers in Volunteers' Week we ran an ancient tree recording day at Drummond Castle near Comrie in Perthshire. 23 volunteers attended and it was a real treat of a day; massive oaks, Sequoias and sweet chestnuts, as well as...
Jun
10
2019
Volunteer thank you day at Smithills
Great to see so many people at our volunteer thank you event at Smithills last week! Around 40 people attended our thank you event at Smithills Hall, where the various groups (Wardens, Wildlife, History and Education) gave a review of the year from their perspective and...
Jun
10
2019
North England volunteer thank you day
It was wonderful to see so many people come along to our volunteer thank you day, held at Slaidburn on the 6th June, and great to have the opportunity to celebrate and thank you all for all the wonderful work that you do on behalf...
Jul
18
2018
Double celebration for Volunteers Week!
Celebrating Volunteers Week in South East Region Volunteers Week runs from 1st – 7th June each year and we celebrated with two events in the South East. Our Volunteer Networking and Thank You Event in Kent on Saturday 2nd June was followed by a Volunteer Event...
Jun
13
2018
Smashing through Scotland’s ancient tree recording targets
One of the ways we celebrated National Volunteers' Week in Scotland was a mammoth ancient tree recording day at the beautiful Drummond Castle Gardens near Comrie in Perthshire. 22 of us, including 19 registered Woodland Trust volunteers, recorded over 450 trees! We recorded over a mile of incredible...
Jun
07
2018
Rutland Water thank you event for volunteers a huge success!
To celebrate volunteers’ week and to say a huge thank you to our amazing volunteers, a guided walk was organised at Rutland Water nature reserve. Woodland Trust volunteers from the central region came along, the group was made up of a mixture of volunteer wardens,...