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May 2008
Ticks!
The Deer Initiative have produced this very informative guide all
about ticks. Why they are on the increase and what one should do
about them. This is worth reading for anyone who spends time out in
the woods or for other recreational activities. You have been
warned - you may start itching when reading !
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April 2008
CWN Grants 2008
This years round of funding has opened for community woodland
groups. If you would like to apply have a look at the criteria and
the grant application process. The scheme has been running for a
number of years now and has proved extremely popular. It's
helped many groups up and down the country with thier woodland
activity. Read more |
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November 2007
Breathing Places Funding
Announced on Autumnwatch on 12th November, 2007 grants to the tune
of £1 000 - £10 000 are available across the UK to help create more
Breathing Places and enhance community involvement in existing ones.
The funding is for specific projects or activities, which might
include creating a community wildlife garden, obtaining professional
support to advise on wildlife management or training volunteers. Read more |
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September 2007
Children make the most of Throne Wood
Kids
from the aptly named Hazelwood Integrated Primary School, north
Belfast, are strides ahead when it comes to nature. Hazelwood’s
young nature detectives have been putting their neighbouring
woodland, the Woodland Trust’s ‘Throne Wood’, under the microscope
on a regular weekly basis.
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August 2007
Community Woodland Network Conference
We can now report on an excellent weekend held at Stoke Rochford
Hall in Lincolnshire at the end of July. with over 130 delegates in
attendance it made for a lively time. Proceedings were started
with a number of Woodland exhibitors outside the conference venue
before the conference was officially opened by Woodland Trust
Chief Executive Sue Holden.
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April 2007
Working Woodland Images
We are looking for picture stories to enable the BBC to get a
quality ‘snapshot’ of community projects making and caring for
Breathing Places. Some of these stories are likely to be used on
websites and/or broadcast, to inspire other community groups to make
and care for Breathing Paces.
Read more |
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March 2007
Local Provenance Tree Suppliers
This welsh
website provides lots of useful information on the
importance of sourcing local provenance trees for your tree planting
project. It also provides information on trees and woodland in
general and has links to other related organisations.
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February 2007
The loss of Juniper
The rapid disappearance of a once common plant from UK hillsides has
been blamed on infertile females.
A study of the aromatic shrub juniper by charity Plantlife found
that many are now too old to reproduce.
In the past, the tree was highly valued for firewood and for making
gin, ensuring a constant turnover of plants.
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January 2007
Nabbs Wood Tragedy
On a bleak day in June 1838 Nabs Wood was about to be written into
history books as a tragic chain of events unfolded. In the village
of nearby Silkstone Common black smoke rose from the engine powering
the winch to the Huskar Pit where many of the local men, women and
children worked at least 12 hour stints in the hot, damp and acrid
coal seams which ran below the village. Early in the afternoon a
storm broke out starting with a rainstorm making a hissing sound as
it landed on the engine and then turning into a torrent of rain and
hail up to 4 ½ inches in diameter. Read more |
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January 2007
Community Champions
Every Action Counts is all about building a sustainable future, one
small action at a time. The initiative, backed by Defra, will help
community groups take simple everyday actions that will benefit
themselves and help create a cleaner, greener, fairer and safer
community at the same time. As part of this, BTCV is looking for
Community Champions to help motivate community groups to take
action. Read more |
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December 2006
BT Community Connections
This award scheme is aimed at community and voluntary groups
throughout the UK to get online.
If you belong to a community or voluntary organisation that
would love the opportunity to extend its work through use of the
internet, but don't have the means, this could be your perfect
opportunity to help close the digital divide. Read more |
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November 2006
Organising a guided walk?
Just published, our new guide to organising and running
successful guided walks. Based on practical experience of running
woodland walks ourselves it is full if ideas and suggestions.
Read more |
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August 2006
Would you like to be a Woodland Heritage Champion?
The Woodland Heritage Champions Project is looking for local
groups and individuals throughout England who are interested in
helping produce a Woodland Heritage Manual. The set-up of the
project was supported by the Woodland Trust among others, and the
project is being run by the South Yorkshire Biodiversity Research
Group The Manual will cover ancient semi natural woodlands in
different regions and will help enthusiasts and professionals to
identify both archaeological and ecological features.
Read more |
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August 2006
Where to get your own websites
We have just launched our new mini websites which are free to
all woodland groups. They allow you to have web presence!
You can choose a style template, add text, pictures and attached
documents too. Also they enable groups or individuals to contact you
directly by e-mail without you having to show your e-mail address!
Have a look at the
Lineover Wood
site for an example of what you can do. If you are
interested just
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August 2006
Seed Gathering
This year, BBC's Autumnwatch (2nd-15th October) will be focusing
on trees, particularly on seed gathering. This gives a good
opportunity to show others the work that you do and perhaps attract
new members to your group. This fits in with The Tree Council's long
standing Seed Gathering campaign.
To read more |
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July 2006
Twig Bench and Cube
Do you ponder of what to do with your hazel coppice?
Furniture company Pinch were recently featured in the Sunday Times
with their Twig Bench and Cube made from coppiced Hazel. Not sure
how it's held together but interesting non the less, the price
tag for these items is quite interesting too! For more details
have a look at the Pinch
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June 2006
Breathing Spaces
All over the country there are thousands of people like us who
are already enjoying making a difference for wildlife in their local
patch.The Breathing Places campaign will make it easier for many
more of us to find out at first hand about the wildlife that lives
near us, meet other people who share our enthusiasm, and do
something practical to help nature where we live.
To read more & visit the website |
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April 2006
Naturally Active
A website developed in the East of England to make more use of
rural and natural recreational resources has been launched.
The website contains information and advice for all those seeking to
make more of their woodland assets, and for rural communities with
an interest in creating opportunities for people to lead more active
lives and enjoy their local environment. These include landowners
and woodland managers as well as rural groups, voluntary agencies,
sport associations and businesses.
To read more & visit the website |
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February 2006
The Tree Advice Trust - Avenue's at Rick Event
"The management and regeneration of avenue trees often presents
the dilemma of piecemeal replacement verses complete renewal.
English Heritage and The AAIS are running a seminar on best practice
and how to decide the most appropriate course of action.
To read more,
find a booking form & visit the website |
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Autumn 2005
Nelson's school days remembered
If you've visited our Trafalgar website, you will have read all
about how and why the Woodland Trust is commemorating the historic
Battle through Tree For All. But volunteers at Gunton Wood in
Lowestoft have their own reasons to remember it.
To read more |
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2006
Show off you woodland!
Every year, Flora locale, the national charity that promotes the
wise use of native flora organises a training programme across the
UK. In the past, workshops concentrating on new woodlands have
proved very popular – particularly those involved in the subject of
introducing woodland ground flora. In preparation for the 2006
training programme, Flora locale are looking for people to hold
similar workshops throughout the UK but particularly in Scotland.
To read more |
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October 2005
South Yorkshire Biodiversity Network need your help!
Have you ever wondered whether your wood is an ancient wood? The
South Yorkshire Biodiversity Research Group are producing an
archaeology field guide for woodland managers, and they are looking
for local groups to help them. They want groups with an interest in,
or knowledge of, their local woodland history, to test out elements
of the field manual and help them gather information about woodland
archaeology in different regions of the UK. Woodland archaeology
doesn’t just mean old buildings and ruins within a wood. It refers
to any features which are a part of a wood’s history: boundary
banks, charcoal hearths, and veteran trees, among others.
To read more
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September 2005
Chineham volunteers receive grant award
Chineham Conservation Volunteers are pictured here receiving
their Community Woodland Network grant cheque. This was the first
meeting for the group this autumn and it was fitting to open
proceedings with the presentation of their award.
To read more
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July 2005
COMMUNITY WOODLAND BLAZES A TRAIL FOR REST OF UK
Volunteers clinch coveted regional award and take a big step
towards landing national recognition for their work.
A 130-member community group is on its way to clinching a national
award following a five-year effort to convert an overgrown, boggy
and litter-strewn piece of waste ground into a thriving three
hectare (8.5-acre) plot of traditional English woodland.
To read more |
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July 2005
Springwatch 2006
After the success of Srpingwatch 2005 the BBC are researching
Springwatch 2006 and are looking for people and stories that
illustrate a theme of the link between nature and health and
wellbeing. Could you be involved are you or your group what
Springwatch are looking for?
To read more and to find out how you can possible be involved - click here |
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July 2005
In Africa - trees mean life
TREE AID has a vision to see thriving, self-reliant communities
in Africa's drylands. It is working towards this by reversing
poverty and environmental degradation for some of the most
threatened people on earth, through skills transfer and community
forest and income generation projects. They fund work in the world's
poorest regions: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Northern Ghana and Mali.
To find out how you can help - click here |
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May 2005
A new website about the 'Man of Trees'
This website is a tribute to Richard St. Barbe Baker and his
life works; know as "The Man of the Tree". He lived between 1889 -
1982 and died aged 92 still travelling to promote environmental
awareness.
To visit this website - click here
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March 2005
Good News - More Funding from Defra
One of our key project sponsors is continuing it's funding for
another 12 months. This welcome news comes when we are just at the
end of our first 3 years of the network. During this time we have
supported over 50 groups with woodland sustainability grants,
organised and delivered our first national conference and developed
and promoted the yourwoods website. Recently we have expanded the
role of the project and have helped many groups with small tree
planting grants through out Tree for All project. The news that we
have secured Defra's support for 2005/6 is really excellent news and
will help us to expand the network further and build on the 200 plus
groups we are already in contact with. One of our first tasks will
be the production of a landowners resource pack on woodland
acquisition and tree planting, and re- organising the national
conference this summer. Watch this space!
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visit the Defra website - click here |
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March 2005
Community Woodland Network Conference 2005 EVENT
CANCELLED
Community Woodland Network Conference dates announced 4th and
5th March 2005.
Our second community Woodland Network conference will take place on
the Friday 4th and Saturday 5th March 2005 at
Stoke
Rochford Hall in Lincolnshire. Following on from the success of
our conference last year we hope this one will prove to be even
bigger and better. Our speakers have been confirmed and an official
invitation to all groups will be sent out with a booking form early
in the new year.
The programme includes guest speakers on a variety of woodland
topics, a evening reception, overnight accommodation on site,
woodland workshops and a wood visit hosted by a local group at
Hill
Holt Wood
If you have any suggestions for workshops topics please let us know
as soon as possible so they can be worked into the agenda.
To
feedback on workshop topics - click here |
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November 2004
One Stop On-line Shop for Environment Resources
A new range of resources to help inspire people to improve their
local communities and protect the environment has been launched by
BTCV, the UK’s leading practical conservation charity.
To read
more -
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November 2004
New Information on Phytophthora Ramorum
Two cases of a new pathogen that could seriously affect trees
have been found in native English Oak (Quercus robur) trees in a
wood near Redruth in Cornwall. This is the first discovery of fungal
disease caused by this Phytophthora species, in native oak trees in
Britain.
To read the recent press release -
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November 2004
CABE Space's Manifesto - The Manifesto for Better Public Spaces
Public space is all around us, a vital part of everyday urban
life: the streets we pass through on the way to school or work, the
places where children play, or where we encounter nature and wildlife;
the local parks in which we enjoy sports, walk the dog and sit at
lunchtime; or simply somewhere quiet to get away for a moment from the
bustle of a busy daily life. In other words, public space is our
open-air living room, our outdoor leisure centre.
To read the publication,
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September 2004
Community Group Scoop Millennium Award
Community Woodland Network grant award has helped one group to
be successful in achieving a Millennium Fellowship Certificate.
To read what the
group say's click here>>> |
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23rd - 25th September 2004
APF International Forest Machinery Exhibition -
Special Offer for CWN Members - Have you ordered
your tickets yet, quite a few Community Woodland Groups have and we
look forward to seeing you there . However we still have tickets
available for those of you who would like to come along and join us
at this excellent event . We can offer tickets at a discount price
of £9 per ticket (usual Price £12). So if you want to come along
please do get in touch. The day may just inspire you with your
woodland activities this autumn!
Click here for
further written information>>>
Click here to request tickets>>> |
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12th June 2004
The CWN North West Roadshow
Read on for the details of the successful event
held in the north west - hosted by the Friends of Owley Wood, nr
Weaverham in Cheshire.
Click here for
more
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May 2004
People Planting from the Greenlight Trust
Our scheme to help communities grow and manage their own working
woodlands - for pleasure, learning, health and wildlife. Run by the
community, for the community, it enables children and adults alike
to get closer to nature and actively participate in building a
greener future.
Click here for
more
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April 2004
The Conservation Land Trust
The Conservation Land Trust has been set up to provide two
distinct services for current and future owners of these cherished
sites.
Click here for
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5th June 2004
The Small Woods Association National Conference
This year being held in Wales is focusing on Community Woodland
Management the practice and theory in Wales and Scotland.
Click here for
booking form and programme
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23rd, 24th & 25th September 2004
APF 2004 - International Forest Machinery Exhibition
Lumberjacking, horse logging, hedgelaying and chainsaw carving are
just some of the attractions on offer at the UK’s largest forestry and
woodland exhibition, APF 2004, from 23-25 September at the Ragley
Estate, Alcester, Warwickshire. Click below for full details and how
to book your tickets.
Click here for more
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January 2004
Woodland Trust Volunteer Awards for 2003
Community Woodland Network Group Scoop 3 top prizes in the
Woodland Trust Volunteer of the Year Awards for 2003
Click here for more
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December 2003
Minister Praises Woodland Trust For Community Woodland Network
Alun Michael addresses Community Woodland Network Groups at Woodland Trust Westminster reception
Click here for more
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December 2003
Merry Christmas From Community Woodland Network
Compliments of the season to you all and we do hope that Santa is
kind to you. Not strictly news or an event but we just wanted to take
an opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Click here for more
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November 2003
Native Tree Shop
The shop aims to help make native trees easily available for
everyone. We sell young native trees 20-40 centimetres in height
(about a foot tall), starting at four trees for £9.95 including post
and packing. The trees will arrive by post within 14 days of your
order
Click here for more
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24th September 2003
New Forestry Commission publication
This new publication was launched at the opening of the South West
Woodland Show, by Forestry Minister, Ben Bradshaw.
Click here for more
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5th September 2003
Buy British
This campaign focuses on a number of strategies for increasing
opportunities for people to obtain locally grown beanpoles.
Click here for more
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1st August 2003
Grant support for your group?
There are now only two weeks left to send us your grant application
forms for this year...
Click here for more
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14th July 2003
Conference news
The sun shines down on the first Community Woodland Network
Conference
Click here for more
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31st March 2003
The first ten group grants
First ten Community Woodland Network group grants successfully awarded.
Click here for more
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3rd April 2003
Another new sighting of “Big Foot”!!
A new sculpture has been installed at Park Wood, Waterlooville in Hampshire. The picture left shows proud members of
'The Friends of Park Wood' with their new addition.
Click here for more
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