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TheTrust’sfreshagendaisnotdirectedsolelyatyoungsters,though,butatallages.AdultvolunteersarealreadydiscoveringnewskillsatworkshopsandtrainingweekendsacrossthelengthandbreadthoftheUK,fromguidingwoodlandwalkstoresearchinglocalhistoryorrepairingdrystonewalls,andmoreopportunitiesareinthepipeline.LearningthesedaysistrulylifelongandhasbeenidentifiedbytheTrustasakeystrandfordevelopmentoverthenextfewyears.Formanypeopleeducationisstillseenasaspecialisedfacilityforchildren.Sowhenthenewstrategybegantotakeshape,oneofthefirsttaskswastoredefine‘education’itself.Withdrearyassociationswithclassrooms,formalcoursesandpassivestudy,theconcepturgentlyneededamakeover.Thiswascertainlythesituationin2002,whentheTrustfirstbegantoformacoherenteducationpolicy.Themainconcernuntilthenhadbeenprotectingtreesandwoodland,andanyworkwithschoolsandyoungpeoplewasundertakenonanadhocbasis.Capturingtheirimaginationwasonething,however;retainingtheircommitmentlong-termwasquiteadifferentchallenge,notatthetimeaconsciouspartoftheTrust’sphilosophy.AsGrahamBlight,theTrust’slearningprogrammemanagerrecalls:‘Wereally
Winter 2007
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/getinvolved
“WAVE GOODBYETO BOREDOM”
Continued on page 5
W T P L / S t u a r t H a n d l e y
Andi Clevely
investigatestheTrust’simaginativenewlearningstrategyanddiscoversit’snotjustkids’stuff.Thereareopportunitiesfor grownupstoo
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News
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Learning feature
1 & 5
Wave goodbye to boredom
Photographers
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Speakers
4Tenkeytips
Out of the woods
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MakingmoviesNaturebooksforkids
The inside story
8 & 9
FocusontheWoodlandTrust
In the woods
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Wildgardens
Ancient trees
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Woodland groups
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Frequently askedquestions
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Wheretoplantasapling
Volunteeropportunities
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Getting in touch
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his online invitation to take up the weekly challenge issued by Nature Detectives,theWoodlandTrust’s new activity club for children,epitomises its dynamic newstrategy for inspiring people to enjoy and care for the natural world around them.
John Martin
–SouthEast
DougWiggins
–SouthWest
JanetAnders
–Midlands(andoverallwinner)
Vanessa Champion
–North
RosalynThompson
–Wales
Delia Stewart
–Scotland
Annesley Malley
–NorthernIreland(seepage4)
Olwyn Spencer
–CentralOffice
PeterVince
–Speaker
Jennifer Oakes
–Speaker
Malcolm Caporn
–Project
Angie Day
–Research
Nicky Souter
–Phenology
Wendy and Roger Sarjeant
– WoodsUnderThreat
Steve Highfield
–Photographer
Rob McBride
–AncientTreeHunt
Dear friends We have an educational issue for youthis time – but before you turn tailand run, let us explain.Our main feature is about learningand how helping people discover moreabout woods and trees is now moreimportant than ever before at the WoodlandTrust. But it’s a new kind of learning, out of the classroom, that will truly inspire.There’s also a literary flavour with arecommended booklist for youngerreaders (page 6) and even poetry (seeback cover).If you normally turn straight to thesection most relevant to you, it’s really worth taking a look at the rest of themagazine as well. Kate Atkin has written a very wise article full of tipsfor anyone who has to speak publicly.And if you ever have to publiciseanything, SianThomas’s advice on writing news releases could proveinvaluable (page 13).Congratulations to the winners of thisyear’sVolunteer of theYear (see right).Every year, judging gets more difficultbecause there are so many worthycandidates.TheTrust is grateful to allof our volunteers who make such adifference.Best wishes
Thevolunteersteam
2 email: volunteers@woodlandtrust.org.uk tel: 01476 581111
NEWS
Volunteer of theYear 2007
ThewinneroftheWatkinsMemorialMedalforVolunteeroftheYear2007is
JanetAnders.
JanethasbeenworkingtirelesslyasamemberoftheFriendsofPhilipshillWoodsince1994.Shewroteaboutherexperiencesofmanagingthewoodinthewinter2005editionofthisnewsletter.Readitagainat
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/getinvolved
.
Winners of the other categories are:
From left to right: Merle Dekanski, Karen Lifford and Carl Hughes
C a r o l e S u t t o n
Comespring2008theWoodlandTrustwillbelaunchingabrandnewwebsitewithafreshlookandmanynewfeatures.Betweennowandthen,aselectedgroupofpeoplearetriallingittoensurethateverythingisworkingperfectlybeforeitisofficiallyunveiled.Ifyouwouldliketobeoneofthefirstpeopletotryoutthewebsite,pleaseletusknowandwewillputyournameforwardtobeinvitedtojointhetrial.Allyouneedisaccesstotheinternet.Youwillbegiventhe‘secret’webaddresswherethenewsitecanbefound.Therewillbeasimpleformonthehomepagewhereyoucanreportanyglitchesorleaveothercomments.
A sneak preview
Welldonetoyouall.
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Imagesarepowerfulandhighlyeffectivetoolsusedforourcampaigningandfundraisingwork.TobecomeavolunteerphotographercontactJuliaPeeton01476581111oremail
photolibrary@woodlandtrust.org.uk
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Images in action
JuliaPeet
explainshowtheWoodlandTrustbenefitsfromimagessuppliedbyourgrowingbandofvolunteerphotographers
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e are extremely fortunate to have built up,over the years,a teamof very talented volunteer photographers whose skills benefit theTrustin many ways.
TheyhavehelpedtheWoodlandTrustPhotoLibraryamassthousandsofimagesfortheWoodlandTrust’suse.The‘cream’oftheimagessentinbyvolunteerphotographersarealsoaddedtotheTrust’ssmallcommerciallibrary,woodlandpictures.com,whichnowhasaround5,000images.Thissitecanbeaccessedbythegeneralpublicwhocanbuytheuseoftheseimagesandthis,inturn,bringsinalittleextraincometowardstheTrust’svaluablework.TheWoodlandTrustPhotoLibrarycontainssome35,000imagesasamixtureoftransparencies,photographsanddigitalimages.Muchofthisneedstobeplacedonanelectronicdatabasesystemtoallowforeasiercataloguingandsearchingbystaff.AccesstotheseimagesbyallWoodlandTruststaffisessentialtothesmoothrunningofthelibrary.Wearelookingforpeoplewhocanhelpustoscantheseimagesandenterrelevantinformationaboutthemontothedatabase.DoyouhavecomputerskillsandwouldyouhavetwomorningsaweekavailabletocomeintoourofficeinGrantham?ThiswouldbeanidealroleforsomeonewithexperienceinscanningimagesandworkingwithAdobePhotoshop,butthisisnotessentialastrainingwillbeprovided.Tofindoutmore,contactthevolunteersteam.Fundraisingliterature,partnershipapplicationsandpresentationsInformationleafletsandbrochuresEducationalmaterialMagazines,especiallyourmember’smagazine,
Broadleaf
NewslettersPowerpointpresentationsbystaff Books,includingourpopularseriesofWoodlandGuidesTreeandbenchdedicationliteraturewhichenablesupporterswishingtoplacebenches/treesinwoodstoseeimagesofthewoodsinvolvedProductsforsaleinouronlineshop,includingflowerswatchesandcardsVariouscalendarsthatraisemoneyfortheTrust
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Wave goodbye to boredom, the Trust’s new and imaginary learning strategy.
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