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Dear Supporter
One of the most exciting moments for me, in the last six
months, was when I spotted my first ever red-tailed
bumblebee. This is one of the six species we
asked you to look out for this year, as part of
Springwatch in
association with the BBC. But did you know that in last
year's campaign, over 80,000 of you also recorded things,
generating over 160,000 entries?
That's one of the fascinating facts just revealed in our
Annual Review. Other interesting statistics are that we've
now engaged over a quarter of a million people with the Tree For All
campaign and had over two million visitor
sessions to our family of websites. If you're a
member, we'll be posting out your copy this week. However,
you can also
view it online.
We're constantly developing new and innovative web-based
resources to help you get more involved in our work. One of these is our
new
woodland dedication website. My family asked friends and
acquaintances to donate money for trees instead of buying flowers
in memory of my grandfather. Everyone felt it was a wonderful and
appropriate way to remember him.
However, commemorating the life of someone dear to you is
only one type of woodland dedication. We all have life
changing events... a new birth, a wedding or a special
anniversary. Woodland dedications are a wonderful way to
mark these in a lasting way.
We'd also really like to know what you think of the new
woodland dedication website. Please take a few moments to
visit it and complete our short
questionnaire.
Kind regards,
Sue Holden, chief executive
PS July is a perfect time to look out for
orchids. Find out which woodland ones you might spot by visiting
Nature
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Help extend Darwin's landscape
heritage
We are appealing for your help
with a number of UK projects, one of which is to
acquire land to extend Blackbush Shaw and its
neighbour, Twenty Acre Shaw. These two ancient
woods in the Downe Valley, form part of the
landscape in which Charles Darwin once lived.
Please
donate now |
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Woodland creation comes to Manchester
Bookings are now being
taken for our seminal conference on woodland
creation on 17 - 18 October at The
Lowry in Manchester. It promises to be an
inspiring and informative platform of debate for
both UK and international participants.
Book
your place now! |
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Palace lays on children's egg-stravaganza
Woodland Eggs,
produced by Deans Foods and distributed by
Sainsbury's, were featured on the menu of a
children's party held by the Queen at
Buckingham Palace on 25 June. 1p is donated to
the Woodland Trust for each 10 or 12 pack of
eggs sold.
More about this and other
greener products |
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A new, easy, green way to
dedicate woodland
From a quarter of an
acre to benches set in acre groves, you can now
dedicate a special woodland gift that will last
forever. Our new woodland dedication website,
with woods across the UK, allows you to dedicate
woodland immediately or set up and manage your
own fund online.
Dedication website |
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Tree For All
- hits target of
three million trees
We've now planted
over three million trees towards the Tree For
All target! The annual partner newsletter, just
published, gives details of this and other
targets reached.
Tree For All
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Scottish site takes second place
in top award
Ledmore and Midgale,
the largest Trust wood in the UK, has won second
place in the John Kennedy Trophy of Scotland's
Finest Woodlands. The site, which has three
SSSIs, scored highly in the assessed
categories for woodland management, biodiversity
and public access.
Award details |
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Our woods
win audit's approval
An audit of Trust
woods has revealed that we're meeting the
highest standards of woodland management. The
results, part of an annual survey by the Soil
Association into sustainable forestry management
against criteria laid down by the FSC (Forest
Stewardship Council), demonstrate that we
practice what we preach.
Full copy of survey
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Young tree champions may need
more help
Research conducted in
Northern Ireland into children's attitudes to
woodland has revealed that though 80% think
trees are important and 40% have planted a tree,
the majority know little about them and only 2%
think of woodland as somewhere to play and learn
outdoors.
Report |
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Thousands help celebrate
Hainault's centenary
To celebrate the
centenary of Hainault Forest as a public open
space, we're co-hosting an event (sponsored
by BT) with the London Borough of Redbridge on
15 July. Thousands are expected to attend,
including
Lord Carrington who will recreate the ceremony
at which his uncle dedicated the site to the
people in 1906.
Details |
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Woodland Trust at the Royal Welsh Show
Do come along and visit
the Woodland Trust's stand at the Royal Welsh
Show, Builth Wells, on 24 - 27 July. Details can
be found on our fully functional
bilingual website, which gives further
information about our range of work in Wales. |
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