Llais y Goedwig Woodland Skillshare 15th October at Coppicewood College
Above are some of the attendees of the woodland skillshare event, organised by Llais y Goedwig and Coppicewood College, at the entrance to Cwm Plysog woods.
On an unseasonably hot October Saturday 26 people with involvement or interest in Welsh community woodlands from as far away as Holywell and Cwmbran descended on Coppicewood College in Cilgerran for a day of exchanging ideas, learning new skills and being inspired by what can be achieved when a local community works together. To read more about what went on download the report below.
Skillshare Event report
Photos from the event can be viewed at this link- and do send any you may have taken yourself if you came:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/llais_y_goedwig/sets/72157627975441144
If you are a journalist then see the PR below- and do get in touch for any more details or high res photos:
PRESS RELEASE- Woodland Skillshare day a big success
Download the poster here: Llais y Goedwig skillshare poster 15 Oct bilingual
Also the programme for the Forest Film evening (7pm Friday 14th at the Welsh Wildlife Centre in Cilgerran): films blurbs
A date for your diaries! Have you got a woodland skill to share? Do you need to develop your woodland skills? If so read on …
One of Llais y Goedwig’s main aims is to provide opportunities for members to meet up, share ideas and support each other. Our next event will do just this, it will be a skillshare and will be a platform for members to showcase their own particular skill set to other members, as well as being a good excuse for a get-together.
The event will be hosted by Coppicewood College in Cwm Plysgog Wood, Cilgerran (near Cardigan) and will be on Saturday 15th October. Coppicewood College have been teaching traditional woodland and rural skills since 2006 and have been responsible for training up a number of people now heavily involved in Wales’ community and small woodland sector. So what better place to hold a woodland skillshare? The college is one of the more active members of the Llais y Goedwig network, and staff member Nick Barnes spoke at the Cardiff launch of the organisation in 2009, so it seems fitting to visit Cwm Plysgog Wood now, two years on.
The event will be an informal gathering with plenty of space for networking and discussion between participants. We’ve had lots of feedback from previous events saying that networking is one of the most valuable aspects of the events we’ve run so far, so this time there will be plenty of opportunities for that! We want the content of the event to be member generated rather than shipping in guest speakers from elsewhere. We know that our members have a whole host of skills, aptitudes and stories to share. So, we’re appealing to you to come forward; if you’ve got a skill to share that you think will be of benefit and interest to other members then please get in touch with Jo at the Llais y Goedwig office and we’ll try to fit you into the schedule. It could be anything from the practical to the bureaucratic…we look forward to hearing your ideas and inspiration.
If you’re not already a member join HERE
Watch this space for more information:
Accomodation list- below is a list of local B&B’s, hotels and campsites near Cilgerran, also a link to further campsites in the area that could be suitable for people coming to the skillshare event. Don’t forget the forest film evening on the Friday night (the 14th)- why not come and make a weekend of it?
Cardigan Accomodation List – B&B, hotel and camping JUNE 2011
http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/townlisting.asp?town=Cardigan
Also see this member’s B&B, which is close by in Llechryd, and has single room for £35, as well as doubles- he’ll be coming to the event and can even offer you a lift! The website is www.bedandbreakfastwestwales.co.uk
