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Llais y Goedwig conference and AGM flyer 2012 bilingual

We are excited to announce that this year [...]]]> The 2012 Llais y Goedwig national conference and AGM will be held on the 9th and 10th March 2012 (Friday and Saturday) and bookings are now open! Booking form for LlyG annual conference and AGM 2012- English

Llais y Goedwig conference and AGM flyer 2012 bilingual

We are excited to announce that this year it will be held at the groundbreaking Wales Institute for Sustainable Education, based at the Centre for Alternative Technology in Machynlleth, mid Wales. For more details on the building see http://info.cat.org.uk/wise

For details on the work at C.A.T. see http://www.cat.org.uk All attendees will have free entry to the site and be able to look around the display circuit there. We are also hoping to arrange some special tours of their woodfuel boilers and woodland, as well as the visits out to local community woodlands.

It should be an inspiring and memorable weekend so don’t delay returning your booking form!

To book return the form below to Jo as soon as you can to reserve your space
Booking form for LlyG annual conference and AGM 2012- English

Any queries contact Jo: jo.cooper@llaisygoedwig.org.uk

Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, local volunteers of the Moelyci Social and Natural Heritage Project have been busy collecting local oral histories and researching the history of the farm.

You will have an opportunity [...]]]> The official opening of the Heritage Trail at Moelyci Environmental Centre will be held on 17th Sept 2011, 2pm.

Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, local volunteers of the Moelyci Social and Natural Heritage Project have been busy collecting local oral histories and researching the history of the farm.

You will have an opportunity to walk the trail with the help of a new map that highlights the archaeological, agricultural and natural features along the trail. A selection of people’s memories of the farm will help create a picture of Moelyci past and present.

Afterwards you can relax with a cup of tea while you browse the Moelyci Heritage Exhibition.

Foe more details contact Frances Smith: heritage@moelyci.org

- The Glastir Woodland Management scheme will open for applications in January 2012 and will be open for about 3 months. This is for management of existing woodland and is different [...]]]> Jenny was at the Glastir Woodland Management Stakeholders’ meeting on Tuesday on behalf of LlyG and has the following titbits to pass on:

- The Glastir Woodland Management scheme will open for applications in January 2012 and will be open for about 3 months. This is for management of existing woodland and is different from the Glastir Woodland Creation scheme. The application process looks as if it will be reasonably straightforward and will involve a visit by a Woodland planner to advise on what works will be funded to acheive priority environmental/biodiversity objectives for your woods. You should find out pretty quickly if you’ve been accepted onto the scheme but the contracts won’t start until 1 Jan 2013 and will run for 5 years.

- If you would like to offer your woods for the scheme you need a CRN number. If you are already in BWW then you will already have a CRN number – if you don’t then it is a good idea to get your number now. If you’re not sure what a CRN number is or how to get one then please contact Jo and we will do our best to help.

- If you are already in BWW it looks as if it should be possible to also apply for Glastir but ONLY for activities which are not already in your BWW or for parcels of land not already in the scheme.

- An advert for people to apply to be Woodland planner for Glastir is due on Sell2Wales very soon. If you would like to apply but are not registered with Sell2Wales then  contact Jo and we can forward the advert to you once it appears.

-  The Forestry Commission is beginning the process of putting together ideas for the next RDP – ie grant funding including Glastir, Leader etc. from 2014 onwards. Llais y Goedwig is included in the stakeholders the FC will be working with on RDP. This is great news and makes it even more important to get our Manifesto ready – see http://llaisygoedwig.org.uk/what-we-do/engage-with-policy/ for where we’ve got to with this. Please let us have your ideas for how grants etc could be used to support the development of community woodlands – you can add to the blog on the website http://llaisygoedwig.org.uk/2011/08/12/a-llyg-manifesto/, the Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Llais-y-Goedwig/ . Or by post, phone, direct email etc. to Jo or Jenny.

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 [...]]]> Llais y Goedwig Woodland Skillshare 15^th 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 15^th 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