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NEWS: Support woodland arts and crafts this festive season.

Written by Llais y Goedwig on . Posted in News.

Coednet launches the woodland Christmas Marketplace.

    If you are looking for unique gifts that will support woodlands across Wales – then visit the Coednet online marketplace this festive season. The market hosts plenty of makers selling products from the woodlands of Wales. From baskets to bowls, jewellery to furniture this is the best way to connect to your local craftspeople and shop local.

    Click here to visit the marketplace

    Every post features a Meet The Maker conversation for more information on the inspiration behind the products.

    Running til the 17th December.

    If you want more information about Coednet – whether you are a maker or a buyer please get in touch!

    EVENT: Hadau Cymreig Coed Cymreig / Welsh Seeds Welsh Trees

    Written by Llais y Goedwig on . Posted in Events.

    Friday 3 November 2023 10:30 – 15:30

    Venue: Long Wood Community Woodland / Allt Cefn Foel Llanfair Clydogau Lampeter SA48 8NE

    Collecting local seed to improve the supply of Welsh provenance trees

    In order to tackle the climate crisis, we support saving local heritage tree seeds and propagation for local projects in Wales. This workshop is part of a training program to enable Welsh communities to register tree seed clusters, collect tree seeds from healthy trees and set up their own tree nurseries to provide saplings for local tree planting projects.

    This course is for anyone who wants to contribute to tree planting in Wales – you don’t need land or a woodland – we can all collect seed from our local trees!

    The one-day course will cover the case for using locally sourced native trees in new woodland creation and highlight that this can only happen if there is a reliable supply of seed to tree nurseries.

    It will also cover:

    • The selection of suitable trees for seed collection and recognition of stands for possible registration as indigenous sources will be explained.

    • How to supply seed to commercial nurseries: collections need to be registered with the Forest Reproductive Materials Regulations (FRM), which allows tracing of the trees back to their seed source.

    • Include an introduction to FRM, and the logistics of supplying seed for sale will be presented along with an account of practical experience and case studies.

    The morning session- from 10:30 to 13:00- this will be available to join online if you cannot make it in person. The afternoon session 14:00 to 15:30 will be a guided walk in the woods.

    If you would like to book on the online section, do not use the eventbrite link that is for the in-person course only. To sign up online email jayne@llaisygoedwig.org.uk and she will send you the joining link.

    This event has been made possible with thanks to Coed Cadw, the Woodland Trust in Wales, with support from Players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

    To attend – please send us an email jayne@llaisygoedwig.org.uk to receive details on how to join.

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    Casglu hadau lleol i wella’r cyflenwad o goed sy’n tarddu o Gymru

    Er mwyn mynd i’r afael â’r argyfwng hinsawdd, rydym yn cefnogi arbed hadau coed treftadaeth leol a lluosogi ar gyfer prosiectau lleol yng Nghymru. Mae’r gweithdy hwn yn rhan o raglen hyfforddi i alluogi cymunedau Cymru i gofrestru clystyrau o hadau coed, casglu hadau coed o goed iach a sefydlu eu meithrinfeydd coed eu hunain i ddarparu glasbrennau i brosiectau plannu coed lleol.

    Mae’r cwrs hwn ar gyfer unrhyw un sydd eisiau cyfrannu at blannu coed yng Nghymru – nid oes angen tir na choetir arnoch – gall bawb ohonom gasglu hadau o’n coed lleol!

    Bydd y cwrs un diwrnod yn ymdrin â’r achos o blaid defnyddio coed brodorol sy’n tarddu’n lleol mewn creadigaeth goetir newydd gan bwysleisio mai dim ond os oes cyflenwad dibynadwy o hadau ar gyfer meithrinfeydd coed y gall hyn ddigwydd.

    Byddwn hefyd yn ymdrin â’r canlynol:

    • Bydd y detholiad o goed addas ar gyfer casglu hadau a chydnabyddiaeth o’r rhai sydd â’r posibilrwydd o gael eu cofrestru fel ffynonellau brodorol, yn cael ei egluro.

    • Sut i gyflenwi hadau ar gyfer meithrinfeydd planhigion masnachol: mae angen i gasgliadau gael eu cofrestru gyda’r Rheoliadau Deunyddiau Atgenhedlol y Goedwig (FRM) sy’n caniatáu olrhain y coed yn ôl i’w ffynhonnell hadau.

    • Cynnwys cyflwyniad i FRM, a bydd logisteg cyflenwi hadau i’w rhoi ar werth yn cael ei gyflwyno ynghyd â chrynodeb o brofiad ymarferol ac astudiaethau achos.

    Y sesiwn bore – rhwng 10:30 a 13:00 – bydd posib ymuno ar-lein os na allwch fynychu wyneb yn wyneb. Bydd y sesiwn bore rhwng 14:00 a 15:30 yn daith gerdded dan arweiniad yn y goedwig.

    Os hoffech archebu lle drwy’r adran ar-lein, peidiwch â defnyddio’r ddolen bright link sydd ar gyfer y cwrs wyneb yn wyneb yn unig. I gofrestru ar-lein anfonwch e-bost at jayne@llaisygoedwig.org.uk a bydd hi’n anfon y ddolen i chi ymuno.

    Mae’r digwyddiad hwn wedi bod yn bosibl gyda diolch i Goed Cadw gyda chefnogaeth chwaraewyr y People’s Postcode Lottery.

    I fynychu – anfonwch e-bost atom jayne@llaisygoedwig.org.uk i dderbyn manylion ar sut i ymuno.

    NEWS: Green Space Health Project Lead job

    Written by Llais y Goedwig on . Posted in News.

    Centre for Sustainable Health Care are Hiring!

    This is an exciting new role and will be part of the NHS Forest and CSH Green Team. The Green Space for Health Project Lead will lead on our Trees Call to Action funded project, expanding the NHS Forest, coordinating bespoke ecological advice to NHS sites, and assessing the NHS green estate to ensure it is being used to its full potential.

    • Home-based with monthly travel to Oxford and some travel to sites within the UK
    • Full time (37.5 hours per week)
    • Salary: £34,000 per annum
    • Fixed term contract – October 2023 – March 2025, with a view to extend subject to funding

    Apply by 9am Monday 9th October, interviews will take place on Thursday 19th October.

    About the role

    The Green Space for Health Project Lead will build partnerships with environmental organisations and healthcare representatives to strengthen the relationship between the NHS Forest and key stakeholders. You will also have the opportunity to influence national policy, through attending national policy forums such as the Green Infrastructure Partnership. You will also contribute to the development and delivery of our new NHS Forest and Green Space training courses.

    The post requires someone who is effective in engaging others, with excellent communication skills, a good understanding of biodiversity, conservation and nature recovery, a strong commitment to climate action and the ability to get things done.

    Responsibilities will include: 
    1. Delivering a programme to facilitate planting 11,000 trees at NHS sites, including liaising with health organisations and tree suppliers, providing advice and information, and monitoring and reporting on programme progress
    2. Coordinating the delivery of ecological advice on trees and woodlands to the NHS
    3. Working with NHS Forest advisory board to design and deliver horizon-scanning work on the state of and future of the NHS green estate
    4. Collaborating with new and existing partners to build the reach and influence of the NHS Forest programme
    5. Maintaining and update the NHS Forest evidence database, preparing research and policy summaries for the website
    6. Researching and reviewing relevant documents and contribute to national policy forums
    7. Communicating about the NHS Forest and Green Space for Health Programme to a wide range of audiences, including giving presentations at conferences, webinars and other events
    8. Working with the Green Space for Health Director and education teams on developing and delivering Green Space for Health training courses
    9. Working with the Green Space for Health Engagement, Marketing and Communications Lead to contribute to developing and running the annual NHS Forest conference, coordinating the annual NHS Forest award scheme, and researching and writing news stories, case studies, blogs and other good practice materials for the NHS Forest website and newsletter
    10. Contributing to the future development of the Green Space for Health programme and the NHS Forest programme, including the development of new projects as opportunities arise
    11. Contributing to the Green Space for Health team activities and wider work across CSH as required
    How to apply 

    Please see the full job description attached.

    To apply, please email your CV and a cover letter, explaining how your skills and experience match this role to info@sustainablehealthcare.org.uk(link sends e-mail)
    Your cover letter should detail how you fit the Person Specification and be no longer than two pages long. Your application will be assessed solely by how well you fit these requirements and to what extent you demonstrate your experience and/or knowledge of the tasks you will be required to complete as part of the role.

    For any questions, please contact info@sustainablehealthcare.org.uk(link sends e-mail)

    Closing date: 9am Monday 9th October 

    EVENT: The Llais y Goedwig AGM

    Written by Llais y Goedwig on . Posted in Events.

    Thursday October 12th 4:00pm – 6:00pm

    Join us online for the Llais y Goedwig AGM; hear about the development of Llais y Goedwig over the past year, what projects we have coming up and tell us what our priorities should be for our members in 2024.

    There is also the opportunity to discover how your woodland can achieve the National Forest for Wales status and what funding can help you. There will also be a short presentation followed by a discussion about firewood regulations and how this could impact community woodlands possible income and ability to help your communities with fuel poverty.

    To attend – please send us an email info@llaisygoedwig.org.uk to receive details on how to join.

    NEWS: Branching out from My Tree Our Forest

    Written by Llais y Goedwig on . Posted in News.

    Volunteers from Blaen Bran community woodland have played an active part in a new tree planting initiative based in Torfaen, SE Wales. The ‘Branching Out’ project brings together key officers from Torfaen Council and leads from the local housing association, Bron Afon Community Housing to identify small areas of land where trees could be planted,

    This followed Blaen Bran Community Woodland (BBCW) involvement in the pilot phase of the ‘My Tree, Our Forest’ Welsh Government project, as several of those collecting trees had asked about whether there might be communal spaces where trees could be planted.  

    BBCW and Llais y Goedwig board member, Dave Williams, was elected as a Torfaen councillor in May 2022, and in this role he was able to bring together different councillor colleagues to support this initiative. BBCW volunteer Kris Thobroe had been successful in getting a paid position in the Torfaen Council countryside team, so he was willing and able to ‘check out’ potential sites on the ground. Bron Afon community housing were keen to see more trees in community areas – so it was a ‘win, win’ opportunity – with 30 initial sites identified, and now more being nominated by members of the public.

    Definitely a case of some branching out from My Tree, Our Forest!

    TK 02: Woodland Health Survey

    Written by Llais y Goedwig on . Posted in Toolkits.

    Woodlands are special places and important for people, plants and wildlife. Unfortunately, however, they are facing a number of threats including climate change, development, pollution and attack from tree diseases. As a result, many woodlands are in poor condition and 1 in 6 woodland flowers is threatened with extinction. Ancient woodlands, home to many vulnerable and threatened species, are now rare and cover just 2.4% of the UK.

    If we are to restore and protect these precious habitats we need tools to help us. The Woodland Health Survey is designed to help those who manage or look after woodlands.

    TK 02 – Woodland Health SurveyDownload

    AN 09: Your woodlands as a resource for the Arts

    Written by Llais y Goedwig on . Posted in Advisory Notes.

    This Advisory Note is about putting together an arts event in your local woodlands. It is
    based on the experiences of Golygfa Gwydyr who have run the Caerdroia Theatre in the
    Gwydyr Forest for over 10 years. This Advisory Note outlines what needs to be considered
    when developing an idea, approaches to community engagement, and the practicalities of
    running an event in the forest. An example of a typical Golygfa Gwydyr event is outlined so
    you can see how we produce an event.

    AN 09 – Your woodalnds as a resource for the artsDownload

    AN 08: Managing your woodlands with a local community – a quide for landowners

    Written by Llais y Goedwig on . Posted in Advisory Notes.

    This advisory note gives information about how communities and landowners can work
    together. Most woodlands in Wales benefit from active management to improve the
    quality of the habitat and generate a sustainable source of timber. Many landowners
    struggle to find the resources to effectively manage their woodlands, but involving the
    local community can be an effective solution to the benefit of landowners, people and the
    woodlands themselves.

    AN 08 – Managing your woodlands with a local community – A guide for landownersDownload

    AN 07: Writing a woodland management plan

    Written by Llais y Goedwig on . Posted in Advisory Notes.

    The key to successful woodland management is good information and careful planning. This Advisory
    Note provides guidance on the types and sources of the information you will need and some ideas
    for how you might build up understanding of your woodlands over time. This is set against the
    theoretical background of sustainable woodland management derived from internationally accepted
    good practice.

    AN 07 – Writing a woodland management planDownload



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