Work with Volunteers & Staff
Volunteers, and work with the community, are essential elements for community woodlands.
It is the community aspect, and involvement of volunteers, that gives the community woodland sector its character. Those involved with the woodland shape it’s use, and draw in the community around for recreation, helping with jobs to be done, and developing a sense of connection and belonging, It is the connecting of people and landscape.
Volunteers
Encouraging and supporting volunteer involvement is key for Community Woodlands – bringing connection to the community and access to skills and experience.
- Publications –
- Experience –
- Blaen Bran Woodland Services Sample: ‘Volunteer Policy’
- Blaen Bran Community Woodlands Sample: ‘Ground rules for use of volunteer cabin’
- Anonymous Community Woodland Sample: ‘Woodland Volunteer Policy’
- Anonymous Community Woodland Sample: ‘Policy for Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults’
- Anonymous Community Woodland Sample: ‘Equality Policy’
- LlyG member blog: An active year for Knighton Tree Allotments Trust
- LlyG member blog – Kites, bramble bashing and cowboy rock – the community stewardship of Kilvey Hill
- LlyG members blog – One volunteers story: highlights in the evolution of Tre-Telynog Environmental Group
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Engaging with community
Taking time to understand the local community – areas of interest or concern – is important for engagement and building good relationships.
- Publications –
- Experience –
- Useful contacts –
- Welsh Government Publications: ‘Community and town councils’
- One Voice Wales Network: represents and supports community and town councils
- Development Trusts Association Wales Network: membership group for Development Trusts
- Cynnal Cymru Network: supporting the development of community sustainability
Staff
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