Previous Grants & Bursaries
These have been many and varied over the years, but some recent and more unusual examples include:
ELWY WORKING WOODS
With James Walmsley’s encouragement we applied for and got a grant from Woodland Heritage towards a £10,000 improvement project which included improving access, buying and installing a generator, reroofing our timber drying shed and running our first course; a women only timber framing course during which we would build our new composting toilet block.
Dunkeld Tree Trail
A contribution towards new interpretation at the Dunkeld Tree Trail, which included a new guide for visitors to be found here.
Download the Dunkeld Tree Trail pdf
Funding for this contribution was made possible thanks to a generous gift received from Woodland Heritage’s most generous benefactor, Sydney Draper. After his death and to mark the incredible difference that he made towards the charity’s work, a new bench was commissioned and paid for by Woodland Heritage along the Dunkeld Tree Trail.
A Forestry Skills Study for England and Wales
The Forestry Skills Study was commissioned by the Royal Forestry Society (RFS) with support from Woodland Heritage, Forestry Commission England, Scottish Forestry Trust and University of Cumbria, on behalf of the Forestry Skills Forum. An open Invitation to Quote was issued by the RFS in April 2017 and, following a competitive tendering process, RDI Associates were appointed to undertake the work in May 2017. The study was overseen by a Steering Group comprising Simon Lloyd (Royal Forestry Society), Steve Fowkes (Forestry Commission England), Guy Corbett-Marshall (Woodland Heritage) and Mark Tomlinson (University of Cumbria).
Click here to download & read the pdf
Professor Oliver Rackham OBE FBA notebooks
Digitisation of some of the notebooks that had been kept during his lifetime by one of Britain’s most respected tree experts, Professor Oliver Rackham OBE FBA, examples of which can be found here:
celebration of craftmanship & design
Woodland Heritage’s Best Use of British Timber Awards at the Celebration of Craftsmanship & Design exhibition aims to promote the use of local resources to produce pieces that have added meaning beyond their basic function.
This collaboration has lasted nearly a decade now and recognises that the use of local materials has numerous benefits for the designer-maker’s local economy and environment. The proper felling, processing and drying of wood are skilled trades that are important to preserve to ensure the continued effective management of the woodlands, forests and landscapes that we all enjoy. By using local materials in bespoke work, the exhibitors are ensuring that it is used beautifully, in an item that will be cherished and kept for generations.