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you a member of a local woodland group? If
so let us hear form you so that we can let
your views and work be seen on this site.
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Coppicewood College the School of Rural Skills in west Wales
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Based in north Pembrokeshire, Coppicewood College provides accredited training and educational programmes in traditional rural skills and related crafts. The college also educates its members and volunteers in developing thier own traditional rural skills.Coppicewood College aims to address some of the wider global issues and challenges faced by all modern rural communities. |
Nanteos Woodland Group
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Nanteos Woodland Group is a
group of local woodland owners, forest workers and enthusiasts and is
based in the lower Ystwyth Valley near Aberystwyth in West Wales. We
are committed to sustainable woodland
management and integrated development, to diversify and strengthen the
local rural economy. Over the past five years we have been involved in
various projects benefiting local school children and members of the
community in the Ystwyth Valley. |
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Blaen Bran Community Woodland
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A woodland owned and managed by the local community
at Cwmbran for recreation and educational purposes |
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Woodhouse Wood
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We
are Woodhouse Wood Community Co-op and have
been since 2002. We are a voluntary, non-profit
making group and a registered company. Some of
us are a
loose association of craftsmen and artists celebrating
the beauty of wood and its myriad uses. Mostly
we are just people who have known
the woodland over the past few years and believe
it to be a good place. |
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| Grey
Beards Wood |
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We
see ourselves as more caretakers of the
woodland and recognise economic stability
is a key factor in achieving our aims,
together with training our youth in traditional
craft skills. |
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Moelyci Canolfan Amgycheddol Environmental
Centre
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The aim is to establish an environmental centre
devoted to local community regeneration, the
promotion of co-operative community activities
and to local community education. |
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Coetir Mynydd
Woodland Community Group
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Residents in Mynydd Llandegai and vicinity
have recently formed a charitable company called
Coetir Mynydd, which has taken ownership of the
Parc yr Ynys woodland and Llyn Coed y Parc from
the Penrhyn Estate. |
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Friends of Forest Farm
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In March 1990 a Group was formed to contribute
in whatever way possible to the protection and
development of the Glamorgan Canal Local Nature
Reserve and Forest Farm, and to promote the study
of flora and fauna in their natural habitat.
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Ruperra Conservation Trust
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Coed Craig Ruperra, a 150 acre woodland between
Newport and Cardiff in South Wales, U.K.Grid
Ref.ST223 866, is owned by Ruperra Conservation
Trust. |
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Roseheyworthy Community Woodlands
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The majority of these projects are community
led projects, that is the actual community has
identified a need for; has been involved with – the design, layout and location for the projects |
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The Bangor Forest Garden Project
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The Bangor Forest Garden Project was started
in January 1998 on a 1/4 hectare field at the
University of Wales, Bangor's research farm,
Henfaes, near Abergwyngregyn, Gwynedd, North
Wales. |
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Woods For All
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Our aim is to purchase land, which is then
sold to a community of landowners to be held
unchanged and protected forever. We are not profit
taking; instead all profits made are used to
purchase other woodland habitats. |
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| Community
Woodlands Assoc. |
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Scotland's
community woodland groups. Our aim is to
help community woodlands across the country
achieve their aspirations and potential,
by supporting, representing and promoting
community woodlands both in the corridors
of power, and "on the ground". |
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| Woodland
Initiative Network |
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There
are a large number of initiatives working
in a variety of areas to maintain or increase
woodland cover and help communities and groups
to maintain and enjoy woodlands, as well
as teaching skills for vocational use or
purely for interest. |
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| Community
Woodland Network |
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The
Community Woodland Network is an interactive
network for community woodland groups to
share information and resources. We know
that all these groups benefit from the exchange
of ideas and support with resources |
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| Tir
Coed |
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The
organisation has evolved in tune with the
Welsh Assembly Government's priorities of
Health, Social Inclusion and Education. |
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| Cyd
Coed |
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100%
grant funding to help the people of Wales
use woodland for a better future. |
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| Communities First Support Network |
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Welcome to the Communities First Support Network
website. We are a consortium of eight national
voluntary sector organisations that work across
Wales providing support to those involved in
the Communities First programme. |
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Community Development Foundation |
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CDF Wales' main role is to work with partners
throughout Wales to influence, support and strengthen
good community development practice and policies. |
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| Tree Nurseries of Powys |
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Tree Nurseries of Powys promotes native trees grown from local seed, and supports businesses and projects in Mid Wales to plant native trees and sell local seedlings and seeds. |
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| SIREN |
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The SIREN project is a not-for-profit enterprise in Brecon, Powys, which creates jobs and training for long-term unemployed people. Their main activity is a carpentry workshop which uses local wood to make wooden furniture and other products. |
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| Longwood Community Woodland |
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A community woodland co-operative and forest education project near Lampeter. |
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Coed Marros Coop |
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The Coed Marros Cooperative vision is to experiment with and demonstrate different ways of harmonising sustainable human livelihoods with the nurturing and caring for the Coed Marros woodland based upon Permaculture ethics and principles. |
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