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CWT members conference at Newton Rigg
A date that was in our diaries ever since we started this traineeship was Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s annual member’s conference
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A date that was in our diaries ever since we started this traineeship was Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s annual member’s conference
An informative three days at the Cumbria BogLIFE conference in Penrith
As Isaac and my apprenticeship scheme is run through Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, we were invited to their annual supporter’s day at Bolton Abbey in Skipton.
Isaac and I had our first radio interview! It was on BBC Radio Cumbria, as part of a programme on apprenticeships.
Our apprenticeship has come from a scheme called ‘Green Futures’, a project run by Our Bright Future. Green Futures consists of four environmental youth orientated groups: Eco Schools, Young…
Meadow Life is a hay meadow restoration project that has been running here at CWT for three and a half years. It comes to an end at the end of October, so the ceilidh was organised to celebrate…
My last couple of months at Cumbria Wildlife Trust have gone in a flash and it’s time for me to move onto pastures new. In this post I look back on my apprenticeship and reflect on what I’ve…
On Wednesday Isaac and I split up and did different things for the day. As he went off to learn how to use a scythe, I chose to have a slightly less physically taxing day and attended a ‘Seawatch…
Our first taste of life as the new apprentices came on the second day with a visit to Nibthwaite Farm in the Rusland Valley to do some hedgerow surveying. We were joined by Kate Cartmell Done and…