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40,000 enrol in The Queen’s Green Canopy Junior Forester Award
Nearly 40,000 children and young people are already taking part in The Queen’s Green Canopy Junior Forester Award as part of celebrations for Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
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Forestry in the Community: New Level 1 Qualification
As the UK plants more woodland to help fight climate change, a new Level 1 Forestry in the Community Award has been launched. It will give young people aged 14-19 their first experience and qualifications in forestry.
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The Royal Mint and The Queen’s Green Canopy Junior Forester Award
The Royal Mint is gifting 7,000 commemorative Platinum Jubilee coins to children who complete the special Jubilee edition of The Queen’s Green Canopy Junior Forester Award.
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RFS Education and Learning Excellence Award 2021
Coleg Glynllifon Further Education College, Gwynedd, has won the award with their Level 2 & 3 BTECs Countryside and Forestry courses. Second place went to the School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, for two part-time MSc on-line courses. A Certificate of Merit was awarded to Nature’s Classroom, Creggan Country Park, Derry.
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Forestry for Non Foresters
For owners and managers of woodlands with little or no experience, the Royal Forestry Society (RFS) is hosting subsidized two-day courses to demystify forestry, leading participants through the forest cycle from establishment to harvesting timber.
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Welcome aboard: Sam and Kate join RFS team
The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) is delighted to welcome two new members of staff to our team.
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Take the survey!
Take part in a sector wide survey and have you say on the skills needed in the forestry workforce.
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Getting Started: Setting up your Woodland Site
Creating an outdoor learning area on your school site out of an unused corner of trees can seem a daunting prospect but here's what we've learned through setting up numerous sites in the last 20 years of RFS Teaching Trees.
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Getting Started: Outdoor Learning Kit
Schools often ask us what we'd recommend if you're getting started with Outdoor Learning or if you've been given some money to refresh your kit. Here's our guide to what's in our kit stores
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Winners make a poetic splash
Where My Wellies Take Me competition entries have caused quite a splash with the six amazing winners announced today, World Book Day.
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