The Tree Council’s Tree Futures offers help for tree planting through two grants programmes, the ‘Trees for Schools‘ and ‘Community Trees‘ funds. Any school or community group within the UK that is planning a project that actively involves children under 16 is encouraged to draw on the fund to plant trees and make a greener future.
The Tree Council’s National Tree Week (from 29 November to 7 December in 2014) is the focus for these projects and successful applicants organise their planting events in conjunction with our annual celebration of the new tree planting season.
In addition, we are offering funds for fruit tree planting by schools and community groups through our Orchard Windfalls fund, first launched for the 2013 planting season. We are able to fund projects between £100 and £700 and successful applicants will receive up to 75% towards their planting costs. For example, if your project totals £700, The Tree Council would offer up to £525. The remaining 25% will need to be secured by your school or organisation.
With the generous support of an anonymous donor we have been able to produce a Key Stage 1 & 2 teaching and learning resource which will be sent out free of charge to all successful grant applicants. To see taster pages and information about how to purchase the CD ROM please click on this Tree Ties link.’
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Tree Grants for Schools and Community Groups
‘Grant applications for the 2014 planting season are now open.
Ideas for Nature Play
Some great downloadable resources here on nature play – from active recipes to messy recipes!
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Nurture the Nature in your Garden
A link to information about the latest ‘citizen survey’ of wildlife in our gardens, which begins today.
‘Britain’s biggest public-led investigation into the health of native wildlife has begun, with the launch of the national Garden Wildlife Health project
A partnership between the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), Froglife and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Garden Wildlife Health is the first collaborative citizen science project of its kind, relying on data provided from garden-owners across the nation….’
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Rethinking Parks
‘Over the next two years, Nesta, The Heritage Lottery Fund and The Big Lottery Fund will back a small number of pioneering innovations, with a focus on finding the new business models that will enable our parks to thrive for the next century.
For example, what if parks made the most of temporary installations to generate income – like open air cinemas, food festivals or art showcases? What if communities took on the maintenance of parks, or real-time user data from smartphones was used to inform maintenance regimes?
If you’ve got an idea to reimagine the way your local park is used, maintained or run, we want to hear from you.’
School Gardening Training Courses
This is a link to the RHS programme of courses.
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The Importance of Play for Adults
An interesting article which suggests ways in which adult playfulness can help productivity, happiness and relationships. Click on the link for more.
I’m already working on some ‘games’ for the family Christmas!
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Chinese Carvery
‘One tree, four years of work and an indescribable amount of talent: that’s what it took to create this incredible masterpiece. A famous Chinese wood carver chopped down a single tree and tirelessly worked on it for over four years to make this piece. Your jaw will hit the floor when you see what he created.’
Click on the picture for the full story…
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