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Join Wooplaw Woods
Support your community woodlands annual membership is only £5 for individuals and £10 for families.
Make a positive difference to the environment and help your community manage its woodland.
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Or if you prefer complete the membership application form available here. Spread the word and print out and pass on our leaflet to a friend or two.
Get more from your Community Woodland
Wooplaw Woods are owned and managed for the benefit of the community in general. You may already be aware of some of the benefits of this magical place. What you may not be clear on is how it is actually managed. The management group are all ordinary folk with day jobs and from a variety of backgrounds.
Workdays will either be specific maintenance tasks like tree planting, path maintenance and bridge building, or, general ongoing things like birch and sitka clearance or checking young trees. A general programme for the year is in the Events page but the vagaries of the weather and other unpredictable events means that this cannot be definitive.
Several times a year there are events for the general public, these are always meant to be fun and to help to cultivate a woodland culture.
More willing hands are always needed whatever is happening. Events need organising, publicity, setting up, manning and of course clearing up. As everyone knows more hands make even the most daunting task more manageable. There are always simple maintenance tasks to be done around the woods which require no specialist skills or knowledge, just simple tools like secateurs and spades. See current list of maintenance tasks here.
There are a number of volunteers who have undertaken training in the use of chainsaws and woodland management and we can call on their skills when necessary. For those who would like to get more involved there will be training opportunities either at or through Wooplaw.
So, why don’t you give it a go come along in old clothes with strong boots or wellies and a pair of garden gloves. Fresh air, exercise and you’ll have made positive difference to the environment. That’s added value!
Look forward to seeing you one of these Sundays.
