Well despite a very cold Friday this week we still managed to have a great day, especially as we were joined once again by a group from The Worcester Volunteer Centre. The group kindly shared with us their feeling about attending the project and I'm pleased to say they were all positive! Here are a selection of some people's comments:
David - I enjoy coming because it means I'm outdoors and not stuck in a factory like in the past. I did a YTS years ago and all my skills from then I am using again.
Matt - I enjoy being outdoors in the environment. I enjoy the work and learning new things.
Gail & Penny, some of the trusty volunteer centre staff said - we have watched our volunteers grow in confidence........and commented that the WWP group are welcoming, with a friendly atmosphere and work as a team.
This week Amanda felt a little unwell so she came and sat around the campfire for some quiet time and a warm up. This was great to see her able to do this on just her second visit to the WWP. The first visit Amanda was scared to join the group circle sat round the fire and found it hard to pluck up the courage to join in anything. However by the end of that first day she had a grin from ear to ear - I said "you look like you enjoyed that Amanda" to which she replied, still grinning "It was brilliant - there's no stopping me now!"
That's we like to hear!
The Worcestershire Woodland Project (WWP) offers participants an opportunity to experience working in an outdoor woodland setting, learning new skills, building social skills and raising levels of confidence. The project aims to equip participants with vocational skills to use in the workplace whilst also involving people in conservation work and improving levels of physical and mental health and wellbeing through the use of social forestry. Activities range from coppicing, weaving fences, pole lathe wood turning, cooking on camp fires to walking through the woodland learning the history and dynamics of the woodland environment. Our base camp is in Churchill Wood, Spetchley. Materials are sourced from the wood itself.
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