With supporting funding from Land of the Fanns, Essex Wildlife Trust (EWT) organised a course that introduced volunteers to brickwork repair of older structures. The nine volunteers were from the EWT’s Warley Place nature reserve and Upminster Windmill. Expert tuition was provided by the very experienced ‘Mac’ from Place Services,
Environmental and heritage projects set to benefit Do you run a community project that needs some funding? The Land of the Fanns Landscape Partnership Project’s Community Grant fund is open for applications again. Grants of up to £5,000 are available for local groups to run environmental or heritage projects within
It’s been another busy summer for the Land of the Fanns project with the team and partners engaged in delivery of training, events and the development and delivery of projects across the landscape. Here’s a round-up of highlights from the last six months. Training focus The Land of the Fanns
Budding naturalists can discover the amazing variety of wildlife living in your local area at a free BioBlitz day at Thames Chase Forest Centre on Sunday 21 July 2019. From 10am until 3pm, with the Land of the Fanns and Thames Chase Trust, as part of the Mayor of London’s
Mitchell Jacobs, Forest Craftsperson Apprentice with Forestry England, gives us an update on his apprenticeship to date… It has been five months since starting my apprenticeship, and the training I have received has been put into good use. The most recent project was in habitat improvement along the Ingrebourne River
Land of the Fanns were the business partner for Grays Convent School on this year’s Next Top Boss challenge. Thurrock’s Next Top Boss, run by Inspire Thurrock Council, gives young people the chance of working with local employers on real business challenges. Jodie, student at Grays Convent School tells us
It has been three months since Mitchell and Tegan started their Forest Craftsperson Apprenticeship with the Forestry Commission. As part of the Land of the Fanns Scheme, the Forestry Commission at Thames Chase are hosting two apprentices on their National Apprenticeship Scheme. Mitchell and Tegan gave us an insight into
As we are now a year and a half into the project, it’s probably a useful time to recap on what the Land of the Fanns Landscape Partnership is about from a manager’s perspective. For the community it’s a five year programme that began in 2017 that will deliver 27
A few lucky local residents took a ride of a lifetime one Saturday in July. A shire horse-drawn 1906 omnibus delivered them, as they would have done back in Victorian times, slowly and relaxingly, to several historic locations around Havering. The horse drawn carriage was a Land of the Fanns
The Land of the Fanns team have been busy once again, right across the project area from Havering Country Park to Davy Down, and Weald to Belhus, on projects ranging from photography workshops to river clean ups and tree planting. Â We have hit an all time high on our social
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