The Forestry Commission   are running some woodfuel events in South Yorkshire as part of their work on the Activating Forest Owners project Find out more here

Kent Downs AONB are running a  free half-day seminar on managing woodland for game and wildlife on June 23rd.  Places are limited so please book as early as possible. Booking is via the Game & Wildlife Conservancy Trust: By telephone – 01425 651 013 (Lynda Ferguson) By email – [email protected] Or via the web –  …

Last weekend SWOG members were kindly  invited to Sarah and Stephen’s beautiful oak pasture woodland, Alvecote Wood, near Tamworth in Stafforshire.

The Sussex & Surrey Coppice Group is once again organising a ‘Coppice Week’ on Ashdown Forest to run between 17th and 22nd May.

For those in the Gloucestershire area or if you are looking for a summer  Bank Holiday outing, check out the Festival of the Tree, Westonbirt 26th – 29th Aug http://www.woodfairs.co.uk/england/

Surrey & Sussex Coppice Group are once again putting on a ‘Coppice Week’ on Ashdown Forest in East Sussex.

Nature’s Craft are offering a heavily discounted weekend course in Bushcraft next month, which is only available to SWOG members and their families.

Anyone  interested in learning to weave  baskets from chestnut bark?

There is a free horse logging event at St Julian’s (near Sevenoaks) on Thursday 18th November and there will also be a firewood processing machinery demonstration from Jonathan Latham from Forestry Equipment. The event is aimed at land managers and woodland owners. All welcome,  for more details click on the flyer http://www.swog.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Horse-logging-event-at-St-Julians-18-Nov-2010.pdf

There is one last place available on the ‘EcoDiy’ green woodworking day workshop  in Essex on Sunday 24th October.

Low-Impact Smallholding Survey with Simon Fairlie, Jyoti Fernandes and Rebecca Laughton October 15th – 18th (Fri – Mon) £295 residential, £195 non-residential, £230 camping) (Fri-Sun rates and concessions available, including £25 off residential and camping rates for SWOG members)