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Highlights – Greenery & People!

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One of the best parts of the natural networks traineeship has been meeting so many open, funny and warm people in the older communities of West Lothian (even if they were a little - understandably - hesitant at first with my ...
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Opening Doors To Success

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So September has been awash with training courses, events, meetings, visits, HLF bid writing and of course the odd downpour but that won't dampen a Natural Network's trainee's spirits. Timely Training The month began ...
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A is for some August Alliteration

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After a weeks holiday on the north west coast of Scotland (and with only clouds of midges in the air - yes amazingly it was sunny!) it's time for an update on August's activities. From Big Play Days to updates on SDA's, it's ...
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Getting to the Art of the Matter with Nature Play

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July has been a month that has started and ended with lots of Nature Play sessions sprinkled with the odd Green Gym, meeting, community engagement event and some budding bidding. Joining Forces At the start of the month ...
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Getting to the Art of the Matter with Rewilding

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So since May I've been involved in a fever of forums, funding and festivals, all flipping fantastic. Rewilding in Inverclyde and Yoker TCV's Green Gym at Coves Local Nature Reserve has begun as part of the Community ...
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All work and no play – not a chance

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Holidaying around Hawick So to avoid being in Tim's bad books I took a weeks holiday in May and as luck would have it one of the best weather wise. Even on holiday though, a Natural Network Trainee is always on the look ...
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Exchanging Green Ideas

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One of my first tasks as a trainee was to organise a FEVA event - that's a Forum for Environmental Volunteering Activities - half a day full of local speakers and workshops to share ideas around promoting green health in ...
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Lost in East Ayrshire

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Hello Thank you for coming to read my blog, though I can’t promise it won’t be a long one as it’s been a pretty busy couple of months! My name is Jenny and along with my partner in crime Carolyn (No pic of us together yet ...
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Joining Forces and Feeling Mulch Better

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March has been a hive of activity, almost literally, thanks, in part, to a training course on Bumblebees, chances to job shadow, a number of forums, site visits and case studies and joining forces to green up Glasgow and the ...
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