Launched in 1994, The Mersey Forest is the UK’s largest community forest covering over 800 square miles of woodlands, green spaces, parks and street trees across Cheshire and Merseyside. With the work of several local authorities including The Forestry Commission, Natural England and the Environment Agency – along with help from landowners, business owners, local communities and a team of dedicated forest workers – the vision of transforming derelict land into high quality natural environments for recreational and cultural activities within 30 years became not only achievable but a reality (The Mersey forest, 2014a). Mersey Forest has several projects across the North West each with the aim of improving and protecting habitat biodiversity and enhancing landscapes, promoting healthy living, supporting education and aiding social development by encouraging active community involvement (Ridgers & Sayers, 2010). The involvement of local schools and volunteer groups offers a sense of ownership over the projects, allowing them to feel more connected with the projects and with each other as a community. An estimated 711 individuals contributed to at least one step of the consultation process, with many having an active involvement in more than one part of the process (The Mersey Forest, 2014b). With total costs reaching over £7 million, the projects are partly funded by the EU’s Merseyside Objective One Programme, and include: land reclamation, managing woodlands, supporting
After high school, I plan to continue by volunteering at events around the community and the college I will be attending at. I am going to participate and join clubs at the University of Washington that focus on community service and provide me opportunities to give back to the community. I think that community service is important in shaping an individual and it would not only benefit me, but I want to give back to the community gave me the opportunities I have now.
have to work with parents and local schools to get everyone to visit forest and building local
I love the idea of providing students with a variety of opportunities that would satisfy each student's needs. Whether its research, volunteering and community service, it all is provided here. The curriculum also allows for a great amount of flexibility enabling students to pursue these other interest that would make them very competitive for residencies. I have a great interest in practicing in underserved communities upon graduation, therefore every opportunity I get to volunteer in clinics and shadow physician in underserved regions is something I look forward to here at Western University of Health Sciences. Likewise, the diverse student body is great as each student come from various backgrounds and have unique experiences all of which
To Whom It May Concern, this program proposal is design by the administration of the Northumberland Community Gardens, and has been developed to
volunteering is a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task. In this report i will talk about the different types of volunteering in the:
The forest school approach embraces the outdoors as a learning environment for children to explore. It first originated in Denmark and was introduced to the UK in the 1950’s. This approach is important as it helps to raise a child’s self-esteem, confidence and also enable problem solving.
Tree groves have been planted, rain gardens have been created, and gardens are tended on a regular basis. These are just a few of the many conservation innovations conducted at Chesapeake Ecology Center. The massive amount of participation is done completely on a volunteer basis. Multiple groups of people give their time then disperse their knowledge into their own communities in order to increase neighborhood expertise that can help protect environments across the state. CEC has been recognized as a top notch garden facility oven the last ten years (CEC. 2017).
I am contacting you because I would like to volunteer at Fox Elementary. Is this something that I could do? I left SSD last year hoping that I could find a full time teaching job at the elementary level. I have faith that something will turn up eventually. In the meantime, I am subbing for SSD, but have time one day a week to volunteer. Can I reach out to some teachers and see if they would like some assistance?
Working together with community representatives, for example through mentoring schemes or bringing community representatives into school to work with the pupils or to support learning by leading assemblies.
London, an area of 1,572 square kilometers, is home to 8.7 million people. According to Greenspace Information for Greater London (GiGL), up to ‘39% of Greater London can be classified as green open space’ - 14.2m2 per resident, of which nearly half (17.88% of total space) is classified as being parks or woodland. In this essay I will be discussing how the character and quantity of these open spaces differ across two areas, Tower Hamlets (TH) and The City, before suggesting key factors affecting them. First though – we must define the question, by explaining the key terms.
In Maryland, 75 hours of community service are required for students to graduate. Getting in the way of many after school activities, students should not be required to have community service hours to get a diploma.
I grew up in a home where volunteering was a fact of life. My dad was a member of
I am appealing to you as a conservationist. I believe that the natural resources of the forest can be of great help to us. As we experience this oil and gas crisis in the US, we are forced to import oil from foreign countries. Thus causing the cost of
Educating people about the importance of managing forest land into economic value and foster a desire to invest as well as to grow awareness of the value of benefits that can provide shared prosperity.
The public perception of forest biomass utilization for energy production faces significant concerns in regard to the sustainability of local forests. Community participation and input is critical in addressing citizen’s concerns and priorities when developing a local energy plan. Greater opportunities for public engagement in the energy planning and policy making processes allow for more innovative and publicly supported uses of forest woody biomass. Since wood bioenergy is typically grown in proximity to where it is used, community members may be more aware of their energy source and thus, more cognizant of how they use it. With more communities working toward self-sufficiency through diverse economies, locally grown food, and thriving infrastructure, locally produced energy can provide yet another way for communities to be self-reliant (NACD, 2012). Competition for wood within a region is an important factor when considering a wood-using facility. This is particularly an issue for existing small-diameter wood-using industries such as pulp and paper companies. From an economic perspective, however, an increase in competition should drive the price of wood higher, which could encourage more forest landowners to plant trees for future feedstock needs. And while woody biomass is a new and potentially revolutionary forestry product, there are many additional uses and benefits of forests, including recreation, timber, paper production, and wildlife habitat. Communities must