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This is what we’ve done

Take a closer look at what happens across our land and beyond, especially when projects and programmes come to life for thousands of children, young people and communities across the UK.

A day in the life of…

Alison Cross, one of our Outdoor Learning Leaders based in the North West

Habitat improvements bring nesting barn owls to Redwood

Woodland conservation on our Slimbridge Estate pays dividends

From Field to Future

Chewing the cud at our bi-annual farm business meeting at FarmEd

Blue spaces, bright futures

Wild beach training for Blue Mentors with Sussex Wildlife Trust

Restoring Rural Roots in Cumbria

The FiPL-funded barn transformation at Low Beckside Farm

A day in the life of…

Josh McKenzie, Development Surveyor at The Ernest Cook Trust

Farewell to Wanswell

Good bye to our longstanding tenants of this unique medieval moated property, now looking for new owners

Moving with the times

Celebrating the environmental benefits of our new head office

Cider Barn Project

Re-purposing farm buildings on the Slimbridge Estate

Long Service Award for our Fairford farmer

Pete Nicholls’ 50 years in farming acknowledged by Royal Agricultural Society of England

Future Countryside 2025

Lessons from this prestigious event, by our Chief Executive

Opening the farm gates

Farm Tenant Helen Wade’s warm welcome to visitors at Eastleach Downs Farm

Cataloguing our history

Finds from the filing cabinets revealed

New River Keeper in Fairford

Maintaining a big, happy ecosystem on the River Coln

Your Soil: Your Future

Future-minded farmers gather at Low Beckside for ground-breaking event

Jon completes Farmer Apprenticeship

Celebrating our 1st Francis Stone Apprentice in Cumbria

Another iron in the fire

A new Metal & Blacksmithing workshop extends our Outdoor Learning site

A new farm dwelling

New build farm worker’s home at Trent, Dorset

Eat, Sheep, Repeat

How an outdoor week of learning is transforming young lives

Cleaning up after Bert and Darragh

How our Estates team dealt with the winter storms

Horse Powered Woodland Conservation

Hazel coppicing at Lea Wood with Harry the horse

Meet Sophie on our Hatherop Estate

One of our next generation farm tenants

Meet Tom on our Little Dalby Estate

One of our next generation farm tenants

Meet Tess on our Little Dalby Estate

One of our next generation farm tenants

New Generation of Farm Tenants

Meet three of our young farm tenants blazing a trail for farming

Apprenticeships at the Trust

Our HR Coordinator talks career opportunities in the outdoors

From houses to homes

New-build houses in Fairford are all now let

Celebrating our Wetlands

Why protecting wetlands in Cumbria is good land-stewardship

Celebrating our Outdoor Trainees

How one successful traineeship led to another in the North West

Community Leaders head outdoors

Helping community groups in the North West access the outdoors

Skills for Nature in Cumbria

Meet Amy, our Outdoor Learning Officer in Cumbria

Helping people learn about nature through droppings

A Green Influencer’s Story

Meet Tom Boldock, one of 7,000+ young people still making a difference

OWL ‘On Air’ in Cumbria

Talking OWL with BBC Radio Cumbria

Robots boost dairy output

Keeping the milk flowing at Slimbridge

All about allotments

Championing our small but bounteous allotment plots

Celebrating National Tree Week across our woodlands

Solar Farm on our Fairford Estate

Renewable energy project will reduce carbon and boost wildlife

A fascinating conversation about our unique organisation

BBC Radio Gloucestershire heads outdoors

Talking ‘Outdoor Weeks of Learning’ at Farms for City Children

Stargazing, swings & self-esteem

Building resilience and wellbeing on an OWL Residential

Nature makes me feel at home

Connecting with nature in a week of ‘firsts’

That was scary, but I did it!

Children experiencing success outside their comfort zone

Evaluate, Review, Repeat

Why understanding the impact of our work is key to the future

Going Green on the Radio

On air with BBC’s Jon Smith talking about the impact of The Green Influencers Scheme in Gloucestershire

500 Trees & Planting!

Lancashire school children plant trees to help tackle climate change and flooding

BBC Radio Cumbria visits Low Beckside Farm

Candid conversations from a busy lambing shed

Influencers Assemble

The great, the good and the green gather for The Green Influencers Scheme 2nd Annual Conference

We’re going on a bear hunt

Outdoor toddler play sessions resume in East Lancashire

Children enjoy Outdoor Weeks of Learning to beat COVID fallout

You’re welcome!

Helping resettled refugee families enjoy the outdoors

1,500 & Counting

1500th Green Influencer recruited to youth social action scheme

Countryfile comes to Cumbria

BBC Countryfile visits Low Beckside Farm

Purchase completed!

LATEST UPDATE: The Trust secures the only remaining land-based learning centre in Cumbria

35 Years and Counting

Celebrating the fascinating life and insights of Chris Nash, loyal member of our Estates team

Hitting the headlines

Major media coverage of our proposed acquisition of former Newton Rigg farm

We’re Buying a Farm

Learning from the land set to continue in Cumbria

Youth, Power & Influence

Our first Youth Advisory Board

Helping children homeschool during Lockdown

No child left behind

Helping children homeschool during Lockdown

Ready for youth social action

Youth led Conference inspires environmental projects across England

Boxes for Barn Owls

Conservation in the countryside

Toasting Marshmallows

Young Carers Go Wild

Respite for Young Carers during COVID

Outdoor learning activities featured on ITV news

Beards bubbles and invertebrates

Beards, bubbles and invertebrates

John Muir Discovery Award at Jacob’s Gill, Cumbria in partnership with Linnet Education

Dormice Discoveries

Environmental conservation at Lea Wood

John Muir Award Pendle Hill Square

John Muir saved our Summer

Remote delivery of the Family Discovery Award at Pendle

Fun for Young Carer Families

A breath of fresh air for Young carer families during COVID

Doing the Mud-Wiggle

Forest School sessions with pre-school children at Redwood

The Ernest Cook Trust