See the following tables for practical or natural history conservation related courses.

• Local courses in Essex and Herts
• EWT survey training
• Beds, Cambs, Northants, & Peterborough Wildlife Trust courses
• BTCV courses in SE England
• Courses from other providers

HCV will generally reimburse regular volunteers for worthwhile courses.

Local Courses
 

Local Courses: 2008

Date	Title	Lev	Provider	Cost
Practical Conservation
Thu 28 - Fri 30 Nov	Hedgelaying	B	FSC	£80
Species ID etc.
Sun 20 Jan	ID Trees without leaf	B	FSC	£40
Sun 15 Mar	British Amphibians	B	FSC	£35
Sat 10 May	Nat Hist Veteran Trees	All	FSC	£35
Sun 11 May	Discovering Bats	B	FSC	£35
Sat 5 Jul	Discovering Wild Flowers	All	FSC	£35
Sun 13 Jul	Aquatic Plant ID	II	FSC	£40
Sun 13 Jul	Wildlife Ponds	All	FSC	£35
Sat 13 - Sun 14 Sep	Tree & Shrub ID	II	FSC	£80
Sun 14 Sep	ID Trees in leaf	B	FSC	£35
Sun 28 Sep	Fungi	B	FSC	£35
Sat 4 Oct	Fungi ID	B	FSC	£35
General skills
Wed 23 Jan	Successful Funding Applications		VST - Maldon	£30
Thu 24 Jan	Recruiting Volunteers		VST - Chelmsford	£30
Tue 29 Jan	First Aid Appointed Person		VST - Brentwood	£30
Thu 21 Feb	Trustee Essentials		VST - Braintree	£30
Mon 25 Mar	Health & Safety		VST - Brentwood	£20
Tue 4 Mar	First Aid Appointed Person		VST - Castle Point	£30
Thu 6 Mar	Retaining Volunteers		VST - Chelmsford	£30
Fr 21 Mar	Trustee Essentials		VST - Rayleigh	£30
B: Beginners; II: Improvers/Intermediate; PD: Professional Development

FSC Epping Forest - Field Centre, Tel. 020 8508 7714,
High Beech, Loughton, Essex IG10 4AF, managed by the Field Studies Council.
The courses listed above are a small selection of the full Epping Forest programme.

VST - Voluntary Sector Training (NW Essex CVS Partnership)
Web: www.voluntarysectortraining.org.uk
Email: admin@voluntarysectortraining.org.uk
Tel: 01371 876747
Uttlesford Voluntary and Community Centre,
46 High Street, Great Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1AN.
 

Essex Wildlife Trust Survey Training

Essex Wildlife Trust has a programme of training events on species identification and methods of recording to help provide information for the Essex Biodiversity Action Plan. Telephone 01621 862960.
 

EWT Training & Survey Programme 2008

Date	Title	Location	Cost
Wed 20 Feb	Historical Ecology	Abbotts Hall Fm	£30
Thu 6 or Sun 9 Mar (morn)	Otter Survey Course	Dedham	£free
Sat 19 Apr (eve)	Great-crested Newt Ecology	Abbotts Hall Fm	£30
Wed 7 May	Dormice Survey Course	Abbotts Hall Fm	£free
Fri 9 or Sat 10 May	Water Voles	Bluehouse Fm	£free
Sat 10 May	Bushcraft	Hanningfield	£30
Mon 12 May	Freshwater Invertibrate ID & Ecology - ponds	Abberton	£30
Wed 28 May	Scarce Plants	Hadleigh Castle CP	£free

 

Beds, Cambs, Northants, & Peterborough Wildlife Trust Training
 

BCNPWT Training 2008

Date	Title	Location	Cost
Sat 16 Feb	ID Winter trees & shrubs	Northants	£25
Sun 23 Feb	Woodland products & crafts	Cambs	£25
Sun 11 May	Ecology: wetland management	Northants	£25
Sat 16 Aug	Begin with trees ID	Beds	£15
Sat 4 Oct	Community involvement skills	Cambs	£25

Contact Juliette Butler, Tel: 01604 405285
Email: trainingworkshops@wildlifebcnp.org
Website: www.wildlifebcnp.org.
 

BTCV Training

The prices quoted are the BTCV affiliated group rate.
 

BTCV Courses: 2008

Date	Title		Office	Cost
Task Leading, Safety, Tools, Risk Assessment
Sun 27 Jan	Organising Practical Conservation Tasks & using tools safely		Sotn - Eastleigh, Hants	£35
Tue 29 Jan	Tool Safety & Maintenance		London - King's X	£45
Thu 31 Jan	Running Practical Tasks Safely		Sotn - Horsham, W.Sussex	£35
Fri 15 Feb	Risk Assessement		London - King's X	£45
Sat 8 Mar	Leading Groups Safely		Kent - Wye	£30
Sat 15 Mar	Intro Risk Assessment & Tool Use		Kent - Wye	£30
Sat 29 Mar	Risk Assessment for local Conservation Groups		Woodstock, Oxon	£48
Sat 19 Apr	Leadership Day Conservation Projects		Ninfield, E.Sussex	£30
First Aid
Sun 10 Feb	Emergency First-Aid (appointed persons)		Woodstock, Oxon	£41
Mon 18 - Thu 21 Feb	First Aid at Work		London - King's X	£195
Ecology, Conservation, Tree ID
Thu 17 Jan	Intro Winter Tree Id		Sotn - Crawley, W.Sussex	£35
Fri 1 Feb	Winter Tree Id		London - King's X	£45
Thu 14 Feb	Woodland management & Plant Id		London - Perivale	£45
Sat 16 Feb	Winter Tree Id		Witney, Oxon	£48
Sun 2 Mar	Intro Winter Tree Id		Sotn - Eastleigh, Hants	£35
Fri 7 Mar	Intro Woodland management		Dulwich, London	£45
Sun 9 Mar	Intro Environmental Conservation		Sotn - Burgess Hill W.Sussex	£35
Sat 17 May	Intro Conservation		Ninfield, E.Sussex	£30
Sat 7 Jun	Woodland ecology & Tree Id		Ninfield, E.Sussex	£30
Hedge laying & Coppicing
Tue 12 Feb	Intro Hedgelaying		London - Harringay	£45
Sat 23 - Sun 24 Feb	Hedgelaying (Midland style)		Charlbury, Oxon	£97
Tree planting, Habitat creation
Wed 12 Mar	Wildlife Garden Design		London - Harringay	£45
Thu 13 Mar	Woodland Planting & Habitat Creation		London - Fulham	£45
Construction
Thu 21 Feb	Intro Path Construction		London - New Cross	£45
Sat 15 Mar	Boardwalk Construction		Sotn - Eastleigh, Hants	£35
Sat 19 Apr	Pond dipping Platform Construction		Faringdon, Oxon	£51
Mon 17 Mar	Intro Post & Rail Fencing		London - Islington	£45
Sat 17 - Sun 18 May	Post & Wire Fencing		Stoke Row, Oxon	£102
Sat 10 May	Intro Post & Rail Fencing		Sotn - Eastleigh, Hants	£35
Miscellaneous
Sat 19 - Sun 20 Jan	Charcoal burning		Sotn - Eartham, W.Sussex	£35
Sat 9 Feb	Ponds, Pounds, & People		Kent - Maidstone	£30

BTCV organize a whole range of short courses through their regional offices. An overview brochure can be downloaded from the BTCV website training page.

It is now possible to book on-line at www.btcv.org/shop, or alternatively contact the following:

London - BTCV Training, 80 York Way, King's Cross, London N1 9AG.
Email: london-training@btcv.org.uk
Tel: 020 7843 4282 or 020 7278 4294

Oxon - Paul Forrest-Jameson,
16 Bridge St, Caversham, Reading, Berks RG4 8AA.
Email: oxfordshire@btcv.org.uk
Tel: 0118 947 5049

Kent - Mike Phillps, Training Officer, BTCV,
Sidelands Farm, Upper Olantigh Rd, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5DQ.
Web: www2.btcv.org.uk/display/btcv_kent
Email: M.Phillips@btcv.org.uk or kent@btcv.org.uk
Tel: 01233 812033

East Sussex - Su Reece
Ninfield Study Centre
Potmans Lane, Catsfield, Battle, E. Sussex TN33 9BJ
Email: S.Reece@btcv.org.uk
Tel: 01424 446395

Southampton - BTCV, Room 3,
2 Venture Road, Chilworth Science Park, Chilworth, Southampton SO16 7NP
Email:j.fraser@btcv.org
Tel: 02380 769719

In addition BTCV run courses aimed more at staff in the voluntary and statutory environmental sectors - see the BTCV Environmental Trainers Network webpages.
 

Courses from other providers

Assington Mill, near Sudbury
Sat 16 Feb - Hedge laying, £50
www.assingtonmill.com

Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, near Chichester, West Sussex
w/e 8-9 Mar - Hedge laying, £130
Sat 3 May - Charcoal making, £50
w/e 17-18 May - Fencing techniques for smallholders, £120
www.wealddown.co.uk

Low Impact Living Initiative (LILI) courses at Hackney City Farm
Sat 26 Apr - Scything, £60
Sat 14 Jun - Wildlife Gardening, £60
Sat 28 Jun - Building a pond, Puddling clay, £60
www.lowimpact.org