The Foresight Sustainable Forestry Skills Training Programme returns to Wales this autumn. 🌲Fully funded hands-on forestry training 🌍 Direct pathway into green careers 📅 Apply by 3 Oct 2025 Find out more at bit.ly/42fzY1Q

Are you in forestry or wood processing? Progressive is running a survey to understand how science and innovation fit into your work - no matter your level of interest. Complete the 10–15 min survey for a chance to win 1 of 5 £200 vouchers 🎁 Take part: tinyurl.com/FRPractition...

One month to go 👇 Less than 10 tickets left for our Centenary National Study Tour! 📍Windsor Great Park 🗓️21 & 22 October Now open to non-members. Don't miss out - book now: charteredforesters.org/event/centen... Thanks to Cheviot Trees for sponsoring this event.

ICF staff away day highlights 👇 The team met in Carlisle for a member strategy workshop and escape room, plus a special visit to a James Jones & Sons' woodland and tour of their Lockerbie sawmill. Thanks to Tom Coates MICFor, Neil Cowan MICFor & Tommy Milburn for hosting us.

Our Centenary National Study Tour 2025 is now open to non-members! Next month we head to Windsor Great Park to continue our 100th anniversary celebrations. ➡️ Only 10 places left – book now: charteredforesters.org/event/centen... Thanks to Cheviot Trees for sponsoring.

Not a forester and looking for an introduction to the UK Forestry Standard (UKFS)? Our new online course makes the UKFS practical for farmers, planners, conservationists and more. 🌿 Find out more & sign up: silvestor.org.uk/non-forester...

Science, research and innovation in forestry – your voice matters 📢 Take part in this 10-15 minute survey to help shape the future. It's open to those working across the forestry sector. 🎁 5 chances to win £200 in retail vouchers Take the survey: tinyurl.com/FRPractition...

Our Technical Policy Manager Caroline Harrison MICFor was at the Agroforestry Show this week, hosted by the Woodland Trust and Soil Association. She connected with ICF VP Gary Kerr FICFor and members, and represented us as a panellist during the Farmers Weekly Question Time.

Cultivating foresters to grow and manage the trees of the future. Join the @theicf.bsky.social in Planting Seeds for the Future: How Virtual Work Experience is Cultivating the Next Generation of Foresters c-js.uk/4le0LC9

Just launched ➡️UKFS for Non-Foresters, a one-hour online course making the UK Forestry Standard (UKFS) accessible to professionals beyond forestry. Perfect for farmers, planners, landowners & more. Know someone who’d benefit? Please share! Enrol today: silvestor.org.uk/enrol/index....

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social launched this #EveryInteractionMatters video today continuing its work to raise awareness of the issues surrounding mental health in the forestry sector. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwXE... 🔗 Resources: ukfisa.com/Safety/Safet...

Researchers are studying the DNA of 50 ancient oaks to learn how they survive for centuries, and in extreme weather, to help restore woodlands: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Join the conversation at our #AncientWoodlandsConference on 25 Nov in Birmingham. 🎫 charteredforesters.org/event/ancien...

Forest Research has created an interactive guide to help policymakers and practitioners understand the unique social and cultural values of trees outside of woodlands in peri-urban and rural settings. ow.ly/KsYW50WMVBZ Funded by the UK Government through Defra’s Nature for Climate Fund programme.

Our Executive Director & Director of Membership Engagement caught up at the Royal Welsh Show last month to discuss our developing membership strategy, focused on growth, engagement & member value. Stay tuned for the TREES Autumn issue featuring member stories & ways to get involved🌱

#MembersHour is back next week after the summer break. The following are open for bookings via the Members Area: 🌿 4 Sep: Britain’s Temperate Rainforests - Definitions, Threats, Action 🪵 18 Sep: Ips typographus & Proactive Management in the Demarcated Area 🏗️ 2 Oct: Trees, Planning & Construction

Join our South West England Member Network for its autumn workshop at the National Trust's 2,590-hectare Killerton estate in Devon. 📅 9 October 🕐12:00 - 17:00 View the programme and book 👇 charteredforesters.org/event/lesson...

New event 👉 Creating & Managing Woodland in a Historic Landscape 📅 7 October 📍 Shenton Estate, Leicestershire Learn about Shenton Estate's England Woodland Creation Offer project near the site of the Battle of Bosworth. More info & tickets: charteredforesters.org/event/creati...

Stay in the loop 🌳 Our monthly E-Newsletter lands on the last Wednesday of every month and is packed with the latest news from the Institute and sector. 📬 Don't miss out - subscribe now to receive August's E-Newsletter next week: charteredforesters.org/subscribe-to...

Call for posters! Showcase your work at our Ancient Woodlands Conference on 25 November in Birmingham. Posters are welcomed on the session themes: 📝 Evidence 🌳 Practice 📢 Policy & Campaigns Find out more at charteredforesters.org/event/ancien...

Just under two months to go! 📅 14 Oct📍 Broughton Hall, Skipton Join us for a full day of CPD, networking and centenary celebrations at the North England Professional Development Day. New fireside dinner for 2025 - see pics of the space below 🔥 🔗 charteredforesters.org/event/north-...

Meet Andrew Sowerby FICFor – President of the Institute and host of the Friendly Neighbourhood Chartered Forester series. Andrew is sharing his story and insights into forestry and arboriculture through weekly videos on YouTube. 📺 Watch & subscribe: www.youtube.com/@sowerbyandrew

This week we were at @cumbriauni.bsky.social for the first-ever Professional Membership Entry interviews for final-year Professional Forester Apprentices. A huge thanks to our partners @forestrycommission.bsky.social and @cumbriauni.bsky.social, and our assessors for supporting this programme 🌱

FR Chief Scientist, Bianca Ambrose-Oji, has been appointed as an Honorary Professor by Bangor University. “I’m delighted and immensely proud to be appointed Honorary Professor in Bangor University," said Bianca. Read more: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/forest-...

Reminder: We have a call for papers for a new Special Issue with @silvilaser2025.bsky.social SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management ⏰ Submission deadline: 30th November 2025 More information here👇 academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...

Just 4 weeks to go until the #AgroforestryShow! 🗓️ 10–11 Sept 📍 Woodoaks Farm, Hertfordshire Explore how trees & hedgerows boost soil, wildlife & food production. Don't miss the ICF's Caroline Harrison MICFor on the Farmers Weekly panel on Day 1. 🔗 www.agroforestryshow.com

Last chance to book to join our South Scotland Member Network on 21 August near Moniaive to explore a P20 woodland creation site - covering afforestation assessment, groundwater, flora, ecosystems & more. Book by 23:59 on Thurs 14 August. Secure a place 👇 charteredforesters.org/event/woodla...

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