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Farming + Technology

Online
CPD

30th April

This LANTRA approved course is aimed at all those working with livestock to help you improve your knowledge and understanding of the different classes of medicines and how to use them safely and effectively on your farm. By attending this course, you will be able to fulfil your Red Tractor Farm…

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Online
1 Day
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Environmental Monitoring

Online
Introductory

Duration: 2 hours

Freshwater invertebrates are a diverse and vital part of aquatic ecosystems in the UK, inhabiting rivers, lakes, ponds, and wetlands. These diverse animals include insects, molluscs, crustaceans, and leeches. They play a key role in food webs and are often used as indicators for water quality. …

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Online
1 Day
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Farming + Technology

Ravenglass
CPD

2 & 3 June

British Wool’s experienced team of instructors will run more than 100 courses between April and August this year, offering tuition in machine and blade shearing and wool handling. Courses cover key topics relating to shearing such as health and safety, the shearing environment, equipment, shearing…

Short Course
In person
2 Days
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Forestry + Woodlands

Penrith
CPD

Starts June 2025

This course presents the essential elements of early-stage transformation of conifer plantations to continuous cover forestry (CCF). Learners will gain knowledge and skills in tree classification, stand assessment and tree marking. Practical sessions will take place in a productive conifer woodland…

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In person
3 Days
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Work Experience

Eric and Dianne Horn from Slackhouse Farm near Gilsland would like to offer a young person the opportunity to learn about their cheese making with the potential to help them at the dairy and with selling at farmers markets. Slackhouse Farm cheeses are made by hand on the farm using organic milk…

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Volunteering

Are you ready to contribute to ground-breaking science research and support one of the UK’s largest nature restoration programmes? We’re inviting researchers, students, social scientists, ecologists and conservationists to collaborate with our expert team.

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Environmental Monitoring

Cumbria

Job Vacancy

Are you passionate about nature recovery and enhancing our natural environment? Are you keen to support the council to do what it can to help reduce carbon emissions? Do you have a keen eye for detail and a proven track record of delivering complex projects? If so, we want to hear from you! …

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Job Vacancy

Are you passionate about wildlife? Do you have the skills to share your knowledge with others and help use wildlife to create a nature-based sense of place where they live? To help us build trust and support in local communities, we are now recruiting for a new role of Community Wildlife Officer.…

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