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. …
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…
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…
16 May
LANTRA LEVEL 2 AWARD IN RODENT MANAGMENT From January 2026, ALL users of professional-grade rodenticides will need an approved training certificate in rodenticide use. The certificate received on successful completion of this course assessment will be valid for 5 years and will allow farmers to…
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…
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.
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! …
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.…
Volunteer Day - Nature Rich Miterdale
Ghost Woodlands of Cumbria (webinar)
Furness College Open Evening