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GAP training courses (see also GAP training)
October 2010
06.10.2010Pigs for land management
Start:06.10.2010 10:30 HRS
End:06.10.2010 03:30 HRS
Location:Bewdley, Worcestershire
Contact:
Email:info@floralocale.org
Telephone:
Web link:www.floralocale.org
Details:Pigs can be very effective managers of bracken and other undesirable vegetation. This participative workshop will look at pigs in action and will touch on the wide ranging set of land management initiatives that are being developed to maintain and restore traditional landscapes in the Wyre Forest. We will also hear from some leading practitioners about pig projects on land of high environmental value across Britain. Discussion of the key issues and solutions concerning the use of pigs for land management.
September 2010
22.09.2010GAP & Flora Locale Workshop: Grazing with carbon and wildlife in mind
Start:22.09.2010 09:00 HRS
End:22.09.2010 05:00 HRS
Location:Ingleborough Cumbria/ N. Yorkshire
Contact:
Email:info@floralocale.org
Telephone:
Web link:www.floralocale.org
Details:This workshop will look at an innovative approach for grazing high environmental value land which takes account of the positive contribution grazing animals can make to climate change mitigation. The system involves the use of winter foggage to rear traditional single suckler beef animals while maintaining herb rich limestone grassland. The workshop will be of particular interest to hill farmers entering Higher Level Scheme agreements and their advisers. There will be a site visit to Ingleborough National Nature Reserve followed by an indoor session, covering the principles of this approach and how it can be applied on hill farms with extensive cattle enterprises. Facilitator: Bill Grayson
July 2010
29.07.2010GAP & Flora Locale Workshop: Ponies, wildflowers and wonderful landscapes
Start:29.07.2010 09:00 HRS
End:29.07.2010 05:00 HRS
Location:mid Kent
Contact:
Email:info@floralocale.org
Telephone:
Web link:www.floralocale.org
Details:This workshop will look at pony-grazing systems that maintain and restore wildlife rich habitats. Practical techniques that take into account the demands of equine management and landscape and wildlife enhancement will be covered. The workshop will review the use of volunteer pony checkers to support pony grazing on wildlife sites. We will also look at issues and solutions at an equine establishment which has developed innovative approaches to conservation grazing with ponies.
March 2010
12.03.2010GAP Livestock Checkers Course 12th March
Start:12.03.2010 09:30 HRS
End:12.03.2010 16:30 HRS
Location:Tyddyn Isaf, Tal y bont, Bangor, LL57 3YE.
Contact:Eleanor Newson
Email:enquiries@grazingadvicepartnership.org.uk
Telephone:01666 511513
Web link:http://www.grazingadvicepartnership.org.uk/gap_training.html
Details:GAP’s Livestock Checkers Course The livestock checkers course provides a basic introduction to stock checking in the conservation/land-based sector. The course is ideal for beginners, volunteers or anyone with limited experience of livestock. The course covers animal health and welfare, the key legislation, the role and responsibilities of a stock checker and how to safely and effectively check livestock. For a booking form, further details and enquiries please contact Eleanor Newson by telephone or email. GAP training courses are accredited by Lantra Awards and delegates will receive a certificate by post after successful completion of the course. The certification is included in the course cost and represents £15 of the cost. All the trainers GAP uses are also accredited by Lantra. Please note that the course involves before indoor and outdoor learning, some physical activity such as walking and close proximity to livestock. If you have any particular requirements such as dietary, language or special needs and have any general queries or are unsure of the suitability of the course please contact Eleanor Newson at the GAP office.
Other events
September 2010
15.09.2010International Symposium on Aspects of Commons and Cultural Severance in the Landscape
Start:15.09.2010 00:00 HRS
End:17.09.2010 00:00 HRS
Location:Sheffield Hallam University
Contact:
Telephone:
Web link:www.ukeconet.co.uk/content/view/87/26
Details:Dr Ian D. Rotherham and colleagues are organising a major event on the theme of ‘Aspects of Commons and Cultural Severance in the Landscape’. The event will address topics fundamental to the conservation of these wonderful and iconic landscapes. We will cover the lessons of history and landscape change, of cultural change and abandonment. The conference will be international in flavour and cover issues from ecology and archaeology to modern-day management, and relating to history and cultural resonances. In particular, we wish to raise critically important issues of cultural severance and abandonment of tradition in terms of sustainability, landscape quality and diversity. There will be a specific day devoted to abandonment of traditional management of commons. This will be in collaboration with the International Association for the Study of Commons. We welcome papers on archaeology, historical management and on nature conservation matters, as well as on community involvement and educational issues. We are open to suggestions for presentations and sub-themes and for offers of partnerships and sponsorship. This will be a significant event and we will pre-publish the proceedings to be ‘out on the day’. This will have a major international dimension with leading researchers from around the world. There will be media interest too. The event is organised by the Tourism and Environmental Change Research Unit at SHU, in partnership with the Biodiversity and Landscape History Research Institute. The following are among those who have already expressed their interest and support: Graham Bathe (Natural England), Sue Clifford (Common Ground), Professor Mauro Agnoletti (University of Florence), Professor Kenneth Olwig (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences), Susan Buck (IASC), Kate Ashbrook (Open Spaces Society), Owain Jones (University ofGloucester), Ted Green (Ancient Tree forum), and Jill Butler (Woodland Trust). Early bird discount before end of December 2009
March 2010
22.03.2010Improving Access to the Countryside Training Course
Start:22.03.2010 00:00 HRS
End:23.03.2010 00:00 HRS
Location:Losehill Hall, Derbyshire
Contact:Sue or Margot
Email:training.losehill@peakdistrict.gov.uk
Telephone:01433 620373
Web link:www.losehilltraining.org.uk
Details:Tuition: £360 (£305 if booked before 22 January 2010), Dinner, Bed & Breakfast: £55. Ideal for: Anyone managing access, rights of way, information, interpretation or visitor services on countryside or urban sites. Learn to: Understand the needs of older and disabled people, Meet codes of good practice and relevant legislation, Develop imaginative ways of increasing access in the widest sense, including information provision and physical access.
21.03.2010Practical Lambing Skills: A one-day training course with Shepherdess Cathy Wainwright
Start:21.03.2010 00:00 HRS
End:21.03.2010 00:00 HRS
Location:Willey, Warwickshire CV21 0SH
Contact:Cathy Wainwright
Email:cathy.wainwright@wildlifebcnp.org
Telephone:
Details:This is a hands-on practical course aimed at assisting both inexperienced shepherds to learn the basics of sheep husbandry around lambing, and to allow discussion and development of ideas and skills with more experienced sheep keepers. Cathy Wainwright has over 20 years experience as a contract shepherd and flock owner, and currently manages the Conservation flocks for the Wildlife Trust in Northamptonshire. Fee: £60, includes tea/coffee and lunch. For more details and to book contact Cathy Wainwright.
15.03.2010Habitat Restoration and Creation Training Course
Start:15.03.2010 00:00 HRS
End:17.03.2010 00:00 HRS
Location:Losehill Hall, Derbyshire
Contact:Sue or Margot
Email:training.losehill@peakdistrict.gov.uk
Telephone:01453 620373
Web link:www.losehilltraining.org.uk
Details:Tuition: £495 (£420 if booked before 15 January 2010), Dinner, Bed & Breakfast: £110. Ideal for: Those responsible for the implementation of habitat creation and construction projects, including landscape architects, countryside advisors, managers and ecologists, and who are looking for an overview of current thinking and practice in habitat creation and restoration. NB wetland habitats are not covered on this course. Learn to: Create grassland, heathland and woodland by a variety of proven techniques, Prepare a site and consider all the important issues when planning a new creation scheme, Assess the benefits and drawbacks of using seeds, pot plants, plugs and cuttings, Get the best out of contractors working on habitat creation schemes, Solve common problems with habitat creation projects and their ongoing maintenance.
09.03.2010Maintaining your Paths Training Course
Start:09.03.2010 00:00 HRS
End:10.03.2010 00:00 HRS
Location:Losehill Hall, Derbyshire
Contact:Sue or Margot
Email:training.losehill@peakdistrict.gov.uk
Telephone:01433 620373
Web link:www.losehilltraining.org.uk
Details:Tuition: £360 (£305 if booked before 9 January 2010), Dinner, Bed & Breakfast: £55. Ideal for: Access managers, rights of way officers, rangers and anyone responsible for the practical day-to-day maintenance of paths. Learn to: Develop appropriate maintenance methods for your sites, along with know-how about all the latest techniques and materials, Appreciate which surfacing materials and techniques are suitable for bridleways and other multi-user routes, Understand the importance of getting the drainage right.
February 2010
26.02.2010Leicestershire and Rutland Wildife Trust: Out wintering cattle on wood chip corral FREE EVENT
Start:26.02.2010 10:30 HRS
End:26.02.2010 01:30 HRS
Location:High Tor Farm, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 4UA
Contact:Hellen or Sandra
Email:brpevents@eblex.org.uk
Telephone:0870 609 1840
Details:Join EBLEX and DairyCo at this informative event discussing the pros and cons of out-wintering cattle on woodchip pads. Delegates will see how the pads are working on farm, and hear from experts on pad design, planning requirements and recent research on environmental impact, and cost implications. Programme from 10.30am with Registration and refreshments, 11.00am Introduction – Mary Vickers (EBLEX Beef Scientist) and Neil Pilcher (Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust), 11.05am Tour of the out-wintering area highlighting the benefits and drawbacks of woodchip pads – with Mary, Neil and Andrew Danvers, Tenant Farmer, 12.05pm Planning Requirements – Phil Plant, ACORUS, 12.15pm Research on woodchip pads – Ken Smith, ADAS, 12.45pm Lunch with the opportunity to ask questions, 1.30pm Close. (By kind permission of the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust and Andrew Danvers, Tenant Farmer)
13.02.2010Introduction to Conservation Grazing Workshop
Start:13.02.2010 10:00 HRS
End:13.02.2010 16:00 HRS
Location:The Grange Farm, Mickle Trafford, Cheshire
Contact:Helen Upson
Email:hupson@cheshirewt.cix.co.uk
Telephone:01948820728
Web link:www.cheshirewildlifetrust.co.uk
Details:Introduction to Conservation Grazing Location: The Grange Farm, Mickle Trafford Trainer: Richard Owen (CWT Conservation Grazing Officer) Cost:£20 members / £35 non-members Cheshire Wildlife Trust are running a one day workshop on Saturday 13th February at Mickle Trafford. We will give a talk on Conservation Grazing and the use of our cattle (and sheep!), and then have a walk around Gowy Meadows to see the theories put into practice! Time will be from 10am till around 4pm, bring a packed lunch and wellies. To find the farm, check http://www.redpollbeef.eu/contactus.html and look out for signs advertising “Red Poll Beef”. Please let us know if you’re coming so we know how many to expect!
December 2009
02.12.2009RBST Training Course EID & Ewe Management
Start:02.12.2009 19:00 HRS
End:02.12.2009 21:30 HRS
Location:Doncaster
Contact:
Email:enquiries@rbst.org.uk
Telephone:024 7669 6551
Web link:http://www.rbst.org.uk/rbst-training-courses-yorkshire-starting-3rd-november
Details:RBST is running a series of sheep management courses for its members in Yorkshire and the Hull, Grimsby, Bridlington and Scunthorpe area. A holding number will also be required. Organised by RBST with partial funding from LANTRA and Yorkshire Forward, members will be given priority for bookings at a subsidised cost of just £15 per person.Two courses, designed specifically for keepers of rare and native breed sheep, will be available. For more details and a booking form visit http://www.rbst.org.uk/rbst-training-courses-yorkshire-starting-3rd-november
November 2009
30.11.2009Managing Dogs and their Owners
Start:30.11.2009 00:00 HRS
End:01.12.2009 00:00 HRS
Location:Losehill Hall, Peak District
Contact:
Email:training.losehill@peakdistrict.gov.uk
Telephone:
Details:Ideal for anyone wanting to develop more effective ways to manage access by dog owners to the countryside and green spaces including site managers, rangers and rights of way improvement plan officiers. Learn to Take practical steps to minimise conflict and optimise opportunities from dog walking. Develop integrated policies with colleagues and partners to address the many influences on where dogs owners go and what they do. Better engage with dog owners through more fully understanding their needs, behaviours and motivations. Make best use of most recent developments and research. Identify immediate steps you can take to better managing one of the most frequent year round countryside access user groups. Highlights Site visits and audits to help plan improvements on your own sites and paths. Working with interdisciplinary specialists in access management visitor communication and management and human canine behaviour. Losehill Hall, Peak District National Park Learning and Environmental Conference Centre, Castleton, Hope Valley, S33 8WB
25.11.2009RBST Training Course EID & Ewe Management
Start:25.11.2009 19:00 HRS
End:25.11.2009 21:00 HRS
Location:Skipton
Contact:
Email:enquiries@rbst.org.uk
Telephone:024 7669 6551
Web link:http://www.rbst.org.uk/rbst-training-courses-yorkshire-starting-3rd-november
Details:RBST is running a series of sheep management courses for its members in Yorkshire and the Hull, Grimsby, Bridlington and Scunthorpe area. A holding number will also be required. Organised by RBST with partial funding from LANTRA and Yorkshire Forward, members will be given priority for bookings at a subsidised cost of just £15 per person.Two courses, designed specifically for keepers of rare and native breed sheep, will be available. For more details and a booking form visit http://www.rbst.org.uk/rbst-training-courses-yorkshire-starting-3rd-november
24.11.2009RBST Training Course EID & Ewe Management
Start:24.11.2009 19:00 HRS
End:24.11.2009 21:30 HRS
Location:Driffield
Contact:
Email:enquiries@rbst.org.uk
Telephone:024 7669 6551
Web link:www.rbst.org.uk/rbst-training-courses-yorkshire-starting-3rd-november
Details:RBST is running a series of sheep management courses for its members in Yorkshire and the Hull, Grimsby, Bridlington and Scunthorpe area. A holding number will also be required. Organised by RBST with partial funding from LANTRA and Yorkshire Forward, members will be given priority for bookings at a subsidised cost of just £15 per person.Two courses, designed specifically for keepers of rare and native breed sheep, will be available. For more details and a booking form visit www.rbst.org.uk/rbst-training-courses-yorkshire-starting-3rd-november
23.11.2009RBST Training Course EID & Ewe Management
Start:23.11.2009 19:00 HRS
End:23.11.2009 21:30 HRS
Location:Thirsk
Contact:
Email:enquiries@rbst.org.uk
Telephone:024 7669 6551
Web link:www.rbst.org.uk/rbst-training-courses-yorkshire-starting-3rd-november
Details:RBST is running a series of sheep management courses for its members in Yorkshire and the Hull, Grimsby, Bridlington and Scunthorpe area. A holding number will also be required. Organised by RBST with partial funding from LANTRA and Yorkshire Forward, members will be given priority for bookings at a subsidised cost of just £15 per person.Two courses, designed specifically for keepers of rare and native breed sheep, will be available. For more details and a booking form visit: http://www.rbst.org.uk/rbst-training-courses-yorkshire-starting-3rd-november
09.11.2009Flyer and Early Bird Discount for Symposium on Commons Sept 2010
Start:09.11.2009 07:08 HRS
End:09.11.2009 07:08 HRS
Location:Sheffield Hallam University
Contact:
Telephone:
Web link:www.econet.co.uk/content/view/87/26
Details:Book by end of December 2009 for an early bird discount. To download the flyer visit www.econet.co.uk/content/view/87/26. Prices: Business or academic delegates £75 per day, Local authority, statutory agency, NGO £ 55 per day, Conference dinner £ 55. Dr Ian D. Rotherham and colleagues are organising a major event on the theme of ‘Aspects of Commons and Cultural Severance in the Landscape’. The event will address topics fundamental to the conservation of these wonderful and iconic landscapes. We will cover the lessons of history and landscape change, of cultural change and abandonment. The conference will be international in flavour and cover issues from ecology and archaeology to modern-day management, and relating to history and cultural resonances. In particular, we wish to raise critically important issues of cultural severance and abandonment of tradition in terms of sustainability, landscape quality and diversity. There will be a specific day devoted to abandonment of traditional management of commons. This will be in collaboration with the International Association for the Study of Commons.
October 2009
20.10.2009Seminar: Food, farming and conservation. British Ecological society with Flora Locale
Start:20.10.2009 07:30 HRS
End:20.10.2009 07:30 HRS
Location:Fordingbridge, Hampshire
Contact:
Telephone:
Web link:www.floralocale.org/content.asp?did=24088
Details:Keynote speaker: Simon Fairlie (rural sustainability commentator and author of Can Britain feed itself). Chairman: Poul Christensen (Natural England). Other contributors: Tim Benton, Henry Buller, Patrick Whitefield, Sue Everett & others. This workshop will explore how the pressure to increase food production can be balanced with the need to maintain and restore farmland biodiversity. Issues to be addressed include: Can Britain feed itself – and at what cost? Should food production and nature conservation be geographically integrated or segregated? Can the rural land management schemes deliver? Challenges for interdisciplinary projects will be discussed. The output will be a paper for policy makers and NGOs. £45 (£35 BES members and concessions)
19.10.2009Losehill Hall Grassland Grazing for Wildlife Training Course
Start:19.10.2009 06:00 HRS
End:21.10.2009 06:00 HRS
Location:Losehill Hall, Peak District National Park Learning and Environmental Conference Centre, Castleton, Hope Valley, S33 8WB
Contact:
Email:training.losehill@peakdistrict.gov.uk
Telephone:
Web link:http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/index/losehill/training/training_display.htm?ID=15677
Details:The course is aimed at anyone using or thinking of using grazing as a tool for managing grasslands of high conservation value.
July 2009
20.07.2009A Free Introduction to Conservation Management by Grazing
Start:20.07.2009 18:30 HRS
End:20.07.2009 20:00 HRS
Location:Markham Banks Reserve, near Wroughton, Wiltshire
Contact:Eva Thomas
Email:evat@wiltshirewildlife.org
Telephone:01380 725670
Web link:www.wiltshirewildlife.org
Details:Overview of grazing management at Wiltshire Wildlife Trust's Markham Banks reserve near Wroughton. The reserve is grazed by Exmoor Ponies and Herdwick Sheep. Sarah Marshall from the New Life on the Chalk project will provide a guided tour explaining how conservation grazing works on the site and the benefits to wildlife. The event is free but places are limited so booking is required.
June 2009
10.06.2009Smallholders Video Series: Sheep
Start:10.06.2009 08:37 HRS
End:10.06.2009 08:37 HRS
Location:
Contact:Carole Youngs
Email:info@smallholderseries.co.uk
Telephone:01452 700463
Web link:www.smallholderseries.co.uk/
Details:A series of practical DVD guides for Smallholders. The first series, Sheep on your Smallholding, to be released in late Spring 2009, comprises four programmes: Establishing Your Flock, Managing Your Flock for Peak Health, The Breeding Flock, Sheep for Enterprise, Business & Profit. Future series and individual titles will provide practical guides for both ‘hands-on’ smallholders, and those wishing to have a greater understanding of the working countryside.The web site will support the programmes, providing continuous added value content to the DVD series, together with a managed online knowledge exchange.
PONT events
May 2010
20.05.2010Flora Locale Workshop: Managing paddocks for ponies and biodiversity
Start:20.05.2010 09:00 HRS
End:20.05.2010 05:00 HRS
Location:Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales
Contact:
Email:info@floralocale.org
Telephone:
Web link:www.floralocale.org
Details:An opportunity for horse and pony owners to learn how they can manage horse pasture more effectively to benefit their animals and, at the same time, improve their land for wildlife and the landscape. This event will also look at animal health issues and techniques available to improve the species diversity of pasture. Facilitators: Frances Clayton with Charles Morgan (PONT) and Richard Smith
December 2009
05.12.2009Carneddau Pony Sale
Start:05.12.2009 11:00 HRS
End:05.12.2009 00:00 HRS
Location:Tyn Llwyfan, Newry Road, Llanfairfechan LL33 0EU
Contact:Jones Peckover, 61 Market Street, Abergele
Telephone:01745 832240
Web link:www.carneddauponies.co.uk
Details:Jones Peckover in conjuction with Carneddau Pony Society will be holding the first public aution of approx 100 Carneddau Welsh Mountain Pony foals, yearlings and draft mares. The aution will take place at 2pm at Tyn Llwyfan. Viewings commence from 11am and there will be a demonstration of handling and ridden ponies before the sale begins. PONT, the Welsh branch of GAP and the Countryside Council for Wales have been using Carneddau ponies for conservation grazing on Anglesey with great success. Visit www.carneddauponies.co.uk to read more about the breed.
