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Launching a new outdoor health service in and around the Dyfi Valley

Weekly outdoor activities for health and wellbeing start in September.

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Launching a new outdoor health service in and around the Dyfi Valley

13 Awst 2025

Weekly outdoor activities for health and wellbeing start in September.

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Lawnsio gwasanaeth iechyd awyr agored newydd ym Mro Ddyfi a’r cyffuniau

13 Awst 2025

Gweithgareddau awyr agored wythnosol er eich iechyd a llesiant yn dechrau mis Medi.

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Art and Heritage Nature Skills in Swansea and Carmarthenshire

12 Awst 2025

Coed Lleol / Small Woods Association has been fortunate to receive funding this year from the Scottish Power Foundation, allowing us to extend our work with diverse communities across Swansea and Carmarthenshire.

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Sgiliau Celf a Threftadaeth Byd Natur yn Abertawe a Sir Gaerfyrddin

12 Awst 2025

Mae Coed Lleol / Small Woods wedi bod yn ffodus i dderbyn cyllid eleni gan Sefydliad Scottish Power, sy’n caniatáu i ni ymestyn ein gwaith gyda chymunedau amrywiol ledled Abertawe a Sir Gaerfyrddin.

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Project Extension for the Cynefin Green Health Hub, Carmarthenshire

26 Meh 2025

We are pleased to announce, that following an extension of funding, project work will continue, in partnership the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, at the Cynefin Green Health Hub in Carmarthenshire.

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Meithrin Iechyd drwy Bresgripsiynu Gwyrdd yng Nghwm Afan

19 Meh 2025

Yn dilyn llwyddiant gweithredu ‘Cronfa Gymunedol y Loteri Genedlaethol’, bydd Coed Lleol yn cyflwyno prosiect ‘Meithrin Iechyd drwy Bresgripsiynu Gwyrdd’ dros gyfnod o ddwy flynedd, ar draws clwstwr meddygon teulu Afan yng Nghastell-nedd Port Talbot. Byddwn yn gweithio ochr yn ochr â'r Presgripsiynwyr Cymdeithasol, i gysylltu ag unigolion a all fod angen cymorth amgen drwy ein rhaglenni sgiliau gwyrdd, a’u cefnogi.

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Shared Prosperity Fund Extension for Neath Port Talbot

10 Meh 2025

We are pleased to announce that the Shared Prosperity Fund has extended its support for our popular Connecting People, Nature and Place through skills and training project in Neath Port Talbot, South Wales.

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Woodland project supports veterans

21 Mai 2025

Veterans in Telford are being supported to transition back into civilian life through a unique Small Woods programme that uses nature to foster purpose and belonging.

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A new partnership

8 Mai 2025

Small Woods is delighted to welcome a new corporate sponsor to help support our work in sustainable woodland management and social forestry.

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Dyfarnu cyllid i wasanaeth iechyd awyr agored ar gyfer pobl Bro Ddyfi

30 Ebrill 2025

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Spring is sprung! Walking in the woods this morning, the spring flowers are pushing through the undergrowth, the birdsong in the trees is reaching fever pitch and the mammals large and small are on the move; attracting the attention of the kestrels and buzzards overhead. This is such a magical time of year and never fails to inspire and fill the mind with thoughts and plans for the year ahead.

We are getting this year off to a great start with two events this month that should prove to be very interesting. On 16-17 March we are hosting two Forestry Commission sponsored “Woodland into Management” events at the Green Wood Centre. The event will showcase some of the many ways that small woodland managers and owners can use some of the smaller-scale equipment available to them to improve woodland management in a sensitive, sustainable and cost effective way.

We are very much looking forward to the event as it provides us with an opportunity to look at the lessons coming from the SIMWOOD project, where we are again collaborating with the Forestry Commission, along with another 27 woodland management organisations from across Europe. Our principle in both initiatives is that the “wood that is valued is the wood that stays” and we know that Small Woods members value the woods where they work for a wide range of reasons. The addition of new techniques and ideas that promote management will make the 25-30,000 hectares of British woods for which Small Woods members are responsible across the UK more likely to be managed well. To say there is clearly demand from members for these events is an understatement – the first day sold out in 3 hours and the second in an evening. We are looking forward to two vibrant days exchanging experience and ideas.