The trustees of Sylva Foundation are pleased to release the formal report from the board for 2022-23 and the independent accounts produced by our financial auditors.
2022-2023 at a glance
- launched PIES, (protect, improve, expand and sustain) an innovative project to help with the creation and management of woodlands across England
- 10,000 forest owners and managers used myForest to map more than 185,000ha of forest
- continued to support Defra under the Resilient Treescapes Project
- awarded ‘Best Range’ for the Wood School collaboration with the National Trust at the Association for Cultural Enterprises awards
- ran the third annual Sylva Wood Summer school in collaboration with the V&A Museum
- Two-thirds of the Sylva Wood School Professional course students secured jobs within the industry within 3 months of completing the course
- released our position statement on Sourcing and Using Home-Grown Wood Products
- started development of Forest Lab – a stewardship science project, with the help of feedback from 158 myForest users
- Financials:
- income: £590,358
- expenditure: £649,823
- overheads 17%
