We are delighted to welcome Phillip Gullam as our new Wood School Assistant. Phil previously taught at Rycotewood for a number of years, teaching various furniture-making courses. He brings to the role a breadth of experience gained over the years. Phil has been involved in the teaching and assessing qualifications for wood occupations for more…
We are delighted to open the Sylva Wood Centre to visitors once more during Oxfordshire Artweeks. We are open for 14/15 May from 10am-5pm. Come and see the craftspeople at work in our Wood Centre and learn about their businesses; visit the Wood School to find out about our courses and see our students’ projects.…
A joint statement by sister charities: Earth Trust, The Oxford Trust, and Sylva Foundation It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Sir Martin Wood (1927-2021). Sir Martin and Lady Wood together founded our three sister charities. Each of us has a distinctive vocation, voice and vision, yet at our heart we…
If you own an area of woodland in the south-east region of England, you could benefit from free one-to-one professional forestry advice. Read more …
We are very excited to launch the new Sylva Friends scheme. We hope you may be interested in becoming a Sylva Friend because you love what we do and how we do it. Read more …
We are delighted to announce that The New Sylva is back in print with signed copies available in our online shop.
In September, Sylva Foundation hosted a Summer School for young creative people to promote design and craft using home-grown timber. The inspiring report from the workshop is published today to coincide with Grown in Britain week.
We are delighted to publish our first ever Impact Report, highlighting our achievements and impacts during the last year.
We have published our Trustee’s Report and Independent Accounts for the year 2020-21.
We are pleased to launch a new campaign aiming to establish a fund to support young craftspeople who graduate from our Professional Making Course. The Sylva Wood School Fellowship Fund will allow us to appoint Fellows, chosen from our course alumni.