training is one of Sylva Foundation’s core values
Ready to take your first steps into the furniture-making industry? This 6-week course offers hands-on training, technical skills, and the support you need to build your confidence and pursue a career in furniture. Whether you’re a recent graduate, career switcher, or looking for an entry point, this programme is tailored for you. Application are now open for our 6-week workshop experience as part of our Woodworking and Gender Project.
For the third year in a row Paul Orsi, Sylva Foundation’s Director of Operations, donated two days of his time to support undergraduates and those on degree level apprenticeships at Harper Adams University. The focus this year was on woodland creation (as part of a wider Forestry Module) and Paul was able to show the…
Are you part of the UK’s Woodworking or Furniture-making industry? If so, we want to hear from you, whether you are an employer, worker, teacher or student. You are invited to take part in our national survey.
Made from homegrown ash, this Sylva Foundation and National Trust collaboration of hand-crafted stools connecting education, heritage and sustainable woodland management has won top prize in the Production category of the Wood Awards 2024.
We are delighted to welcome Cathrin (Cat) Poppensieker to the Sylva team. Cat will lead our new Woodworking and Gender Project, funded by The National Heritage Lottery Fund and other generous supporters. The project aims to address the significant gender imbalance in the heritage woodworking sector. The project envisions a transformed woodworking industry, driven by…
Wood School stools shortlisted for prestigious Wood Awards
We are very proud and excited that the Ebworth stools have been shortlisted for the Production Made Furniture category of this year’s Wood Awards.
To celebrate the start of our Woodworking and Gender Project we are excited to offer a £3,000 bursary to join our Professional Course. Are you a practical person attracted to learning new skills and experiences in working with wood? Perhaps you have some previous woodworking experience and wish to learn professional practice skills whilst building…
Catch-up on the Woodland Management Planning webinar with Sylva Foundation, Cumbria Woodlands and Evolving Forests.
Recently we were delighted to host a workshop at the Sylva Wood Centre for the South-East regional group of the Institute of Chartered Foresters discussing Biodiversity Net Gain.
A new resource for Woodland Management Planning is now available to support myForest users in England. Whether you are a new woodland owner or further along the process, this support will underpin the entire planning journey and help you create a Forestry Commission approved Woodland Management Plan.