International Women’s Day: Woodworking and Gender
On International Women’s Day we look forward to bringing our Woodworking and Gender programme to life in 2024.
On International Women’s Day we look forward to bringing our Woodworking and Gender programme to life in 2024.
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.
An innovative Woodworking and Gender Seminar was hosted by Sylva Foundation on October 13, 2023. More than 70 participants came together at the Sylva Wood Centre for a day of talks, workshops and discussions around gender equality in the woodworking industry. Initial feedback has focused on the seminar not just being a success in bringing…
Following the launch of the government-funded PIES project last year, we are pleased to announce the expansion of the project thanks to additional funding provided by Fores
The results of our Gender Equality Survey Launched are launched today at our seminar: Woodworking and Gender: What’s the Story? Over 70 participants will be attending our Woodworking and Gender Seminar today at the Sylva Wood Centre, where our important online survey will be officially launched by CEO Dr Gabriel Hemery. Providing foundational research for both…
Data from our recent survey confirms significant inequality in Britain’s woodworking industry. The report will be launched at the opening of Woodworking and Gender: What the Story? seminar on Friday 13th October 2023
We were delighted to attend the Joined+Jointed Preview this week, celebrating the collaboration between the renowned furniture brand, Nottingham Trent University and Sylva Wood School .
We are delighted to publish a full report of the amazing 2022 Summer School run in partnership with the V&A Museum. In September 2022, the third annual Sylva Wood Summer School took place in collaboration with the V&A Museum, and specifically the Make Good: Rethinking Material Futures programme to create ‘Field Notes.’ This exciting collaboration…
Paradise Wood in south Oxfordshire was planted by Earth Trust in the 1990s, as a research centre for hardwood tree and is a unique resource for learning and advocacy. Thanks to funding from Vastern Timber, Sylva Foundation and Earth Trust will be working together on a new mapping project, using Sylva’s myForest platform to develop an online UK Forestry Standard management plan.
Sylva Foundation’s views on sourcing and using home-grown wood products. Using more wood products sourced from UK forests will stimulate our economy while improving the environmental condition of more woodlands, reducing wood-miles (carbon footprint of importing timber), and help reconnect people with the benefits of a working countryside.