Partners at Woodland Ways A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never see. Ancient Greek proverb (We plant trees at any age, whatever our gender..Ed.) Woodland Ways depends on our partners, whether community members, our volunteers or organisations that deliver financial and operational support. This web page offers your more detailed links to our partner pages. We hope that you find them useful. We are pleased to feature the work of The Green Light Trust.  Green Light work with Schools: Working with their partners, helping to create community woodland, Green Light Trust have a professional and extensive educational programme to offer schools. Their work programmes support the National Curriculum in... Citizenship  Literacy  PSHE  Science  Geography These activities range across all key stages. Woodland Ways are proud to be partners of Green Light in the delivery of their 'From Seed To Tree' activity. Working with local schools in Bury St. Edmunds, Woodland Ways have, in partnership with Green Light, already delivered a number of tree planting sessions on the Natterer's Wood site. Local children have currently planted 412 trees with us. The session held in partnership on 6th March 2006 was rated  'excellent' by the children attending. Green Light Trust Programmes... From Seed to Tree Sensing the Rain Forest Forest Schools Spadeworks From Seed to Tree: This seasonal programme is designed to engage young people in the woodland development cycle. Working with partners who are developing community woodland, children are supported in their learning by being encouraged  to plant and nurture tree saplings in growing woodland. Sensing the Rain Forest: Green Light use their specialist presenter to deliver a journey through an imaginary rain forest. This multi-sensory exploration is explicitly designed to foster the interest and engage pupils who have learning difficulties. Forest Schools: The aim of the programme is to develop children's sense of and  understanding for the natural world. Exploring the environment,  using their own local woodland, to take part n child-centred,  children led activities that foster an understanding of risks, care  for themselves and the environment and responsibility for others. Spadeworks: Focussed on supporting the development of school grounds, the programme involves pupils, parents, carers and teachers in the skills of  practical tree planting and landscape management and care.  The programme is designed to include follow up visits to continue  the learning and understanding process. Woodland Ways is but one community woodland partner in the Green Light partner network. The programmes of work that Green Light offer are a chance to profoundly affect the understanding of young people in relation to their environment. Planting trees and developing woodland, in partnership with Woodland Ways, will help us to achieve the aim of the Green Light Trust... 'to help develop wise caretakers of the earth's resources  and to impact on 100,000 children in the next ten years'. We share that aim – you can help us too. Contact  Green Light Trust The Foundry  Bury Road Lawshall Bury St Edmunds Suffolk, IP29 4PJ Tel: 01284 830829 E: info@greenlighttrust.org Woodland Ways Our Partner Organisations Bury St. Edmunds Volunteer Centre 'We train and support volunteers to provide services to individuals, charitable, voluntary and statutory organisations, which are supported with information, advice, volunteers, facilities, community buses and training opportunities'. Suffolk County Council Conservation and Environment pages 'Offering advice on the management of woodland and, in partnership with others, promoting the conservation and enhancement of Suffolk’s woodlands'. Natural England 'Natural England is the Government funded body whose purpose is to promote the conservation of England's wildlife and natural features. We achieve this by taking action ourselves and by working through and enabling others'. British Trust for Coservation Volunteers (BTVC) 'Whether you're experts or just thinking about getting involved in conservation work and need to know where to start, we can give you a helping hand to turn your vision into reality'.