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WoodLots News July-August 2005
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French Cabinet Makers in Rural
Sussex
Forestry
Commission Supports WoodLots
New
Makers
Autumn Show
Show Your Support for WoodLots
Hold Your Event at the Woodland
Enterprise Centre
French
Cabinet
Makers take Action
in Rural Sussex
Six
cabinet makers from the Picardy region of northern France visited various
makers at their workshops throughout Sussex in May - an opportunity to see
how different makers work, to discuss methods, equipment, workshops,
timber and finance, and to see finished products of varied style.
Potential business links are being fostered with the possibility of
designs being sold, skills being contracted, and new markets developed.
French and English participants will be exhibiting furniture in a
unique show at the Woodland Enterprise Centre on October 7th, 8th, 9th.
English participants will travel to Picardy in November to visit workshops
and sawmills.
This exchange is organised by Action in Rural Sussex in conjunction with Weald WoodNet and the Chambre de Metiers in the Somme as part of the Rural Business Networks Project. If you would like to find out more about Action In Rural Sussex contact Marilyn Eva, 01273 405453,
Forestry
Commission
Supports WoodLots
We are extremely pleased to announce that the Forestry Commission
has shown its support for WoodLots by making a contribution to
the annual costs of the service, joining current contributors
East Sussex County Council, West Sussex County Council and Hampshire
County Council.
Jane Hull, Framework Development Officer at the Forestry Commission,
acknowledges the role WoodLots plays in connecting woodland owners,
managers and contractors with those buying woodland products and the
contribution this makes to stimulating South East England’s woodland
economy. By promoting market
opportunities, WoodLots contributes to fulfilling the goals of the
Regional Woodland & Forestry Framework, ‘Seeing the Wood for the
Trees’ which recognises the importance of a secure future for our
woodland resources through the financial viability of woodland
management.
For more on what’s happening with ‘Seeing the Wood for the Trees’ contact Jane Hull, Framework Development Officer, Tel: 01296 696543, jane.hull@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
New makers are invited to exhibit at the forthcoming Woodland Enterprise Centre Open Day on October 30th. Are you a newly established maker or a student training in furniture making or design and utilising locally sourced wood in your work? Would you like the opportunity to exhibit this autumn?
Please
contact Jenny Martin at Weald WoodNet to discuss.
Tel:
01580 879552
jenny@woodnet.org.uk
Show
Your Support
for
WoodLots:
To
maintain funding for the free WoodLots service we need to demonstrate that
WoodLots is working and that woodlands and businesses in the South East
are benefiting from the networking opportunities and information supplied
by WoodLots.
You can help by letting us know about benefits you have gained.
Have you, as a result of information found in WoodLots :
• made useful business contacts
• attended an event or received training
• found employment/a new employee
• acquired or sold products/equipment
• improved your business
If you can answer ‘yes’ to any of these questions, or if you have your own supportive stories about WoodLots’ effectiveness, please help by writing a brief letter or email outlining the specific benefits you have gained.
Please email your letters of support to: jenny@woodnet.org.uk
Hold
Your Event at the
Woodland
Enterprise Centre
For small or large meetings,
conferences
and exhibitions, the Woodland Enterprise Centre offers 150 square metres of exhibition and conference
space, including a small meeting room, all within 22 hectares of
demonstration woodland at Flimwell, just south of Tunbridge Wells on the
East Sussex/Kent border.
For bookings throughout 2005-06 please contact:
Weald WoodNet, Tel: 01580 879552, Email: info@woodnet.org.uk
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