Woodland Trust Scotland - Preferences and ideas for volunteer training opportunities in 2020 and beyond

Please complete this brief survey to help us improve our volunteer events

Thanks so much in advance for completing this survey. It should only take you a few minutes.

The Scotland Team and I wish you all the best for a happy and successful 2020!

Matilda Scharsach

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* 1. Please provide your name if you are happy to (or your can fill this survey in in anonymously if you prefer).

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* 2. We'd love to know if there are topics that you would like to find out more about, to supplement the skills you already have in your volunteering role, or to broaden your knowledge in terms of woodlands and their protection, creation and management in Scotland. Please do let me know if you are interested in learning more about any of the suggested topics below and please do add any other suggestions you may have in the comments box.
Feel free to tick as many as you like.

Tree identification - broadleaf trees

Tree identification - conifers

Tree identification - winter

Woodland wildflower ID

Wild bird identification

Fungi, lichens and bryophytes

Identification of soil types

Recognising woodland types in accordance with the National Vegetation Classification system (NVC)

Identification of tree pests and diseases and how to report them

Removal of Rhododendron ponticum and other non-native invasive species.

Tree pruning

Recording trees for the Ancient Tree Inventory

Practical conservation tasks such as path building

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Our volunteer gatherings were well attended again in 2019 year, but we are always keen to make sure that the events suit as many volunteers as possible.
Did you attend one of the volunteering gatherings in Scotland last year? Please tick all those that apply.

Yes - East Lothian Gathering

Yes - Portmoak gathering

Yes - Scotland Volunteering Conference

Drummond Castle Ancient Tree Hunt

No, I didn't attend any

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* 4. If you answered "No" to question 2, please let us know what stopped you from attending. Feel free to tick all those that apply.

N/A - I did attend at least one event

Too far away to attend

Did not see why it was necessary to attend

None of the events interested me

Was not aware of the events

Not available on any of the dates

Not able to attend because of lack of available transport

Other (please specify) or comments

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* 5. Our gatherings to date have generally followed the same format of (indoor) talks in the morning, lunch and then an afternoon outside for a guided walk or activity on the topic covered in the morning.
We are keen to know if you like this format, and/or would you prefer in future. Feel free to answer this question even if you haven't attended an event before.
Please choose from:

The same format as before, ie half a day indoors, and half a day outside

All day outdoors

All day indoors

A mixed variety of formats

I don't mind

Other (please specify)

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* 6. For those of you who have attended the events, please can you give an overall score as to whether or not we are pitching them at the right level in terms of your existing knowledge. This of course is a generalisation, but it will give us a steer for next year. Feel free to add comments in the box to give us more explanatory detail.

	Much too basic	Too basic	About the right level	Too advanced	Much too advanced
Please rate the events in terms of how we pitch them in accordance with your knowledge.	Please rate the events in terms of how we pitch them in accordance with your knowledge. Much too basic	Please rate the events in terms of how we pitch them in accordance with your knowledge. Too basic	Please rate the events in terms of how we pitch them in accordance with your knowledge. About the right level	Please rate the events in terms of how we pitch them in accordance with your knowledge. Too advanced	Please rate the events in terms of how we pitch them in accordance with your knowledge. Much too advanced

Please explain your answer above here if you wish

Woodland Trust Scotland - Preferences and ideas for volunteer training opportunities in 2020 and beyond

Please complete this brief survey to help us improve our volunteer events

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* 1. Please provide your name if you are happy to (or your can fill this survey in in anonymously if you prefer).

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* 3. Our volunteer gatherings were well attended again in 2019 year, but we are always keen to make sure that the events suit as many volunteers as possible. Did you attend one of the volunteering gatherings in Scotland last year? Please tick all those that apply.

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* 4. If you answered "No" to question 2, please let us know what stopped you from attending. Feel free to tick all those that apply.

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* 3. Our volunteer gatherings were well attended again in 2019 year, but we are always keen to make sure that the events suit as many volunteers as possible.
Did you attend one of the volunteering gatherings in Scotland last year? Please tick all those that apply.