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Embrace Woodlands! project (Dulwich Upper Wood, SE19 1SS)

Please find attached the 1st Newsletter for Embrace Woodlands! project run by Embrace Cooperation Ltd in partnership with Trust for Urban Ecology (TRUE). For more information on this project please…

Tagged: wood, wildlife, Dulwich, newsletter, environmental

Started Dec 16

Oral history video about Streatham Common

This oral history video about Streatham Common has been edited and the now the above links no longer work the links for the new version on Youtube are http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBAdlpND2z0

Replied Aug 18

Booklet about Streatham Common nature & history now available to download

Natural History of Streatham Common project booklet "Embrace Your Environment" Embrace Cooperation Ltd booklet about the nature & history of Streatham Common from their highly successful Natural…

Started Jul 27

Oral history video about Streatham Common
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Embrace Cooperation Ltd's Streatham common community projects oral history video is now available to watch on Youtube, it is in two parts at it was too long to be put on Youtube as one film. Part 1:…

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About Me:
Environmental Project Manager for not for profit company
Embrace Cooperation Ltd (www.myembrace.org)

A brief description
Embrace Cooperation Ltd is non-profit organisation based in London promoting work placements, teacher/educator exchange schemes, personal development workshops as well as media and environmental work. We started as Embrace Unlimited - a volunteer organisation in 2000 and since October 2004 operate as a non-profit making company under the name Embrace Cooperation Ltd.

We work mainly with and for disadvantaged young adults and provide a variety of services that enables them to integrate and perform well in mainstream society. Embrace does this through a number of learning schemes, including arts, media, personal development, placements, exchange programs and environmental conservation projects in Europe and UK. Our main objective is to support those with the least opportunities, so that they improve the quality of their life and contribute to self-sustaining communities. Embrace engages around 150 - 200 young adults every year through the provision of holistic projects, which bring together the skills and abilities of the young people with the opportunities Embrace can offer.

First UK based environmental conservation project:
Embrace Cooperation Ltd received a Heritage Lottery Fund grant to run a community project promoting Streatham Common. The project highlights the history, environmental importance & recreational significance of the Common as a natural heritage site. The project started in January 2008 and will finish in June 2009. The project aims to create long-term participation of the local communities in the conservation of Streatham Common. The project aims to raise awareness of the environmental importance of Streatham Common by organising nature activities and working with local community groups and schools. Embrace Cooperation Ltd would especially like to work with those local community groups, schools and youth organisations which would not otherwise be involved in environmental conservation. The project so far has engaged with almost 200 people, involving them in community environmental conservation events on Streatham Common.

UK based media projects:
Embrace did four media projects in 2008 with over 30 young adults (living in hostels; refugees; and those from housing estates and not in education, employment, or training). All projects focused on participatory media work using photography, graphic design and film to capture the creativity of the young people. The practical work gave them a chance to lose their inhibitions working with media equipment and also to use techniques such as story boarding, directing and editing in such a way which will make them applicable to their life. It also gave them the experience whether they really could see themselves starting an apprenticeship or work in the media industry as we facilitate visits to media colleges and film companies.

Embrace Cooperation is interested in developing new environmental and media projects with community groups / schools and would like to hear from any group interested in working with us.
Key Interests
Conservation, Wildlife, Education, Gardening
Experience/Skills
Embrace Woodlands! Project in Dulwich Upper Wood

Embrace Environmental Projects Blog Website: http://embraceenvironment.wordpress.com/

This one year Heritage Lottery funded, Embrace Cooperation Ltd project (starting September 2009) is run in partnership with Trust for Urban Ecology (TRUE).

Heritage Lottery Fund Website: http://www.hlf.org.uk/english

TRUE Website: http://www.urbanecology.org.uk/index.html

Embrace Woodlands! Blog: http://embracewoodlands.blogspot.com/

The project will focus on traditional woodland crafts, environmental conservation, increase awareness of, and encourage participants to maintain and preserve the Dulwich Upper Wood (London) nature reserve site for future generations. These traditional woodland crafts have been developed over many years and the local native wildlife has also adapted slowly over time. As the wildlife benefits from these practical crafts they have become part of the site management.

The following woodland crafts and environmental conservation techniques will be covered by the project:

* Wildlife Surveys / Walks
* Small Tree Felling / Coppicing
* Hedge Laying
* Dead Hedge Creation And Maintenance
* Traditional Wooden Fencing
* Glade Maintenance
* Wildlife Pond Maintenance
* Making Bird And Bat Boxes

All these techniques are traditional, sometimes ancient methods of conservation and it aims to encourage wildlife and native plants to thrive.

Project Film

A project film will be created with oral history film interviews being organised. The interviews will be about woodland conservation techniques and the site history. With wildlife experts and local community members being interviewed by project volunteers. Also project practical conservation events will be filmed to show the techniques involved in management of the site and woodland crafts.

There is lots of opportunities for volunteers on this project including:

* Learning practical environmental conservation
* Wildlife surveying
* Help run wildlife walks
* Graphic design for project flyers / event posters
* Administration
* Project blog design / updates
* Project Myspace / Facebook / other social networks design & updates
* Film making
* Film editing
* Photography
* Help developing new projects

Local community groups & schools

We would like to work closely with local community groups and schools, including developing tailor made events / sessions for community group members & school students.

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At 1:05pm on July 27, 2009, John Cannell said…
Natural History of Streatham Common project booklet "Embrace Your Environment"
Embrace Cooperation Ltd booklet about the nature & history of Streatham Common from their highly successful Natural History of Streatham Common project is now online to download & view. The booklet is in two pdf files with the main content pages on one pdf file and cover page, project description page & acknowledgements page is in other booklet pdf file


This is the cover, project description page & acknowledgement page for Embrace Cooperation Ltd: Embrace Your Environment Booklet. Which was created as part of their Natural History Exploration of Streatham Common community project which was funded by the Heritage Lottery.

http://www.ecomotion.org.uk/?id=9572

This is the main content pages (cover page, project description page & acknowledgements page is in other booklet pdf file) for Embrace Cooperation Ltd: Embrace Your Environment Booklet. Which was created as part of their Natural History Exploration of Streatham Common community project which was funded by the Heritage Lottery.

http://www.ecomotion.org.uk/?id=9573

The pdf files can also be downloaded from Dirt project forum page
At 7:04pm on July 22, 2009, Bridged Hall said…
John, we are having our 2nd meeting next week, Tuesday, 28th at 6.30 at the Wellfield Centre, 16 Wellfield Road, SW16, please come along. Do you want me to put you on the Sustainable Streatham mailing list. Otherwise we could make a date to meet after that.
Cheers
Bridged
At 1:52pm on July 22, 2009, Carl Reynolds said…
John, I'm guessing Bridged put you on to me? Your project sounds really interesting and progressive.
At 9:09am on July 22, 2009, Bridged Hall said…
Would be good to talk about the links between Sustainable Streatham (SuS) & the Common x
At 8:52am on July 22, 2009, Iris Borgers said…
Environmental conservation project
sound just up my street !
need to chat one day.

Hope there will be an admin party again soon
there are so many intresting projects and people

Over to Mark and Nick to organise!
At 3:05pm on June 23, 2009, Mark said…
Hi John

Hope all is going well?

A quick message - to let you know you can now access funding directly through project dirt. As of today ... Timberland, the US boot guys - are making available £500 to 4 projects on the site. I just wanted to flag this with you in case you needed funds to help your project (Nat Hist Exploration of Streatham Common).

Take a look at their project page http://www.projectdirt.com/group/timberlandEK to see how to apply.

I'm here if you need a hand with anything.

cheers

Mark
At 9:36am on March 10, 2009, Nick said…
John (as a PS to my note below) - I've linked your events to your project page (have a look here), so more people can find out about them... hope that's alright... if not, let me know!
At 9:30am on March 10, 2009, Nick said…
Hi John - the Embrace / RAISE visit to Germany looks really interesting. Do let us know if it's appropriate for one of us from Project Dirt to go (nb. we are not "practitioners" in the sense of doing a lot of building, but do provide a lot of advice!).
In any case, it would be great if those who are selected to go could feedback on their experience, and one way could be to do a regular (daily) blog on their trip... on the Project Dirt website. What do you think? If you like the idea, then do drop me a line (nick@projectdirt.com) and we can discuss further.
Best wishes, Nick
At 4:51pm on March 6, 2009, Jess said…
Hi John,
I'm volunteering for Project Dirt at the moment and I wanted to get in touch to see if we can help with your project in Streatham. We're really keen to get going with more wildlife projects so please let me know if there is anything I can do to help gain you more members, increase the profile of your project and make sure that you are maximising the use of your project page - there are quite a few things you can play around with i.e. file storage boxes, links to events etc.
We are also holding an Administrator's Meeting on Tuesday and it would be great if you could come along. Click here to see the event and let us know if you can make it.
Best wishes,
Jess
 
 

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