Course details
Course venue:
Chapel House Woods are owned by the Sir John Fisher Foundation who have sponsored the training allowance for our first two apprentices. The courses will be situated within this beautiful wood and lunches served on site. There is also a hall adjacent where we will serve evening meals and have social gatherings. The hall boasts the comforts of toilets, showers and central heating!
Camping: pitches on site, B+B’s nearby.
Food: Food will be provided. The cost of lunch is included in your fee. However, breakfast and an evening meal will be available at reasonable rates and we encourage you to join us for all your meals.
Evenings: There will be a range of activities, organised and impromptu in the hall and elsewhere.
Tools: Tools and essential protective clothing will be provided. Wear work clothes and stout footwear for a week in the woods in all weathers.
BHMAT and tutors will take every precaution to ensure your safety. General site safety will be outlined on arrival and tutors will provide specific H+S information relevant to their workshop. We need to know of any special medical condition / medication that might compromise your safety or that of others. We will provide First Aid cover, with qualified First Aiders on site.
Fees: The fee quoted for the week includes tuition, materials, a soup and bread meal at lunchtime and tea/coffee during workshops. Breakfast and evening meals will be extra.
Booking Information
Complete the attached booking form and send with a cheque or postal order for £90-£180 (please pay as much as you can afford) made payable to Bill Hogarth MBE Memorial Apprenticeship Trust. Send completed booking form and cheque to: -BHMAT, Crag View, Dixon’s Field, Crag Bank, Carnforth, Lancashire. LA5 9JN
Tel: 01524 720292 or 07867 792698
Email:
If in the event of the courses being oversubscribed we reserve the right to return any monies sent to us.
Cancellations: If you need to cancel after you have paid the course fee this should be done in writing. There will be a £10 cancellation charge. A telephone booking will be held for 5 days.
If we cancel, for whatever reason, we will return all course fees sent to us.
How to find us: Directions to find the venue will be sent with other information about 2 weeks before the course starts.
Concessions: If you are unable to afford the course fee we might, in certain circumstances, be able to help so give us a call.
Disappointed that you can’t make this course? Please still contact us and let us know of your interest in our apprenticeship and/or Trust.
Acknowledgements
The week has been made possible by the generous financial support of, Lancashire Woodlands Project, DEFRA VTS, The Headley Trust, Lancashire LEADER + Programme, Friends of the Lake District, BHMAT and support in kind from Cumbria Woodlands. Photos supplied by Lizzy Hare.
Thanks to The Sir John Fisher Foundation.
The Bill Hogarth MBE Memorial
Apprenticeship Trust
presents the sixth
Woodland Pioneers
Introduction to
Coppicing Week
17th-21st September 2007
Staveley in Cartmel
Newby Bridge, Cumbria
Courtesy of Sir John Fisher Foundation
Cost £90 - £180
5 days of inspiring traditional woodland craft training taught by experienced professional craft tutors held in a beautiful Cumbrian woodland
Sponsored by: DEFRA VTS, The Headley Trust, Leader + and Friends of the Lake District with support from Cumbria Woodlands.
Woodland Pioneers
Bill Hogarth was a coppice merchant, working the woods in South Cumbria for the majority of his life. The aims of BHMAT are to promote coppicing through the setting up of an apprenticeship scheme. We now have 8 apprentices and are looking for two more for 2008.
We run an industry-led, broad based apprenticeship training that is recognised as the first of its kind in the UK. The training is for 3 years and is validated by the Open College North West.
For those new to Woodland Pioneers, Monday to Thursday will be made up of four one-day introductory woodcraft workshops. These will be:
Charcoal Making - Rebecca Oaks
Lead by local coppice worker Rebecca Oaks, this day will initiate you into the mysteries of charcoal burning, using ring kilns and an oil drum which is a great way to start making your own barbeque charcoal at home. She will also find time to look at good coppice practice.
Spoon Carving – James Mitchell
Learn the basic techniques for creating beautiful and functional spoons with James, BHMAT’s first apprentice and graduate to be awarded the full Bill Hogarth Coppice Diploma.
Rustic Oak Stools – Twiggy
By September 2007 Twiggy will have gained the Bill Hogarth Coppice Diploma. She will expertly guide you through the process of making a rustic oak stool to take home.
Gate Hurdles - Owen Jones
Owen Jones is best known as the country’s only full time oak swill basket maker. In this workshop Owen offers you the chance to have a go at cleaving and shaping wood to make a small gate hurdle.
Maurice Pyle – Pole Lathe
Maurice (Woodsmith and BHMAT Trustee) will teach you the correct use of tools such as the skew chisel, ferret, sizing gauge and ring tool so that you can undertake to produce small but challenging projects such as tool handles, baby’s rattles and chair legs. Some pole lathe experience would be helpful but is not essential.
Musical Instruments - Edward Acland
Lead by Edward Acland (BHMAT Trustee), this course will enable you to experiment with creating a wooden musical instrument.
Friday Workshops
Friday will be an open day with numerous woodcraft workshops including: willow work, clothes pegs, hurdles, besom brooms etc., plus a chance to hear more about the apprenticeship and to register your interest in it.
A certificate of attainment will be available to those who want it (£15).
Please note that you need a certificate if you wish to apply for the apprenticeship.
BHMAT Woodland Pioneers
Booking form 17th-21st Sep 2007
I would like to book on:
The four one-day workshops + Fri
The two two-day workshops + Fri
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If you have not attended WP before you will be expected to do the 4 one-day courses
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If appropriate please tell us why you are interested in the apprenticeship
If you would like an OCNW certificate of attainment please include £15 with your fee and indicate here.
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Any medical information we should be aware of?
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Do you want to camp on site? Yes/No
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