TRAINING & COURSES
| REN Training Courses | |
| Appointed Person First Aid | External trainer |
| Leading and Managing Conservation Work Days | Downloadable hand outs |
| Working with Children in the Environment | Downloadable hand outs |
| If you are a volunteer with a local environmental group or a community groups wanting to carry out an environmental project and are interested in any of these training courses please contact us | |
We periodically organise first aid and leadership training courses for members of local (Richmond borough) environmental groups. Join our database and we'll keep you up to-date of any training course, to do this please fill out the Contact Us form and tick training option.
BTCV London
A range of training courses are available in many practical activities and species identification. Details of courses in London and further afield can be found on BTCV's website http://shop.btcv.org.uk/shop/level1/19/level
Capel Manor
Capel Manor offers a range of courses in horticulture, gardening, landscaping and forestry management. The main campus is in Enfield but courses take place at other locations in London, including Gunnersbury Park (near Chiswick). The Web site is www.capel.ac.uk.
Environmental Trainers Network (ETN)
ETN offer a range of fairly indepth training courses in a variety of locations countrywide. The ETN course can be found and booked through BTCV's website http://shop.btcv.org.uk/shop/level1/19/level
Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management
IEEM is a professional body which represents and supports professionals in the fields of ecology and environmental management. The web site is www.ieem.org.uk/ IEEM offer a wide range of course in species and habitat management.
Birkbeck University of London - Ecology and Conservation Studies
Birkbeck offer some excellent short and long courses, diplomas and degrees in ecology and conservation studies and a lecture series. Morer information about Birkbecks courses can be found here and the Ecology and Conservation Studies Society, which runs the lecture series here
RCVS ICT (Richmond On-Line Learning)
Volunteers and people involved in voluntary and community groups within the borough are able to take part in subsidized Information, Communication and Technology courses/training online with Richmond Council for Voluntary Service. For a £30 small fee you have access to over 68 courses. Full details can be found on http://www.rcvsict.org.uk/
Ecological Buliding - Kingston (upon Thames) University
Twickenham & Thames Valley Bee-Keepers Association
We do play a very active roll in the craft of bee-keeping, our current teaching group this winter term has 35 students. During the active bee-keeping season (March to September) groups of student bee-keepers work with experienced tutors on Friday evenings taking care of the Association's beehives, (hands on experience) Please contact Chris Deaves on 020 8 568 2869.
http://www.twickenham-bees.org.uk/
