Laura supports the Living Woods volunteers and manages the volunteer computer system which keeps the volunteering activity running smoothly. She enjoys using this platform to build community across the organisation through regular volunteer news and communication. She also works on the Living Woods ReKindle Project, leading volunteers in practical tasks to improve the health of our local woodland habitats and to produce material from them in a sustainable way. Laura has worked with volunteers, young people and children in woodlands for 20 years, from leading Forest School, developing traditional skills heritage projects, starting community woodlands, running practical habitat management tasks to more recently focusing on how nature can support our wellbeing. She runs forest bathing events and teaches breathwork supported by nature. “I feel that trees support us in more ways than we know. The more time we can spend planting them, caring for them, protecting them and simply being around them, the better for everyone and everything.”
Laura Waugh