Heloise le Moal
Community Woodlands Association Internship
After graduating at the Scottish School of Forestry in Forest Management, I joined the Community Woodlands Association (CWA) in December 2021 as an intern. My role was to help two community woodland groups with their communication: Glengarry Community Woodlands in Invergarry and Culduthel Woods in Inverness. The main idea was to help them promote their benefits to the wider community and ensure the continuity of my work.
From video making in the woods with school children to engaging with local media, this internship has been a good opportunity to consolidate my knowledge of community woodlands and communication. Not only have I expanded my network in a sector that I am really interested in, but I also had the opportunity to gain an insight into policy making. Overall, this internship has been very positive and gave me the confidence I needed for my future projects.