The CSGN Forum will be held on 12 June 2012, please keep the date free in your diary.

More details will be available closer to the event.

20 March 2012 10am - 4pm

Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

Branching Out is an award winning referral programme of woodland activities for people using mental health services. Use of the natural environment has the potential to be one of the most beneficial and cost effective ways of increasing the nation's mental and physical health.

This seminar will bring together health and environmental sectors and showcase current practice of joint working and how green healthcare can help deliver a mentally flourishing Scotland.

Programme Highlights

• Key note address from NHS Lothian
• Key Branching Out developments
• Interactive workshop on topics including funding, training and evidence
• Woodland activity sessions
• Explore green health care possibilities in your area

Who should attend?

• Mental health service managers
• Mental health promotion specialists
• Environmental organisations
• Countryside ranger managers
• Land managers interested in providing opportunities
• Advocacy and volunteer groups

How much will it cost?

The seminar day will be FREE. Places will be limited so book your place early.

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New Lanark Hotel, 3 March

11am - 4.30pm

Join members of the Open Street Map Community to map the woods, parks, facilities and green spaces around New Lanark World Heritage site. Help create a free map, displaying the amazing natural assets of the Clyde Valley and New Lanark. We will teach you how to survey, edit and upload to OpenStreetMap website. We hope to create a map to showcase this spectacular area and help improve access and management in the future.

Mapping parties are events where anyone can come and participate in the OpenStreetMap project. OpenStreetMap is a free, open source map that can be contributed, edited and used by anyone, anywhere. Mapping parties are social events where experienced and new mappers can meet to share and learn more about the project. The event is open to all.

It's fun. It's free. You can help!

This map party is being sponsored by The Central Scotland Green Network Community Fund administered by Glasgow & Clyde Valley Green Network Partnership with a focus on mapping woodlands and access to green spaces.

Please book your place for the event.

There will be a follow-up mapping workshop two weeks after the mapping party, where you can learn how to make custom maps and use the data we have collected. This will be held in Glasgow.

More information is available on the OpenStreetMap wikipage.

Wednesday 29 February 2012 15:00 – 18:30
River House Restaurant and Conference Centre, Castle Business Park, Stirling


Central Scotland Forest Trust (CSFT) is working in partnership with Stirling & Clackmannanshire Councils, Forestry Commission and SNH to deliver a Working Woodlands Project in Stirling & Clackmannanshire. A key aspect of the project is to carry out an audit of the publicly owned woodland resource; identifying priority issues and areas, as well as key opportunities to make better use of this woodland resource. To date the survey and assessment work has been carried out and the preparation of the framework is underway, which we hope will guide the future management of and investment in woodlands in the area.

As part of the project a seminar is being held to illustrate the potential value of the woodlands and forests within Stirling and Clackmannanshire and to explore opportunities for developing this local resource.

The seminar is designed to attract a wide range of delegates including forest owners and managers, council representatives, community interests and end-users.  The event will also provide an excellent opportunity to strengthen links along the whole forest and timber supply chain; from producer to processor to end user.

This event can be booked online, or for further details visit the CSFT website.