Green Careers – apprenticeships, traineeships and internships in the Tamar Valley

This month, to coincide with National Apprenticeship Week, we’ve been spending time on the Bere peninsula, interviewing Marketing Trainee Kirsty at Harlings Devon and our Community Engagement intern, Ginnette, as we explore green careers in the Tamar Valley.

Your hosts, Ginnette Sutherland and Charlotte Dancer from Tamar Valley National Landscape, meet the next generation that are benefitting from real hands-on experience and knowledge exchange throughout our National Landscape, and discover more about the apprenticeships, traineeships and internships created through our National Lottery Heritage Fund supported Tamara Landscape Partnership scheme.

 

Dave Bouch, Head Gardener at National Trust’s Cotehele and Antony, explains how he started his career as an apprenticeship at Antony in the 1980s, and introduces their current apprentice Sophie.

 

If you’re interested in a green career, this podcast offers tips and advice that you might like to consider as you start your journey.

 

This episode, you’ll hear the sounds of Nature at Weir Quay as we pause, listen and connect for a few moments in our regular slot inspired by the nature connectedness work and research undertaken by University of Derby.

Learn more about one of our Tamar Valley Special Species – 17 animals and plants that were identified within the Tamar Valley National Landscape’s Nature Recovery Plan 2023-2030, as needing a helping hand to thrive. Bryony James, Community & Volunteer Officer for Tamara Landscape Partnership Scheme, talks about the harvest mouse that can be found in a range of habitats including species-rich grassland, reedbeds, tussock grasses on heathland and field margins. Creating field margins and reducing grazing pressure are just two ways in which we could help the harvest mouse.

Your hosts

• Ginnette Sutherland, Community Engagement Officer (intern), Tamar Valley National Landscape/Tamara Landscape Partnership Scheme (National Lottery Heritage Fund supported)
• Charlotte Dancer, Information & Communications Officer, Tamar Valley National Landscape

Our guests

• Kirsty Henderson, Marketing Trainee, Harlings Devon
• Ginnette Sutherland, Community Engagement Officer (intern), Tamar Valley National Landscape/Tamara Landscape Partnership Scheme (National Lottery Heritage Fund supported)
• Sophie, Assistant Gardener Apprentice, National Trust’s Cotehele & Antony
• Dave Bouch, Head Gardener, National Trust’s Cotehele & Antony
• Bryony James, Community & Volunteer Officer, Tamara Landscape Partnership Scheme (Tamar Valley National Landscape project, supported by National Lottery Heritage Fund)

With thanks

Thank you to Jim Baldwin and Ross Sinclair from Fotonow for their technical support.

 

Links

 

Find out more…

 

Tamara Landscape Partnership scheme - https://tamaralandscapepartnership.org.uk/

• Tamara Trainees – through this project, 5 x 18-month apprenticeships and 6 x equivalent to 12 month fte training or internship equivalent have been/are being offered. Opportunities will be posted here - https://tamaralandscapepartnership.org.uk/opportunities/

Harlings Devon - https://harlings.co.uk/

National Trust Cotehele - https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cornwall/cotehele

National Trust Antony - https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cornwall/antony

Tamar Valley National Landscape - https://www.tamarvalley-nl.org.uk/

Tamar Valley National Landscape’s Nature Recovery Plan 2023-2030 - https://www.tamarvalley-nl.org.uk/our-work/projects/nature-recovery-plan/

National Apprenticeship Week

University of Derby

• Natural Connectedness research - https://www.derby.ac.uk/research/themes/zero-carbon/zero-carbon-nbs-research-centre/nature-connectedness-research-group/
• Nature Connected Communities Handbook Growing community nature connectedness: A new handbook for growing human-nature community relationships. | Finding Nature.

 

Production

 

This podcast has been brought to you from Tamar Valley National Landscape, one of 46 National Landscapes throughout the UK that work in partnership to conserve and enhance the natural beauty of these protected landscapes. Designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1995, the Tamar Valley’s special qualities are;

 

• A rare valley and water landscape
• A landscape of high visual quality
• A unique wildlife resource
• A remarkable heritage
• A landscape of artistic and public appeal

 

The podcast has been made possible thanks to National Lottery Heritage Fund supported Tamara Landscape Partnership scheme, a project of Tamar Valley National Landscape, that aims to create a brighter future for the Tamar Valley and its communities, by creating opportunities and positive change through a programmes of 10 exciting projects.

 

 

Contact us

Email: enquiries@tamarvalley.org.uk

Social media: @tamarvalleynl – find us on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn

 

More episodes

Look out for our next podcast that will be released at the end of March 2025.