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Our people and partners Land Trust Annual Review 2018

Our trustees

The hard
work and
dedication
of our
staff and
managing
partners is key
to our success

The people who work hard to continue the think over their development needs and discuss
growth and success of the Land Trust are with their manager. Working from that, training
the most important part of the organisation. will then be provided to help meet those needs
Without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver and deliver results. This will be continued over
our charitable benefits, acquire and manage the next year, with aims to increase the amount
sites or communicate with the people we of quality training provided to our staff.
serve. Over the last year there has been
change in the shape of our head office team, The unique model we have for the management
which has resulted in a fresh outlook for the of our sites means that a further 57 people are
future of the Land Trust. employed to manage the day-to-day running
of our sites. We work with 27 partners, which
As of 31 March 2018, we directly employed include The Conservation Volunteers, National
36 people; 26 full time and 10 part time. Our Trust and Wildlife Trusts and local community
finance apprentice, Lauryn Parker, completed groups. We work closely together to ensure
her first year with us and continues to be communities benefit from the well-managed
supported through her studies towards green space. Performance is regularly monitored
achieving her AAT accounting qualification. as part of the management plan, which ensures
We also continued to work with the University charitable objectives are delivered.
of Chester, taking on students for work based
learning placements, which will enhance skills This year we hosted our Managing Partners
and support them in future endeavours. away day at Northumberlandia to celebrate
the success and hard work of the partners
The Land Trust is committed to nurturing our on our sites across the country. This annual
staff, and supporting them to develop their event, which includes our awards ceremony,
skills. Over the last year, 164.8 days of training will be hosted at Port Sunlight River Park next
were completed by Land Trust staff. As part year, which will be an excellent opportunity for
of our performance management scheme, a staff and partners to collaborate, communicate
performance development action plan was and celebrate the great outcomes for the
introduced, which encourages employees to communities around our sites.

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