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Land Trust Annual Review 2020
“The Land Trust is committed to
nurturing our staff and supporting
them to develop their skills.”
Without our colleagues we wouldn’t be able to grow our The way our sites are managed means that a further 128
site portfolio and deliver charitable outcomes, through people are employed to manage the day to day running
the active management of these sites and engagement of our spaces across the country. We work with a wide
with the people we serve.
variety of managing partners including local wildlife trusts,
Our people As of 31 March 2020 we directly employed 40 people: groundwork, TCV, local community groups and many more.
and partners 28 full time and 12 part time. Our finance apprentice This year our Managing Partners conference was hosted
virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This annual
Ellen Colgan has completed her second year with us
achieving her Level 3 AAT accounting qualification and
the hard work of our partners on our sites across the
has now been given a full time permanent position with event, which includes our awards ceremony recognising
Our colleagues who the Trust and will go on to further study. Her progress country during 2019-20, is an opportunity for our staff
work hard to continue was recognised at the High Sheriff of Cheshire Awards and partners to collaborate, share best practice and
the growth and 2019 where she was Highly Commended in the celebrate the great outcomes for the communities
Apprentice of the Year category.
around our sites. While we weren’t able to meet in person
success of the Land it was still great to get everyone together to celebrate the
Trust are the lifeblood The Land Trust is committed to nurturing our staff and successes of the previous year.
of the organisation. supporting them to develop their skills and over the last
12 months 136 days of training were completed, as we We hope to be able to meet again in person in 2021 at one
seek to enhance the skillset of our employees. of the Land Trust’s newest sites, Twywell Hills and Dales.
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