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The Land Trust Annual Review 2021

Our People

Staff have The Land Trust staff are the lifeblood of the organisation. Without them we
been given wouldn’t be able to grow our site portfolio or deliver charitable outcomes.
the option to As of 31 March 2021 we directly employed 43 people: 34 full time and nine part time.
work in a much The Land Trust has remained committed to nurturing our staff and supporting them to
more flexible develop their skills with 283 training hours completed over the last 12 months.
way, which The last year obviously presented a number of challenges for our staff team due to the
we recognise Covid-19 pandemic. Following Government advice our staff moved to home working
is good for in March 2020. The Trust had been planning for this eventuality for a number of weeks
their physical and therefore had the appropriate infrastructure in place to allow our team to adapt
quickly to this new way of working.
and mental
wellbeing... Working from home presented the Trust with the challenge of keeping everyone
working together effectively when face-to-face contact was so limited. The Trust
invested in Microsoft Teams and regular meetings were held between colleagues
and departments.

The Trust also quickly recognised that the pandemic could put a strain on the mental
wellbeing of our staff. Six members of the team were trained as Mental Health First
Aiders and a new Health and Wellbeing newsletter was created which was sent out to
all staff and included various resources and activities which were designed to benefit
their physical and mental wellbeing.

A number of virtual activities were also organised, including art classes, yoga and Pilates.

The office is now open with staff being given the option to work in a much more flexible
way which we recognise is good for their physical and mental wellbeing.

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