The trustees of Sylva Foundation are pleased to release the formal report from the board for 2021-22 and the independent accounts produced by our financial auditors.
- continued to support Defra under the Resilient Treescapes Project
- Supported the Future Oak project in partnership with Bangor University
- myForest users grew to 8,000 woodland owners plus 1,500 agents responsible for 141,000ha across Britain
- completed research and development of the new Woodland Creation platform supported by Defra
- continued development of NatureBid in partnership with the Environment Agency, supporting transfer of ￡30M of environmental funding to date
- played a key role in furthering the development of the Forestry and Climate Change Partnership
- collaborated with the National Trust to make furniture at our Wood School using timber from its estate
- initiated a Fellowship Scheme for students on our Professional Course at the Wood School
- ran a Summer School for female and non-binary students in partnership with Grown in Britain
- developed the new Woodland Assessor with funding from the Forestry Commission to improve forest management practice
- hosted a Home-grown Timber Summit and launched a home-grown wood product selector tool
- Financials:
- income: ￡499,747
- expenditure: ￡542,418
- overheads 11%
