With funding from our partners Wessanen UK, ITF has supported a series of community-based tree planting projects in Madagascar, as part of our Sustainable Community Forestry programme. These projects have been managed in partnership with the community based organisation Ny Tanintsika (Our Land). In 2017 Ny Tanintsika started a project titled ‘Endemic Trees for Sustainable…
Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) African Food Systems and the SDGs Conference 3 – 5 November 2018, Saly, Senegal Blog by Andy Egan, International Tree Foundation This was my first ASFA conference, with ITF joining the alliance as a Friend of AFSA last year. The conference took place at the Palm Beach Hotel…
It’s day 3 of The Big Give Christmas Challenge, all this week donations made via our Big Give profile are being DOUBLED! If you‘re thinking of giving this festive season, this is the perfect time to do so, as your gift will go twice as far! The money raised during the Big Give will go towards…
We are excited to share with you our new five year strategy. It’s called Growing Together; for a number of reasons. First, as ITF will continue to grow trees together with local communities. Second, ITF needs to grow over the coming years so that we can do more to support the growing number of communities…
We are happy to be taking part in The Big Give Christmas Challenge for the second year running. From midday today until midday on the 4th December anything you donate to our ‘My 20 Trees and Me: Growing up Together’ project via our Big Give profile will be DOUBLED! If you‘re thinking of giving this…
Are you a successful fundraiser? Do you have a track record of delivering ambitious growth strategies? Do you have a passion for environmental issues and an appreciation of the importance of trees in sustaining life and human well-being? If your answer is ‘Yes’ to all these questions then this could be the role for you.…
The Oxford Half Marathon 2018 took place on Sunday the 7th of October, the 13.1 mile route saw over 8,600 participants run through Oxford’s beautiful and historic city centre and surrounding areas. We are pleased to say that 5 of those 8,600 runners were running on behalf of ITF and collectively raised an incredible £2,599…
The Montonnso Sacred Forest Project is part of our sustainable community forestry programme, which helps community based organisations deliver projects which help restore and conserve local forests and associated biodiversity as well as improve livelihoods through the sustainable use of trees for resources. The project was based in Ghana and worked with two communities bordering…
In June this year students and teachers from Wycombe Abbey International School in China organised and participated in a 9km sponsored walk to raise funds for ITF. The walk route took them from their school, through a lakeside park, to the finishing point at the Star Ge observation Tower (pictured below). Class 7Y2 along with…
Invitation to Tender
International Tree Foundation is inviting tenders for the delivery of our second Tree Power course for Key Stage 2 – Healthy Food People and Planet.
Healthy Food People and Planet comprises of six sessions so can be delivered within a half-term. It also includes various options for extension activities. The purpose of the course is to enable children to investigate the impact of different types of food production and diets on forests and to make informed choices about eating food that is healthy for both people and planet.
The course has been developed and piloted by OASES. The course resource pack includes detailed descriptions for each session including curriculum links and with practical learning materials.
We are looking for consultant partners to work with schools and teachers in two or three areas of the UK during the 2018/19 academic year.
For each project the role will involve recruiting four classes in up to four primary schools and providing training and ongoing support to the teachers who will deliver the course with their pupils.
The tender document is available to download below.
The deadline for receipt of tenders is 12.00 noon on Friday 26th October 2018.