Are you looking for work outdoors? Do you enjoy working with your hands? Would you like to play a part in keeping an ancient Cornish craft and its heritage alive? If so Cornish hedging might be just for you!
Our friends at the Cornwall Rural Education and Skills Trust (CREST) have Cornish hedging training bursaries available to under 25 years and those experiencing financial hardship, for the following courses…
Lantra Guild Introductory Course @ £150 – 2 days
(suitable for beginners)
Lantra Guild Foundation Course @ £210 – 5 days
(suitable for beginners and those with some experience of hedging)
Lantra Guild Intermediate Course @ £375 – 10 days
(suitable for those who have completed a Foundation Course, or with some experience of hedging through work or volunteering)
They have spaces available on the following dates:
Foundation Course – Killas slate – 5 days – 28/8/2023 – 1/9/2023 – Lostwithiel – (bookings closing soon)
Intermediate – Part 1 – Dressed Granite – 5 days – 18/9/2023 – 22/9/2023 – Hillside Farm
Introductory Course – Field Granite – 2 days – 25/9/2023 – 26/9/2023 – Hillside Farm
Introductory Course – Field Granite – 2 days – 3/10/2023 – 4/10/2023 – Hillside farm
Introductory Course – Field Granite – 2 days – 6/10/2023 – 7/10/2023 – Bosavern Community Farm
Introductory Course – Field Granite – 2 days – 14/10/2023 and 21/10/23 – Bosavern Community Farm
Foundation Course – Killas slate – 5 days – 9/10/2023 – 13/10/2023 – Lostwithiel
Intermediate – Part 2 – Dressed Granite – 5 days – 16/10/2023 – 20/10/2023 – Hillside Farm
For further details on course content, please click here https://www.lantra.co.uk/products/search/cornish%20hedging?
To express your interest in attending a course, please email crest@cornwallheritagetrust.org
