The Tree Council

• UK’s lead charity for trees• Established 1974 – works in partnership

with communities, organisations and government to promote importance of trees

• National Tree Week, Tree Care Campaign, Walk in the Woods month and Seed Gathering Season

• Tree Warden Scheme – 8,000 volunteers

My Role

• Update picture library

• Update metadata

• Website images

Tree News Assignment

Working with The Tree Council’s newsletter/magazine, Tree News, to photograph a tree planting event organised by Community Environmental Group Andover Trees United and global initiative Plant for the Planet

ROOTING FOR TREES EXHIBITION AT GLA, CITY HALL

26 – 30TH MAY 2014

• Project about The Tree Council’s Tree Wardens, who volunteer to look after and plant trees. Part of the GLA’s London Tree Week

• Sent out mail merge asking if people would be interested in being interviewed and photographed

• Arranged meetings with 8 subjects, and emailed a couple of questions for them to answer beforehand to develop upon during interview

Summary• Developed team work, communication and organisation skills

• Developed confidence in a professional setting

• Given the charity an exhibition which they/I can use in the future

Good Points:

The exhibition! And working with a lovely team of people who did everything to make my work placement a pleasant experience

Bad Points:

The organisers of the exhibition space at City Hall are not very organised! I would allow more time, if possible, to complete a project like this, especially with other coursework from other modules