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Following the successful design and approval of the Outdoor Activity Instructor Apprenticeship Standard, IOL and employers have been working together to develop a proposal for a new apprenticeship - Outdoor Learning Specialist. We would like to up-date you about both and seek input/involvement from you as appropriate to your interest.

In a piece in the Guardian George Mombiot says, "A government consultation being framed as a crackdown on travelling people is an assault on all citizens’ freedoms"

"...out of 650 Board members across the sector, just 6 are from black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds. That’s worse than any other industry that I know."

BBC's Autumnwatch last night (29th October) highlighted the vital work of the National Biodiversity Network and 70 other organisations in producing the State Of Nature reports for the UK.

Mountaineering Scotland said most hill-goers leave little or no trace when they wild camp, but the increase in problem camping at some locations needs action, it added.