Here you can find, read and download various documents, such as our Woodland Management Plan, as well as reports and updates from all our recent meetings. If you’d like to give feedback or discuss any of these in more detail, why not come along to our next Open Woodland Meeting – details can be found on the Events page. You can also read previous Newsletters on our News page.
[We are currently updating our Woodland Management Plan, we will update the above as soon as possible.]
November 2025: Open Woodland Documents
August 2025: AGM Documents & National Vegetation Classification Report:
- Woods Report August 2025
- Trustee Agenda
- Trustee Action Note
- Gifford Woods National Vegetation Classification (NVC) Report 2025:
- Survey Report (PDF)
- Survey Map (PNG / Image)
- Survey Vegetation Polygon Data (XLS / Spreadsheet)
- What is the British National Vegetation Classification? See Wikipedia article here.
- 2024 AGM Minutes (for approval)
May 2025: Open Woodland Documents
February 2025: Open Woodland Documents
2023/2024 Trustees Annual Report
November 2024: Open Woodland Documents
August 2024: AGM Documents (AGM is Sunday 25th August, 4pm – click here for more)
- August Woods Report
- August Finance Report
- Felling of Ash Dieback – Risk Assessment
- GCLC Bat Mitigation Policy
- Trustees Action Note (from August)
- Job Description for the new Woods Administrator Role (PDF)
- Newsletter (Sept 2024) that followed the AGM
May 2024: Open Woodland Documents
February 2024: Open Woodland Documents
- February Woods Report
- Action Note from the February meeting
- Trustees Action Note (November)
- February Finance Report
- AGM 2023 Suggestions – with Notes & Red / Amber / Green
November 2023: Open Woodland Documents
- November Woods Report
- Action Note from May meeting
- Community led initiative form
- Trustees Action Note (November)
September 2023: Newsletter after AGM
September 2023 Newsletter (PDF)
August 2023: AGM Documents
- AGM Report for 2023 (PDF) – or see image below
- Agenda for 2023 AGM (27th August)
- AGM 2022 Draft Minutes
- August 2023 Woods Report
May 2023: Woodland Report & Open Woodland Meeting
OSCR Report:
As a registered charity, we need to submit an Annual Report to OSCR. Here is a link to the latest report for 2022/23: Annual OSCR Report
February 2023: Woodland Report & Open Woodland Meeting
November 2022: Woodland Report & Open Woodland Meeting
- See November 2022 Woods Report here
- Trustees Meeting Action Note from November 2022
- Minutes from Open Woods Meeting on 28th November 2022
August 2022: Documents for our AGM on 28th August:
- Gifford Woods 5 Years Infographic
- See August 2022 Wood Report here
- Trustees Meeting Action Note from August 2022
- AGM Agenda
- Finance Summary for AGM
- Information about the Wooden Anniversary Event and AGM Meeting.
Our 5 Year Summary Infographic can also be seen below (access PDF version by clicking here):
May 2022: Woodland Report & Open Woodland Meeting:
May 2022: Minutes of Fruit Trees Community Project Meetings:
February 2022: Woods Report and Open Woodland Meeting Minutes:
August 2021: See the update from our Annual General Meeting:
Approved minutes from 2021 AGM
Here’s a copy of the most recent GCLC Accounts Report:
Here’s a summary of how the Scottish Outdoor Access Code applies to Gifford Community Woodland:
Gifford Community Woodland 