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title: John Muir Award Update February 2025
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| View in browser February 2025 - John Muir Award Update Dear Supporter   We are delighted to inform you that the eagerly awaited redesigned John Muir Award will be open for registrations the week commencing 24 March 2025.   What's new for the Award?  We have replaced our email address, please contact us at award@johnmuirtrust.org. The levels of the Award have been renamed. We will be launching the first level, known as the Wild Places Guardian in March. Further levels, referred to as the Wild Places Protector and Wild Places Champion will be rolled out in due course. Criteria – to achieve an Award, each participant must: REVISED: Achieve the Four Challenges: Discover, Explore, Conserve & Share NO CHANGE: Complete the required minimum time commitment – 25 hours. NEW: Have an active involvement in decision making and planning of their Award EXPANDED: Develop awareness of an inspirational person who has influenced the protection and restoration of Wild Places Process Brand new user-friendly web-based forms will replace the Proposal and Certificate Completion Word documents (Word documents will no longer be accepted). Resources, Training & Support NEW: John Muir Award Handbook – available soon NEW: Facebook group for Providers - A user-friendly and interactive digital platform to share your Award experiences with us and other leaders; you will be sent an invitation to join our new closed Facebook group once your Proposal Form has been approved. We are holding a series of initial FREE training workshops to support you to deliver the redesigned Award – this is for anyone who intends to deliver an Award this year, including those who have delivered the Award before. Use the links below to sign up to one of our sessions – we anticipate these will get booked up quickly, so sign up now to avoid disappointment. March 3rd – 9.30am-11am March 11th – 3.30pm-5pm March 20th – 2pm-3.30pm March 26th – 9.30am-11am April 1st – 3.30pm- 5pm April 16th – 12pm- 1.30pm May 1st – 2pm – 3.30pm May 13th – 9.30am-11am May 29th – 3.30pm – 5pm ‘How to…’ videos – available soon We have created ‘how to’ videos which provide a step-by-step guide to complete our new web-based forms. If you have missed any of our previous communications, you can find our most relevant updates here: November 2024 December 2024 We look forward to seeing your new Award Proposals in due course.      All the best Alison, Emily & Steph The John Muir Trust works to conserve, protect and restore wild places for the benefit of all. Join us! Unsubscribe \| Update your preferences John Muir Trust, Tower House, Station Road, Pitlochry,Perthshire,PH16 5AN,Scotland,01796 470080 |
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