Last week we were back out in the woods – it’s been too long! The team had been invited by Cumbria Woodlands to explore one of Britain’s temperate rainforests. In the morning, we took a closer look at the forest floor to see what’s happening beneath the canopy.…
Working Class Heroes was established in 2006, initially selling skate, surf and street clothing from all around the globe to the good people of Ulverston. As WCH has grown, so has the brand mix, website and shop. We’ve been in our current location for the past 12 years, after…
As you may have already seen here at Working Class Heroes we love getting ourselves stuck into local environmental projects, while the majority of our work has focused on woodland projects we are also keen to get stuck into other causes. We have recently been expanding our horizons…
We’re back in the woods again (we can’t keep ourselves away) with the help of Olivia from The Lake District National Park. Our task this time is to help get rid of some invasive Himalayan Balsam, a plant that much like bracken which we have bashed in the…
This week, we visited The Coppice Co-op at their base in Slack Head to test our hand and eye coordination and make some handmade wooden stools. We’ve been joined by the Coppice Co-op on some of our previous woodland excursions, and today’s visit offered us a great beginner…
This week we joined up with Cumbria Woodlands and The Lake District National Park to do some bracken bashing and tree tagging. Our team this time consisted of: Liam, Euan and Ellysha. We were also joined by Jamie from Cumbria Woodlands and Olivia from the LDNP. Although bracken…
Spring is here and the team is once again back in the woods. This week we were tasked with doing a bit of Spring cleaning, we finished what we started last time and got a few other jobs under our belts too. The first task of the day…
Recently we joined Cumbria Woodlands and The Coppice Co-op again for round 2 of thinning broadleaf back up at Haverthwaite. As we mentioned last time when trees are planted, the work doesn’t stop there. Continued management of these woodland areas is essential. The purpose of this is activity…
It’s a new year and the team here at WCH have been keen to get back out into the woods to get stuck in again. This week we joined Cumbria Woodlands and the Woodland Trust near Pennington to plant some saplings in an ancient woodland site. Our team…
The team were back out this week with Cumbria Woodlands and the Coppice Co-op undertaking some new work thinning native broadleaf trees. When trees are planted, the work doesn’t stop there. Continued management of woodland areas is essential, so the WCH team were called back into action to…
