LEADING forestry firm Tilhill has partnered with Digital Women, a community set up to empower one million women through digital skills, in association with NatWest Business.

The partnership was set up through the Tilhill marketing team to explore potential opportunities available to encourage more women to consider a career in forestry. It was launched at the Digital Women Awards, which celebrates the work that women are doing in the digital environment across multiple industries.

Sarah Clay, head of marketing and communications for Tilhill, said: “We very much welcome this fresh new partnership that has allowed us to reach outside the forest industry to give us the opportunity to promote our message of encouragement in welcoming more women in roles such as forest managers.

“While entries from women for our vacancies and graduate programme are steadily increasing, we still have work to do both as a marketing team and as an industry overall to actively recruit more women and encourage diversity.

“Tilhill has already seen a rise in the number of women into the company from one female new start five years ago compared to the latest figure of twelve new starts. We will be looking for a further increase in our 2020 figures this year.”

Lucy Hall, founder of Digital Women, added: “We are thrilled to partner with Tilhill. The partnership brings with it a fantastic opportunity to shine the light on careers in forestry for women.”

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