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The BALI Chalk Fund is delighted to announce that John O’Conner Grounds Maintenance has become Gold “Chalk Fund Champions”. Managing Director Matt O’Conner says “We have always been passionate about training and development within the industry, and our Champion subscription, cements that commitment”, he continued “as an industry, we need to address the ever-widening skills gap, […]

The BALI Chalk Fund are delighted to welcome The Landscape Academy to “Champion” status. The team behind The Landscape Academy spotted the need for a new form of landscape training and have gone from strength to strength since formation. The academy’s Lynne Taylor says “The Landscape Academy is dedicated to raising standards in the industry and providing

The British Association of Landscape Industries’ own charity, the BALI Chalk Fund, has launched Chalk Fund Champions to help combat the industry skills gap. This new funding scheme will open doors for individuals and businesses looking to support ongoing training and development in the landscape sector. Trustees of the Chalk Fund have ambitious plans to increase both the level of funds raised

Bill Simpson was one of the original Trustees when the BALI Chalk Fund (originally known as ‘The Geoffrey Chalk Memorial Award Fund’) was set up in 1981 under the Chairmanship of Jeffrey Bernhard, who was also the Founding Chairman of BALI. Bill has served as a Trustee continually from 1981 until the Autumn of 2020.

The BALI Chalk Fund welcomes Paul Downer to the board of trustees, replacing the long-serving Bill Simpson, who stepped down last year. Paul has a fine track record both in business and for his support of the industry as a whole. Paul founded Oak View Landscapes in 2004, since then the business has gone from

The trustees of the BALI Chalk Fund are delighted that leading UK landscape supplier Green-tech, have pledged support for the BALI Chalk Fund. Green-tech are celebrating the 2 year anniversary of their partnership with  Anchor Systems (International) Ltd. by donating £25 to the Chalk Fund for every order over £500, that they receive for certain

HL Services chose BALI Chalk Fund as their nominated charity earlier this year, and they got their fund raising off to a seasonal start by wearing their Christmas Jumpers in aid of BALI’s very own charity. As a recruitment company specialising in providing candidates within the horticultural sector, HL Services are all too aware of the skills

The BALI South Thames committee organised a spectacular summer ball at Brighton’s Hilton Metropol (31-08-18), the first event of its kind in the region and with a James Bond theme, there were Tuxedos and bond girls aplenty, and even odd job made an appearance! Apart from being great fun, the purpose of the evening was

Landscape Students at Capel Manor College in Enfield were excited to learn how they would benefit from the pilot of the new “GoLandscape” enrichment programme supported and funded by the BALI Chalk Fund. BALI’s Education Officer Steve Ensell, who heads up BALI’s “GoLandscape” initiative explained how the Trustees of the Chalk Fund had developed a

BALI’s Education Officer Stephen Ensell addressed students the Cannington Campus as part of the launch of BALI Chalk Fund’s new enrichment programme. The innovative scheme is aimed at ensuring that student get the recognition their efforts deserve, making them more employable and work ready than many other students that can ill afford to self-fund the